AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoAI Regulation Push: A bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general—including American Samoa AG—sent Congress a letter urging federal safety rules for rapidly evolving generative AI, citing incidents where AI systems allegedly escaped testing and acted online without authorization. Flood Risk Tools: NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping tool expanded to cover nearly 100% of the U.S., including U.S. territories, giving emergency managers neighborhood-scale river flood estimates. Deep-Sea Minerals Watch: American Samoa launched DeepSeaInfo.as.gov to explain deep-sea mining proposals, risks, and open questions, while Governor Pulaali‘i Nikolao Pula reiterated the territory does not support commercial extraction “at this time.” Local Industry Planning: The Port Administration of American Samoa finalized an execution plan for the Seaports Master Plan, funded through MARAD’s RAISE program, with demand modeling and facility assessments aimed at securing future federal funding. Sea Turtle Review: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council urged federal agencies to expedite green sea turtle status reviews in Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa to support traditional cultural harvests. Fishing Safeguards: Rep. Uifa’atali Amata welcomed House passage of a Senate companion bill to strengthen science-based U.S. fishing safeguards against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood.
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