DOCSLIB.ORG

JUL 2 6 1996 ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECEIPT Ad.- the Honorable Judith Won-Pat Borja Received

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
JUL 2 6 1996 ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECEIPT Ad.- the Honorable Judith Won-Pat Borja Received CARL T.C. GUTIERREZ GOVERNOR OF GUAM OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SECRETARY JUL 2 6 1996 ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECEIPT Ad.- The Honorable Judith Won-Pat Borja Received. By Acting Lt. Governor and Acting Speaker Time .2 : ,..r/0. /y1. Twenty-Third Guam Legislature Guam Legislature Temporary Building 155 Hesler Street Agana, Guam 96910 Dear Speaker Won-Pat Borja: Enclosed please find a copy of Substitute Bill No. 299 (LS), "AN ACT TO AMEND §2404(9), §2405.6, §2427.5, §2442 AND §2443 OF CHAPTER 2, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; TO ADD NEW §2428.4 TO TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23713 OF CHAPTER VII, TITLE XXXIV, GOVERNMENT CODE, ALL RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES TO GUAM INSURERS AND TO CLARIFY THE TAXATION OF CAPTIVE INSURERS", which I have signed into law today as Public Law No. 23-109. This bill was introduced and moved through the legislature as a result of work done by members of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, specifically the subcommittee chaired by Mr. Al Pickens, and the Financial Services Section of the Vision 2001 Task Force, who worked closely in conjunction with the Legislature's Chairman of the Committee on Economic- Agricultural Development and Insurance, Senator Joe T. San Agustin. This legislation offers significant tax neutrality in the form of Guam Economic Development Authority Qualifying Certificates in order to increase, also significantly, the insurance business on Guam, specifically underwriters. This legislation does not affect existing service entities in the insurance industry, nor does it change Guam's insurance laws, however this legislation will encourage new underwriters to do business here. It is designed to obtain for Guam the same type of business presently enjoyed in other locations, such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda in the Post Office Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96910 • (671)472-8931 • Fax: (671)477-GUAM Speaker/SB299/PLO 09 July, 1996 - page 2 Caribbean, which enjoy record-breaking growth in the development of insurance business and other financial business, such as banking. This legislation is designed to enable Guam to position itself as a location for Asian companies to enter the captive insurance industry, just as North American and European companies now are able to enter the captive insurance industry in various locations in the Caribbean. Since captive insurance is a new opportunity in the Asian region, Guam is uniquely situated to be the Asian region's insurance center. This will be a new business for Guam; to diversify Guam's economy which is now concentrated on the visitor industry. This new law will be effective in January, 1997, but only when required rules and regulations to implement the provisions are completed by the Department of Revenue and Taxation and the Guam Economic Development Authority. These rules will be necessary to this legislation. I am enthusiastic about the prospect of locating a new type of financial business on Guam, linked to the vital Asian economies, which are so important to the welfare of the economy of Guam. The nurturing of new financial markets on Guam will provide wider stability and prosperity to Guam's economy. We must make this new industry successful. A copy has also been delivered to the Office of the Legislative Secretary. Very truly yours, C T. Gutierrez Governor of Guam Attachment 23136. CARL T.C. GUTIERREZ GOVERNOR OF GUAM JUL 2 6 1996 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SECRETARY ACKNOWLEDGhi NT RECEIPT The Honorable Sonny L. Orsini Received By Acting Legislative Secretary 38 awl Twenty-Third Guam Legislature Time /i Guam Legislature Temporary