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	Insular area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An insular area is United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district.
		Insular area is the current generic term used by the U.S. State Department to refer to any commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory controlled by the US government.
		Residents of insular areas are often U.S. citizens, although they do not pay American federal taxes and cannot participate in U.S. presidential elections nor elect voting members of the U.S. Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Insular_area (375 words)

	Commonwealth (United States insular area) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a commonwealth is an organized territory that has established with the Federal Government a more highly developed relationship, usually embodied in a written mutual agreement.
		The Philippine Islands was an insular area that held commonwealth status from March 24, 1934 until July 4, 1946, when the United States recognized the independence and sovereignty of the Philippines (see: Commonwealth of the Philippines).
		Of the U.S. insular areas, the term was first used by Puerto Rico in 1952 as its formal name in English ("Commonwealth of Puerto Rico") since a strict translation of its name in Spanish would have been unacceptable to the U.S. Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._insular_area) (277 words)

	GAO-06-75, U.S. Insular Areas: Multiple Factors Affect Federal Health Care Funding
		In contrast, the federal contribution to the insular areas is set by statute at the minimum rate available to states, although nearly all of the insular areas have a lower median household income than the poorest state.
		In the four smaller insular areas, awards per capita for this grant range from $5.20 in Guam to $11.37 in American Samoa, and in states with small populations, such as Alaska and Wyoming, awards were $10.62 and $12.06 respectively compared to $3.61 in the states on average.
		Insular areas are eligible for 1.05 percent of the total redistribution funds, which are allocated among them according to the percentages of the initial allotment.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d0675.html (17719 words)

	Political Types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A United States insular area from April 11, 1899, the Philippine Islands achieved commonwealth status on March 24, 1934 (Public Law 73-127), and remained as such until the United States recognized the Philippine Islands' independence and sovereignty as of July 4, 1946.
		An unincorporated United States insular area, of which there are currently thirteen, three in the Caribbean (Navassa Island, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) and ten in the Pacific (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands and Wake Atoll).
		The body of laws that the United Congress has enacted for the government of a United States insular area; it usually includes a bill of rights and the establishment and conditions of the insular area's tripartite government.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/political_types.htm (553 words)

	faq1
		However, all the insular areas with locally elected governments (Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands) receive Federal domestic assistance more or less on the same proportionate basis as the several States and the District of Columbia.
		Insular area has developed in official correspondence since the early 1980’s as a convenient term of reference to which all parties – the Federal Executive Branch, Capitol Hill and insular officials – have agreed.
		Although it is a preference to use insular area in lieu of territory, possession and commonwealth, years of consideration and reasoning support the preference.
	www.doi.gov /oia/FAQ/faq2.htm (2069 words)

	Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For urban areas, “community” may be a neighborhood or neighborhoods, city, county or metropolitan area; for rural areas, it may be a neighborhood or neighborhoods, town, village, county, or multi-county area (but not the entire State); and
		The initial allocation amount for each insular area is determined based upon the insular area's population and occupied rental units compared to all insular areas.
		The HUD Field Office shall review each insular area's progress on outstanding allocations made under this section, based on the insular area's performance report, the timeliness of close-outs, and compliance with fund management requirements and regulations, taking into consideration the size of the allocation and the degree and complexity of the program.
	ecfr.gpoaccess.gov /cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1e06a72aae6c60752e19be1d79cf7e72&rgn=div5&view=text&node=24:1.1.1.1.42&idno=24 (12268 words)

	Sedimentary Processes
		The area between the island and the trench is made up of a steep insular slope, extending to a depth of about 7,000 m, and an 80-km-wide basin and ridge province which separates the trench floor from the insular slope.
		The insular slope is steep and convex in cross-section.
		The single exception is a small lobate area of slightly higher backscattering seen on the southern side of the trench floor at 66 degrees 20 minutes W. This corresponds to the location of a major turbidite entry point indicated by sedimentological studies (Doull, 1983).
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/2000/of00-006/htm/sedproc.htm (6708 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With respect to tribal areas, the Commission seeks comment on issues that may be affecting the availability of universal service in tribal areas, including the assignment of jurisdiction, designation of eligible telecommunications carriers, and possible modifications to federal high-cost and low-income support mechanisms that may be necessary to promote deployment and subscribership in these areas.
		We emphasize that the proposal to allow tribal study areas is not related to the issue of the area over which costs are averaged to determine support using the new high-cost mechanisms, which is pending in the high-cost proceeding.
		The Commission recognized that, while insular areas will benefit from the federal universal service support mechanisms, insular areas may face unique problems that could limit their ability to participate in and benefit from all of the universal service programs.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1999/fcc99204.txt (17356 words)

