Unlike constitutions of a state, it is subject to unilateral change by the federal government.
[2][3] A Constitutional Convention of American Samoa in Fagatogo begun on 26 September 1966 and approved several amendments,[4] which were approved in a referendum in the general elections in 1966, promulgated by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall on 2 June 1967, and became effective 1 July 1967.
It included a bill of rights and provided protection for American Sāmoans against alienation of their lands and loss of culture.
[5][6][7] Savali Talavou Ale led the committee assignment of reviewing the constitution in the American Samoa House of Representatives.
[11] The Ratification Act of 1929 was joint resolution of the United States Congress that ratified the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila of 1900 and the Treaty of Cession of Manuʻa of 1904, which ceded the islands of Tutuila and Manuʻa, respectively, to the United States and now form part of American Samoa.