Building Date 49 155 Hesler Street Agana, Guam 96910 Dear Mr. Legislative Secretary: Enclosed please find a copy of Governor's message and Substitute Bill No. 299 (LS), "AN ACT TO AMEND §2404(9), §2405.6, §2427.5, §2442 AND §2443 OF CHAPTER 2, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; TO ADD NEW §2428.4 TO TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23713 OF CHAPTER VII, TITLE XXXIV, GOVERNMENT CODE, ALL RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES TO GUAM INSURERS AND TO CLARIFY THE TAXATION OF CAPTIVE INSURERS", which I have signed into law today as Public Law No. 23-109. A copy has also been delivered to the Office of the Speaker. Very truly yours, C T. C. Gutierrez Governor of Guam COMMITTEERULES 7449 Attachments bve AEI ued _ e~ finosammeniiiMmaiNUMMININ11n.010...1416""" 2313A . s I ni. Dtotik Sen 06/ANWNIlk *MAW* 440Nsaweov.40.1*. 44atizIott Post Office Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96910 • (67 1 (472-8931 • Fax: (671)477-GUAM TWENTY-THIRD GUAM LEGISLATURE 1996 (SECOND) Regular Session CERTIFICATION OF PASSAGE OF AN ACT TO THE GOVERNOR This is to certify that Substitute Bill No. 299 (LS), "AN ACT TO AMEND §2404(9), §2405.6, §2427.5, §2442 AND §2443 OF CHAPTER 2, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; TO ADD NEW §2428.4 TO TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23713 OF CHAPTER VII, TITLE XXXIV, GOVERNMENT CODE, ALL RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES TO GUAM INSURERS AND TO CLARIFY THE TAXATION OF CAPTIVE INSURERS," was on the 11th day of July, 1996, duly and regularly passed. Cbc2-4/11-- DON PARKINSON Speaker Attested: JUDIT O PAT-BORJA Senator -gislative Secretary This Act was received by the Governor this ,/ 7f-' ' day of 1996, at / : / 7 o'clock A .M. , /,' ssista‘i-ISta=-r ---- Governor's Office APPROVED: CARL T. C. GUTIERREZ Governor of Guam Date: 7--- ,26 -IC Public Law No. ;--' 3 /CY TWENTY-THIRD GUAM LEGISLATURE 1995 (FIRST) Regular Session Bill No. 299 (LS) As further substituted by the Committee on Economic Agricultural Development & Insurance - June 5, 1996 and as substituted on the floor. Introduced by: J. T. San Agustin E. Barrett-Anderson S. L. Orsini A. C. Blaz V. C. Pangelinan T. C. Ada J. P. Aguon J. M. S. Brown F. P. Camacho M. C. Charfauros H. A. Cristobal M. Forbes A. C. Lamorena V C. Leon Guerrero L. Leon Guerrero T. S. Nelson D. Parkinson A. L. G. Säntos F. E. Santos A. R. Unpingco J. Won Pat-Borja AN ACT TO AMEND §2404(9), §2405.6, §2427.5, §2442 AND §2443 OF CHAPTER 2, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; TO ADD NEW §2428.4 TO TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23713 OF CHAPTER VII, TITLE XXXIV, GOVERNMENT CODE, ALL RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES TO GUAM INSURERS AND TO CLARIFY THE TAXATION OF CAPTIVE INSURERS. 1 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF GUAM: 2 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds that it 3 is desirable to broaden the base of the Guam economy to include more than 4 tourism and military base employment, and that one of the most attractive 5 economic opportunities available to the island is to utilize its unique 6 geographic location to become a financial/insurance capital of the Pacific, 7 much like Bermuda in the Atlantic. Persuading insurance issuers, whether 8 reinsurer, commercial insurers, or so-called "captive insurers," to locate their 9 Pacific headquarters in Guam requires the establishment of an environment 10 that permits them to operate their companies aggressively both outside of 11 and within Guam without paying taxes on anything locally, thereby having 12 the advantage of being located in a modern American community with some 13 of the world's finest communication tools, with access to American courts and 14 to the American school and health systems and yet free of local taxes on their 15 worldwide income. The Legislature further finds that the action taken in the 16 past to encourage so-called "export trading companies" to headquarter 17 themselves in Guam in return for freedom from local taxes