	EDGAR Part 76 Subpart B (How a State Applies for a Grant)
		76.125-76.137 of this part the term Insular Area means the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		The amount of the consolidated grant is the sum of the allocations the Insular Area receives under each of the programs included in the consolidated grant if there had been no consolidation.
		The eligibility of a particular Insular Area to receive grant funds under a Federal education program is determined under the statute and regulations for that program.
	www.ed.gov /policy/fund/reg/edgarReg/edlite-part76b.html (2490 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - My Job
		When Congress passed a law called the Insular Areas Act of 1982, it expanded the audit responsibilities of the OIG to include the insular areas (territories) of the United States.
		Reports resulting from audits of the insular areas are addressed to the island governments, with copies being provided to the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress.
		As you might suspect, the governments of the insular areas, which have been enjoying every-increasing levels of autonomy from the U.S. Government, are not always happy about the "Feds" looking over their shoulders.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /intro/oig.htm (724 words)

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		Where the service area does not coincide with the census boundaries, or if the census data does not reflect current income levels in an area, a survey of the residents may be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Section 570.208(a)(1)(vi).
		Insular areas should be encouraged to acknowledge receipt of this notification by return e-mail to the Field Office.
		Insular areas have the option of utilizing the information as soon as it becomes available.
	www.hud.gov /offices/cpd/lawsregs/notices/2004/04-09.doc (1361 words)

	ACYF-PI-94-03 Issued 1/18/94
		(Insular areas may consolidate grants under 45 CFR Part 97.) To do this, the insular area should forward a request to amend its FY 1994 consolidated grant application to include funds to which the insular area is entitled under the Family Preservation and Support Services program to:
		In either case, an insular area may send its submittal by mail or may FAX its submittal, followed by a signed original.
		An insular area that wishes to apply for and administer the program as described in the attached Program Instruction addressed to State agencies may contact its ACF Regional Office for additional information.
	www.acf.dhhs.gov /programs/cb/laws_policies/policy/pi/pi9403.htm (521 words)

	HEARING STATEMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The major program area in which the OIG has conducted audits and/or investigations and determined that funds were either misspent or that improvements over the control of funds were warranted was in assistance to U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States.
		The Insular Area governments (Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau) face major management challenges that in most cases are not being addressed, yet program monies and grants continue to flow.
		We believe, however, that if funding to the Insular Area governments were tied to their responsible management of those funds, we would see a marked improvement in their fiscal operations.
	www.house.gov /budget/hearings/devaneystmnt070903.htm (954 words)

	Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Insular Area of the United States"?
		The larger insular areas originally came under the sovereignty of the United States in various ways.
		TYPE 1: Insular Areas Acquired by Conquest -- In a treaty signed at the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
		TYPE 4: Insular Areas Acquired after United Nations Trusteeship, as a Commonwealth of the United States -- The United States was responsible for administering the Northern Mariana Islands after World War II as a United Nations trusteeship.
	www.taiwanadvice.com /tw_insular4b.htm (1421 words)

	Action of Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide (CGRP) and Substance P on Neurons in the Insular Cortex and the Modulation of ...
		Receptors for CGRP and SP in neurons in the insular cortex
		of non-taste neurons in the insular cortex to SP and glutamate
		that is, non-taste neurons in the insular cortex tended to have
	chemse.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/25/4/351 (4973 words)

	45 CFR PART 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The following jurisdictions (insular areas), as appropriate with respect to each block and formula grant program, may apply for a consolidated grant under this Part: the Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Republic of Palau).
		The Secretary, or his designee, will award a consolidated grant to each insular area that applies for a consolidated grant and meets the requirements of this Part and of the statutes and regulations applicable to the programs under whose authority the consolidated grant funds will be expended.
		As long as the amount requested does not exceed the amount for which the insular area is eligible under the programs that are being consolidated, the amount of the award will equal the amount requested in the application.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cfr/title45/part97.html (858 words)

