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42 USC 5204c. 106 STAT. 38 PUBLIC LAW 102-247—FEB. 24, 1992 submit to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs a report on the status of the recovery effort, including an audit of Federal funds.expended in the recovery effort and recommendations on how to improve public health and safety, survivability of infrastructure, recovery efforts, and effective use of funds in the event of future disasters. SEC. 204. HAZARD MITIGATION. The total of contributions under the last sentence of section 404 of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- £mce Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) for the insular areas shall not exceed 10 percent of the estimated aggregate amounts of greints to be made \inder sections 403, 406, 407, 408, and 411 of such Act for any disaster: Provided, That the President shall require a 50 percent local match for assistance in excess of 10 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under section 406 of such Act for any disaster. SEC. 205. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 102 of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) are each amended by inserting after "Americcm Samoa," the following: "the Northern Mariana Islands,". TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS President. Reports. 48 USC 1469e. SEC. 301. AMERICAN SAMOA WATER AND POWER STUDY. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a comprehensive study, or as appropriate review and update existing studies, to determine the current and long-term water, power, and wastewater needs of Americein Samoa. Such study shall be conducted in consiiltation with the American Samoa government, and in consultation with those Federal agencies which have recent experience with the water, power and wastewater needs of American Samoa. (b) The Secretary of the Interior shall report the results of this study to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, before December 31, 1992. The report shall include— (1) an assessment of the water, power and wastewater needs of Americsm Samoa both currently, and for the year 2000; (2) an assessment of, and recommendations regarding, how these needs can be met; (3) an assessment of, and recommendations regarding, any additional legal authority or funding which may be necessary to meet these needs; and (4) an assessment of, and recommendations regarding, the respective roles of the Federal and American Samoa governments in meeting these needs. SEC. 302. INSULAR GOVERNMENT PURCHASES. The Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.