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Trump pushes $611M budget for territories, FAS
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. President Donald J. Trump proposed yesterday $611 million for fiscal year 2020 through the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs for the benefit of Americans in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the CNMI.
The proposal also includes funding for U.S. allies in the Pacific who have a Compact of Free Association with the United States—the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
The OIA budget proposal includes $84.1 million in discretionary appropriations and $526.6 million in mandatory funding.
“The 2020 budget request prioritizes the department’s mission to fulfill our insular area responsibilities in the Caribbean as well as in the Pacific,” said the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech. “The proposed budget represents action to strengthen economic and health capacities in the U.S. territories while also fulfilling U.S. obligations to the Freely Associated States.” (PR)