	Cortical Connections of the Insular and Adjacent Parieto-temporal Fields in the Cat -- Clascá et al. 10 (4): 371 ...
		Cortical Connections of the Insular and Adjacent Parieto-temporal Fields in the Cat -- Clascá et al.
		of the insular and adjacent cortical areas in the domestic cat
		agranular insular area is associated with an array of olfactory
	cercor.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/10/4/371 (324 words)

	MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT: Summary from Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook
		Continental Shelf: the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the U.S. coast but outside the territorial sea to a depth of 200 meters or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of superadjacent waters allows exploitation of natural resources.
		Migratory range: the maximum area at a given time of the year within which fish of an anadromous species can be expected to be found, except areas in the waters of a foreign nation.
		Pacific Insular Area: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, Wake Island, or Palmyra Atoll, as applicable, and includes all islands and reefs appurtenant to such island, reef or atoll.
	ipl.unm.edu /cwl/fedbook/magfish.html (2915 words)

	H.R. 217, Committee Print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"(1) Insular areas.--Any amounts for the fiscal year allocated under section 406(a) for an insular area shall be used for a grant to the eligible grantee for the insular area for such fiscal year.
		"(1) Insular area grants.--In the case of a grant under subsection (b)(1) for an insular area, for eligible activities under subtitle C benefiting the insular area.
		"(B) to the extent that an entity that is a private nonprofit organization is authorized by the government of the insular area to act as the grantee for the area for purposes of this title, such private nonprofit entity.
	financialservices.house.gov /banking/hr217cpa.htm (5344 words)

	Insular Areas Oversight Avoidance Act
		H. To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget explain any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the United States in statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
		To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget explain any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the United States in statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
		(2) INSULAR AREA- The term `insular area' means Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
	www.theorator.com /bills107/hr2428.html (470 words)

	Dual representation of pain in the operculo-insular cortex in humans -- Frot and Mauguière 126 (2): 438 -- Brain
		The peaks of the suprasylvian and insular responses are indicated by the dotted vertical lines and their latencies (ms) are shown at the end of these lines.
		For example, the patient in A had three electrodes implanted in the insular cortex (each with a different y coordinate: –6, 2 and 6 mm), from which different latencies of the N180 response were recorded (177, 183 and 180 ms, respectively).
		Burton H, Fabri M, Alloway K. Cortical areas within the lateral sulcus connected to cutaneous representations in areas 3b and 1: a revised interpretation of the second somatosensory area in macaque monkeys.
	brain.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/126/2/438 (5643 words)

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		(1) the term "insular area" means any of the following: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands;
		(2) enhance the survivability of essential public facilities in the event of disasters in the insular areas,
		If the President finds that the insular government lacks any of these or other capabilities essential to the recovery effort, then the President shall provide technical assistance to the insular area which the President deems necessary for the recovery effort.
	www.disastercenter.com /stafford/SubChp5.html (456 words)

	NOAA's Coral Reef Data Discovery Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		United States Insular Area - United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.
		Palmyra Atoll is an incorporated, uninhabited island, owned by the Nature Conservancy but administered by the Office of Insular Affairs.
		Uninhabited areas are the United States Minor Outlying Islands, which are: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Wake Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Navassa Island (disputed with Haiti)
	www8.nos.noaa.gov /coris_glossary/index.aspx?letter=u (1022 words)

	24 CFR PART 92 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If a participating jurisdiction is located in an area in which a declaration of major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is made, it may request a reduction of its matching requirement.
		For a local participating jurisdiction, the HUD Field office may reduce the matching requirement specified in §92.218 by up to 100 percent for the fiscal year in which the declaration of major disaster is made and the following fiscal year.
		The amount of HOME funds that a participating jurisdiction may invest on a per-unit basis in affordable housing may not exceed the per-unit dollar limits established under section 221(d)(3)(ii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 17151(d)(3)(ii)) for elevator-type projects that apply to the area in which the housing is located.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cfr/title24/part92.html (14715 words)

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