OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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U.S. and Marshall Islands Hold Mid-Year Meetings on Compact Funding and Trust Fund

03/26/2018

SAN FRANCISCO (March 26, 2018) – U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary - Insular and International Affairs - Doug Domenech was in San Francisco last week where he participated in meetings between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Secretary Zinke Praises U.S. Congress and President Trump for Funding Palau Compact Agreement in the 2018 Omnibus Funding Bill, Provides $123 Million through 2024

03/26/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke praised President Donald Trump for signing the 2018 Omnibus Funding Agreement which included $123 million in funding through 2024 for the 2010 Palau Compact Review Agreement as agreed to between the United States and the Republic of Palau.

Interior Requests Proposals from U.S. Territories for Energizing Insular Communities Program Funding

03/16/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary - Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech is requesting proposals for its Energizing Insular Communities Program for FY2018 funding.  

Interior Announces $653,003 for Judicial Education and Development in U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Island Areas

03/15/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary - Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech has authorized a payment of $653,003 to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Pacific Islands Committee to provide and oversee legal training for FY2018 in the judiciaries of the U.S. Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as the freely associated states of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau.

Interior Announces $900,000 for Close Up Insular Area Program

03/13/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech has authorized a payment of $900,000 for FY 2018 funding of the Close Up Insular Area Program.  

Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech Visits the USVI

03/12/2018

 WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech met with U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) and FEMA officials in St. Croix to review hurricane rebuilding efforts.  He provided $2.8 million in federal grants for rebuilding infrastructure and utilities.

Interior Announces $460,900 for Prior Service Trust Fund

03/09/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech has authorized a payment of $460,900 in FY 2018 funding for the Prior Service Trust Fund (PSTF) Administration which distributes benefits to former employees of the post-World War II, U.S.-administered, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in the Western Pacific.

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to Focus on Conservation

02/20/2018

WASHINGTON (February 20, 2018) - The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will host the 39th biannual meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force this week. 

President Proposes $608 Million FY 2019 Budget for the U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States

02/12/2018

President Donald Trump today proposed $608 million for Fiscal Year 2019 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, as well for our friends in the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.  

Interior Announces $5 Million in FY 2018 Infrastructure Funds to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

02/07/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech has approved $5 million in Capital Infrastructure Program (CIP) grant funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for fiscal year 2018.

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