has worked out 18 quite beneficially for the territory, there being hundreds of such companies 19 now operating in Guam, employing local people and paying substantial local 20 licensing and surveillance fees. The Legislature therefore, in view of the 21 foregoing findings, declares that the intention of the following amendments 22 and additions to the GEDA Law is to encourage insurers to establish 23 headquarters in Guam by agreeing that their premium income will not be 24 locally taxed. Because of current income tax relations between the United 25 States and Guam, such tax exemption requires using both the rebate and 26 abatement procedures set out in the GEDA Law (Chapter 2, Title 12, Guam 2 1 Code Annotated), which procedures have been upheld by the U.S. Court of 2 Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See Ramsey v. Chaco, 549 F.2d (1977). 3 Section 2. Amendments to GEDA Law. (a) Subitem (9) of §2404, Title 4 12, Guam Code Annotated, as amended in P.L. 22-159:2, is hereby amended to 5 read as follows: 6 "9. Insurance issuance, either by commercial insurers, 7 reinsurers, or captive insurers which meet the requirements 8 of Chapter III (Domestic Insurers), Title XXXIX, Government 9 Code;" 10 (b) §2405.6 of Title 12, Guam Code Annotated, as added in P.L. 11 No. 22-159:2, is hereby amended to read as follows: 12 "§2405.6. Insurance. Establishment of Guam as a 13 financial/insurance center for the Pacific, and increasing the 14 availability and lowering the cost of insurance in Guam." 15 (c) §2427.5 of Title 12, Guam Code Annotated, as added by P.L. 16 No. 22-159:2, is hereby amended to read as follows: 17 "§2427.5. Insurance premiums. All taxes now levied by 18 virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code 19 Annotated, known as gross receipts taxes, shall be abated for 20 a period of up to twenty (20) years from the effective date of 21 the Qualifying Certificates therefor, for those gross receipts 22 derived from underwriting insurance risks either in or out of 23 Guam, including gross receipts derived from investing funds 24 generated from insurance underwriting in Guam by an 25 insurance company that has qualified and continues to qualify 26 for a Qualifying Certificate.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Palau Community Association of Guam, 1948 to 1997
    MICRONESIAN JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Vol. 5, nº 1 Dry Season Issue June 2006 FROM SOUL TO SOMNOLENCE: THE PALAU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF GUAM, 1948 TO 1997 Francesca K. Remengesau Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Government of Guam Dirk Anthony Ballendorf Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam This article provides a narrative reflective history of the founding, growth, development, decline, and near end of the Palau Community Association of Guam. The historical experience of this community association parallels, in some re- spects, the growth and development also of Guam. It examines the early immigration of Palauans to Guam; their moti- vations, their success, and their thoughts on the future. A wide diversity of Palauan opinion has been gathered for this study beginning with testimonies from early immigrants following World War Two, to young people who are students and workers. The Palau Community Association of Guam This study provides information on the his- (PCA) has been a very important social and torical as well as the contemporary experience cultural institution for Palauans on Guam for of the members of the Palauan community on more than fifty years. A comprehensive history Guam, and also describes the Palauan skill at of the development, activities, and social evolu- socio-cultural change in the context of migra- tion of this association has never been re- tion and transition to a wage economy, and corded before now. It is important for the considers the impact of a new socio-cultural present Palauan community of Guam, espe- setting on women’s economic roles, on tradi- cially the younger people, to know about the tional customs, and on education.
