American Samoa Fono

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bicameral legislature legislative body territorial legislature

The American Samoa Fono is the bicameral territorial legislature of American Samoa, responsible for making local laws and overseeing the territory’s government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
American Samoa Fono canonical 5
Fono of American Samoa 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
territorial legislature ⓘ
canPass local public policy laws ⓘ
territorial budget ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives of American Samoa ⓘ
Senate of American Samoa ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
function makes local laws for American Samoa ⓘ
oversees the territorial government of American Samoa ⓘ
governmentType territorial government ⓘ
governs territorial agencies of American Samoa ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives of American Samoa ⓘ
Senate of American Samoa ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInEnglish American Samoa Fono self-link ⓘ
hasPower to amend territorial laws ⓘ
to conduct hearings ⓘ
to confirm certain executive appointments ⓘ
to propose legislation ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOversight Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
highestLegislativeBodyIn American Samoa ⓘ
jurisdiction American Samoa ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Samoan ⓘ
legalSystemContext United States territorial law ⓘ
legislativeAuthorityDerivedFrom Constitution of American Samoa ⓘ
surface form: Revised Constitution of American Samoa
legislativeBranchOf government of American Samoa ⓘ
surface form: Government of American Samoa
legislativeProcess enacts territorial statutes ⓘ
legislativeStructure bicameral ⓘ
legislatureFor unincorporated territory of American Samoa ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity American Samoa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone ⓘ
location Pago Pago ⓘ
meetsIn Fono building ⓘ
meetsInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
oversees executive branch of American Samoa ⓘ
partOf political system of American Samoa ⓘ
shortName Fono ⓘ
subjectHasRole Representative of American Samoa ⓘ
Senator of American Samoa ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation ⓘ
usesLegislativeSessions regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fagatogo → hasGovernmentBody → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
Manuʻa District → hasLegislature → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fono of American Samoa
Eastern District, American Samoa → hasLegislativeBody → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
Senate of American Samoa → partOf → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
Constitution of American Samoa → establishesBody → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fono of American Samoa
House of Representatives of American Samoa → partOf → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
American Samoa Fono → hasOfficialNameInEnglish → American Samoa Fono self-link ⓘ
Western District (American Samoa) → hasLegislativeRepresentationIn → American Samoa Fono ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fono of American Samoa