{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=621", "Case\u2019s BLUE Pacific Act Provisions Expanding U.S. Commitments To Pacific Islands Added To Major House Foreign Policy Package", "2021-07-20", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=25", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) reports that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has included the bulk of his Boosting Long-Term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act in its major measure, the Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement (EAGLE) Act, as approved by the Committee last Thursday.\n\nThe EAGLE Act, H.R. 3524, is the U.S. House\u2019s signature foreign policy initiative in the current 117th Congress.\n\nIt would reassert U.S. leadership and engagement across an all-government spectrum in non-defense programs. It was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee last Thursday after substantial debate.\n\nH.R. 2967, the BLUE Pacific Act, establishes a long-term comprehensive strategy for U.S. engagement in the critical Pacific Islands region. The sections included as part of the EAGLE Act would:\n\n\u00b7 Expand U.S. diplomatic and development presence in the Pacific Islands;\n\n\u00b7 Require coordination of U.S. engagement, including security and development assistance, through a formal consultative process with regional partners, allies and multilateral institutions;\n\n\u00b7 Direct U.S. agencies to devise and implement a strategy to invest in climate resilient development projects, including by using the U.S. voice and vote at international financial institutions, and authorize $50 million per year for the next five years for this purpose;\n\n\u00b7 Expand coverage of the International Law Enforcement Academies program to the Pacific Islands;\n\n\u00b7 Establish a comprehensive strategy for U.S. security assistance to the Pacific Islands to enhance maritime security, address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, tackle transnational crimes like human and drug trafficking, and more;\n\n\u00b7 Increase U.S. efforts to assist the Pacific Islands in addressing transnational crime through ratification and implementation of international legal instruments and enhanced action on illegal forestry and logging;\n\n\u00b7 Implement an emergency preparedness initiative for the Pacific Islands through education and training programs, technical assistance and more, and authorize $40 million per year for the next five years for this purpose; and\n\n\u00b7 Expand Peace Corps presence in the Pacific Islands.\n\nCase introduced an initial version of the BLUE Pacific Act in the 116th Congress together with other members of his bipartisan Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus which he co-founded. More information on the Caucus is here: https://pacificislandscaucus-case.house.gov/.\n\nThe current version is substantially updated with further input from federal agencies as well as many of the countries of the Pacific. Case\u2019s remarks on introduction of the BLUE Pacific Act https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=356 .\n\n\u201cI welcome inclusion of much of the BLUE Pacific Act in the EAGLE Act, our House\u2019s signature foreign policy package to reassert U.S. global leadership and engagement,\u201d said Case.\n\n\u201cThis sends a powerful message to our critical Pacific Islands partners and allies that our country values our relationships and intends to invest further in them and to continue as an active and engaged partner in pursuit of our shared interests and in defense of our shared values.\u201d\n\nPending potential consideration by other committees of jurisdiction, the EAGLE Act will head to the full House for consideration.\n\n\u00b7 Meeks\u2019 statement on last Thursday\u2019s committee passage: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AEA032A8-D0A0-43A5-9775-4BE3B5D9C556\n\n\u00b7 Original press release on the bill: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases?ID=411185A8-740D-4FD3-947D-E5A304D6CB27\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=621"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7101360242813826, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}