OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

President Proposes $611 Million FY 2020 Budget for the U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States

03/11/2019

President Trump today proposed $611 million for fiscal year 2020 through the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) for the benefit of fellow Americans in the U.S. Territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The proposal also includes funding for U.S. allies in the Pacific – the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

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Interior Supports Students from U.S. Insular Areas through Junior State of America Program

02/27/2019

Doug Domenech, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs, today announced $86,450 in funding support for students from the U.S. territories and the freely associated states towards the Junior State of American (JSA) program. Seventy-five high school students will participate in the Insular Areas Youth Civic Engagement’s Academic Preparation and Community Project Boot Camp. 

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Interior Announces $2.2 Million Payment to U.S. Virgin Islands for Adjustment in FY 2018 Rum Excise Tax

02/26/2019

Doug Domenech, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Insular and International Affairs, yesterday presented U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. $2,228,901 which represents an adjustment to the actual certified rum excise tax amounts for FY 2018. Certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, this amount represents the final rum excise tax payment owed to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 2018 fiscal year.

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Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech and High-Level U.S. Delegation Meet with Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine; Visit Kwajalein and Ebeye Atolls

02/20/2019

Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, met today with Republic of the Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine while on travel in the Republic of Palau. Assistant Secretary Domenech presented President Heine with $1,178,148 in grant funding to support the Four Atoll Healthcare program. 

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Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech Visits Chuuk, Micronesia with High-Level U.S. Delegation to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Operation Hailstone

02/18/2019

Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, was in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) this week with a high-level U.S. delegation from Washington, D.C. and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. They took part in commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Hailstone which took place during World War II in the Pacific. 

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