Public Hearing - Senator Jesse A. Lujan - January 12, 2026 9AM PT.2

Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Customs, Utilities, and Federal and Foreign Affairs, Thirtieth Guam Legislature · January 12, 2026

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Public Auditor: historic audits, lost use-tax revenue, call to act

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Public Auditor (identified by role) summarized audits showing manual, paper-based customs operations, large physical stores of invoices (dozens of boxes per month) and historical missed use-tax revenue; urged the legislature to pass modernization funding or invest from the general fund to stop ongoing losses.

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The Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Customs, Utilities and Federal and Foreign Affairs held a public hearing on Bill 234-38 to adopt an automated customs management system (ASYCUDA) for Guam. Agency witnesses described expected revenue gains, public-health and security benefits, estimated costs and a 24–36 month implementation timeline; no vote was taken.

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