    [Show full text]
  • Government of Guam Documents, 1981-1996
    GOVERNMENT OF GUAM DOCUMENTS: A SELECTED LIST, 1981-2004 by Chih Wang, Ph.D. University of Guam Learning Resources Mangilao, Guam 2006 Copyright © 2006 by Chih Wang All rights reserved. Substantial reproduction or transmission of the work is required to obtain the permission from the author. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wang, Chih. Government of Guam documents: a selected list, 1981-2004 / Chih Wang p. ; cm. 1. Government publications -- Guam – Bibliography. 2 Table of Contents Contents Page Foreword----------------------------------------------------------------- 5 List by Government Agency Attorney General-------------------------------------------------------- 7 Bureau of Budget and Management Research---------------------- 8 Bureau of Statistics and Plans----------------------------------------- 8 Cartographic / Graphic Design Section Coastal Management Program Compact Impact Information and Education Program Planning Information Program Civil Service Commission---------------------------------------------- 12 Commission on Self-Determination----------------------------------- 13 Department of Administration----------------------------------------- 13 Department of Agriculture--------------------------------------------- 14 Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Division of Forestry and Soil Resources Department of Commerce--------------------------------------------- 14 Aquaculture Development and Training Center Census and Population Division Division of Economic Development and Planning Economic Research
    [Show full text]
  • Networks Enhance Inarajan Village's Sense of Place
    Networks Enhance Inarajan Village’s Sense of Place By Yuki Cruz, Master of Urban Planning 2013 ) ) Overview” provides a general The first chapter identifies synopsis of the island’s attributes that exist within the geographic, economic, and village. These attributes come demographic characteristics. from multiple sources including The second section “Tourism TripAdvisor, Guampedia, and on Guam” discusses the role of local opinion. tourism, the habits of tourists, Executive Summary and current efforts to strengthen The second chapter analyzes the tourism industry. The third the social network of the people section discusses the architec- involved in the Inarajan Historic tural and cultural significance Architectural District Revitaliza- of Inarajan Village. Finally, the tion Plan. The analysis uncovers fourth section provides a synop- trends and shortcoming within sis the Inarajan Historic Archi- the network. tectural Distric Revitalization This document studies how networks can be used to strengthen the Plan. Part 3: long-term social, cultural, and economic vitality of Guam’s Inarajan Conclusion and Village. The document is broken down into three main parts: Over- Part 2: Assessment Recommendations view, Assessment, and Conclusion. The Assessment addresses two This part addresses the Part 1: Overview topics: main findings of this project, suggested future steps, and The Overview is meant to familiarize the reader with the larger recommendations for Inarajan 1. Placemaking for Commu- systems in which Inarajan Village is located. These systems form to make it there. It expands on nity Identity and the environment in which decisions must be made. The influences the social network analysis of of the environment are often viewed relative to time, geography, Inarajan and examples how the 2.
    [Show full text]
  • General Assembly Distr.: General 18 February 2021
    United Nations A/AC.109/2021/9 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 February 2021 Original: English Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Guam Working paper prepared by the Secretariat Contents Page The Territory at a glance ......................................................... 3 I. Constitutional, legal and political issues ............................................ 4 II. Military and related issues ....................................................... 6 III. Land issues .................................................................... 7 IV. Budget ....................................................................... 8 V. Economy ..................................................................... 9 A. General ................................................................... 9 B. Tourism .................................................................. 9 C. Transport and communications ............................................... 9 D. Water system, sanitation and utilities .......................................... 10 E. Renewable energy .......................................................... 10 F. Agriculture and fisheries .................................................... 10 Note: The information contained in the present working paper has been derived from public sources, including those of the territorial Government, and from information transmitted to the Secretary-General by the administering
    [Show full text]
  • America's Economic Challenge in Asia: Guam's Strategic Business Role
    vs S. HRG 99-806 AMERICA'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGE INASIA: GUAM'S STRATEGIC BUSINESS ROLE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE, PRODUCTIVITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SEPTEMBER 10, 1985 Printed for the use of the Joint Economic Committee U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 62-060 0 WASHINGTON: 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. Congressional Sales Omce U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, DC 20402 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMrITEE [Created pursuant to sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SENATE DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman JAMES ABDNOR, South Dakota, Vice LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana Chairman PARREN J. MITCHELL, Maryland WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York MACK MATI'INGLY, Georgia FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio PETE WILSON, California DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California LLOYD BENTSEN, Texas OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin BOBBI FIEDLER, California EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland Scorr LILLY, Executive Director RoBERaJ. TomsuD, Deputy Director ;--. 4i SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho, Chairman CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio, ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York Vice Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts BOBBI FIEDLER, California PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin SuBcosmmITTEE ON TRADE, PRODUCTIVITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILLIAM V. ROTH.
