A bill to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 96-995)

=Title I: American Samoa= - Requires that all right, title, and interest of the Federal Government in personal property in American Samoa be transferred to the American Samoa government on October 1, 1981, unless the Government agency responsible for such property advises the Secretary of the Interior that it has a continuing requirement for such property.

=Title II: Guam= - Terminates the liability of Guam for the repayment of specified Federal assistance (including assistance for rehabilitation after typhoon damage) under the Guam Rehabilitation Act which is not repaid by October 1, 1981.

=Title III: Northern Mariana Islands= - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a report on the need, cost, and Federal assistance necessary to rehabilitate the dock and harbor facilities in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Amends the Federal Fish Restoration Projects Act and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as if it were a State.

=Title IV: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after fiscal year 1980 for the installation, operation, and maintenance of communications systems to provide internal and external communications in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Requires the transfer of all right, title, and interest of the Federal Government in personal property in the Trust Territory and of the Government of the Trust Territory in personal property wherever located to the governments of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia by October 1, 1981, unless the Federal agency responsible for such property notifies the Secretary of a continuing requirement for such property.

=Title V: Commission on the Application of Federal Laws to Insular Areas= - Establishes the Commission on the Application of Federal Laws to Insular Areas to review the application of Federal laws to the insular areas and to recommend to the President and Congress such modifications to such laws as may facilitate the economic, political, and social development of such areas. Creates an advisory council to the Commission.

Directs the Commission to report its findings and recommendations for legislative or administrative action to Congress within four years after appropriations are first made under this title. Terminates the Commission ten days after submission of such report.

=Title VI: Miscellaneous= - Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Permits the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to extend programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (the territories); and (2) to waive or modify any statutory requirements for the provision of assistance under such programs to adapt the programs to the needs of a territory, provided that the Secretary of Agriculture notifies specified congressional committees prior to such action.

States that funds appropriated under the Emergency School Aid Act for use in the territories and Puerto Rico in fiscal year 1980 shall be available for the purposes set forth in such Act immediately before September 30, 1979.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive energy plan with emphasis on indigenous renewable sources of energy for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to enable the territories and Puerto Rico to engage in water resources planning.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) review the transportation needs of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to ascertain the potential for sail-assisted technology for inter-island transportation; and (2) report the findings and any recommendations to Congress.

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for payments to Guam and the Virgin Islands for fiscal years 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 to eliminate general fund deficits. Requires the Governors of Guam and the Virgin Islands: (1) to submit a plan for eliminating such deficits by the beginning of fiscal year 1986 for approval of the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) to submit to each Secretary quarterly reports, certified by the respective government comptroller, describing the success of each territory in implementing such plan. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from making any payments upon determining that a territory is not complying with such plan.