Territorial reps introduce bipartisan bill to reinstate De Minimis Exemption for U.S. Territories
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata with Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds (Northern Mariana Islands), Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (U.S.

![Amata with Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds (Northern Mariana Islands), Congressman James Moylan (Guam), and others. [courtesy photo] AMATA WITH OTHERS](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/representatives_amata_moylan_and_king-hinds.jpg?itok=b5Iho_5m)
![The American Samoa EEZ with the identified Area ID in the western sector. Colours show regions prospective for nodules and crusts. Source: BOEM, based on USGS map. [photo: BOEM] American Samoa EEZ](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/boem-area-map.png?itok=o5QP3RsX)