    [Show full text]
  • General Assembly Distr.: General 15 February 2017
    United Nations A/AC.109/2017/9 General Assembly Distr.: General 15 February 2017 Original: English Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Guam Working paper prepared by the Secretariat Contents Page The Territory at a glance ......................................................... 3 I. Constitutional, legal and political issues ............................................ 4 II. Military and related issues ....................................................... 6 III. Land issues .................................................................... 6 IV. Budget ....................................................................... 7 V. Economy ..................................................................... 7 A. General ................................................................... 7 B. Tourism .................................................................. 8 C. Transport and communications ............................................... 8 D. Water system, sanitation and utilities .......................................... 9 E. Renewable energy .......................................................... 9 F. Agriculture and fisheries .................................................... 10 VI. Social conditions ............................................................... 10 Note: The information contained in the present working paper has been derived from public sources, including those of the territorial Government,
    [Show full text]
  • The Filipino Community of Guam (1945-1975)
    , THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF GUAM (1945-1975) A PLAN B PAPER SUBMITTED TO PACIFIC ISLANDS PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN PACIFIC ISLAND STUDIES May 1987 by Bruce L. Campbell Committee: Donald H. Rubinstein, Chairman Robert C. Kiste Terence Wesley-smith TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ii LIST OF MAPS . .. .... iii PART ONE: OVERVIEW . 1 1. Historical and Cultural Consanguinity: Guam and the Philippines during the Spanish and American Eras (1521-1941) ............ 3 2. Philippine Labor Migration •.. 17 PART TWO: GUAM'S FILIPINIZATION (1945-1975) 24 1. U. S. Military Reconstruction of Post-War Guam (1944-1946) ................. .. 24 2. Filipinos Rebuild Guam (1947-1950) 27 3. U. S. Political Maneuverings (1950-1960) 35 4. Typhoons and War (1960-1970) ..... 44 5. Decline of Labor Ac~ivities (1970-1975) 58 PART THREE: ACCULTURATION 66 CONCLUSION: NEW DIRECTIONS . .. .. ... ... 76 NOTES .. .. .. 81 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 85 i LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Educational Attainment of Temporary Migrant Workers 20 Table 2 Distribution of Contract Workers, Other than Seaman by Region of Destination ....•... .. 21 Table 3 Foreign Exchange Remittances, 1970-1976 · 23 Table 4 Comparative Wage Scales on Guam, 1948 · 31 Table 5 Median and Average Income, Guam and the U.S., 1959 32 Table 6 Guam Unemployment by Village, 1954 .•.. · 40 Table 7 Losses to Private citizens and Businesses, as a Result of Typhoon Karen, 1962 •••••...... 47 Table 8 Number of Entering Students, U.S. Naval Apprentice Program, 1963-1972 ••.•••••.•••..... 51 Table 9 Number of Graduates, U.S. Naval Apprentice Program, 1963-1972 ••..••.••••••••...•.
    [Show full text]
  • A Study of the Leadership Practices of Elected Public Officials in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
    Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations 2012 Public leadership: a study of the leadership practices of elected public officials in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Florie Nadine Manglona Mendiola Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd Recommended Citation Mendiola, Florie Nadine Manglona, "Public leadership: a study of the leadership practices of elected public officials in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 266. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/266 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF THE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES OF ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN GUAM AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership by Florie Nadine Manglona Mendiola July, 2012 June Schmieder-Ramirez, Ph.D. – Dissertation Chairperson This dissertation, written by Florie Nadine Manglona Mendiola under the guidance of a Faculty Committee and approved by its members, has been submitted
    [Show full text]
  • General Assembly Distr.: General 12 February 2019
    United Nations A/AC.109/2019/9 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 February 2019 Original: English Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Guam Working paper prepared by the Secretariat Contents Page The Territory at a glance ......................................................... 3 I. Constitutional, legal and political issues ............................................ 4 II. Military and related issues ....................................................... 6 III. Land issues .................................................................... 7 IV. Budget ....................................................................... 8 V. Economy ..................................................................... 8 A. General ................................................................... 8 B. Tourism .................................................................. 9 C. Transport and communications ............................................... 9 D. Water system, sanitation and utilities .......................................... 9 E. Renewable energy .......................................................... 10 F. Agriculture and fisheries .................................................... 10 VI. Social conditions ............................................................... 11 Note: The information contained in the present working paper has been derived from public sources, including those of the territorial Government,
    [Show full text]
  • Characterizing the Ocean Economies of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
    Final Report CHARACTERIZING THE OCEAN ECONOMIES OF GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS July 2018 Eastern Research Group, Inc. Lexington, Massachusetts Written under contract for the NOAA Office for Coastal Management www.coast.noaa.gov NOAA ENOW Pacific Islands Eastern Research Group, Inc. Learn more at www.erg.com. The Coastlines Group Learn more at www.coastlinesgroup.org Center for the Blue Economy Learn more at www.centerfortheblueeconomy.org. Acknowledgements NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management would like to thank the following people who collaborated on this project. NOAA project team: Kate Quigley, Jeff Adkins, Camille Martineau, Jennifer Zhuang, and Jean Tanimoto. ERG project team: Charles Goodhue (project manager) (ERG), Dr. Charles S. Colgan (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Center for the Blue Economy), Dr. Christopher Hawkins (The Coastlines Group), and Doug Lyons (ERG). Additionally, these NOAA Liaisons were instrumental in coordinating interviews with contacts in each territory: Adrienne Loerzel (Guam), Hideyo Hattori (American Samoa), and Robbie Greene (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management “Coastal management” is the term used by communities and organizations striving to keep the nation’s coasts safe from storms, rich in natural resources, and economically strong. The national lead for these efforts is NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, an organization devoted to partnerships, science, and good policy. This agency, housed within the National Ocean Service, oversees major initiatives that include the National Coastal Zone Management Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Digital Coast, and National Estuarine Research Reserve System. ii NOAA ENOW Pacific Islands Table of Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Appendix 1C Affordability Tech Memo
    APPENDIX 1C Preliminary Assessment of Affordability and Early Gains October 2004 Preliminary Assessment of Affordability & Early Gains Table of Contents Table of Contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................ ES-1 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1C-1 2 Guam and the Water Authority..................................................................................1C-2 3 Service Levels.............................................................................................................1C-6 4 Organization and Business Systems .........................................................................1C-7 5 Financial Situation................................................................................................... 1C-10 6 Affordability and Master Plan Implications ............................................................ 1C-14 7 Conclusions.............................................................................................................. 1C-15 Exhibit A - References.......................................................................................................A-1 Exhibit B - Five Year Financial Projection ...................................................................... A-2 Exhibit C - Stipulated Order Project List Cash Flow ...................................................... A-4 Preliminary Assessment of Affordability and
    [Show full text]
  • General Assembly Distr.: General 11 March 2014
    United Nations A/AC.109/2014/14 General Assembly Distr.: General 11 March 2014 Original: English Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Guam Working paper prepared by the Secretariat Contents Page The Territory at a glance .................................................. 3 I. Constitutional, legal and political issues ............................................ 5 II. Military and related issues .................................................. 7 III. Land issues .................................................. .................. 8 IV. Budget .................................................. ..................... 9 V. Economy .................................................. ................... 10 A. General .................................................. ................. 10 B. Tourism .................................................. ................ 10 C. Transport and communications ............................................... 11 D. Water system, sanitation and utilities .......................................... 11 E. Agriculture and fisheries .................................................. 12 VI. Social conditions .................................................. ............. 12 A. Labour .................................................. ................. 12 Note : The information contained in the present working paper has been derived from public sources, including those of the territorial Government
    [Show full text]