[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1622 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1622

To terminate annual direct grant assistance to the Commonwealth of the 
                       Northern Mariana Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
       to the Committees on Natural Resources and Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To terminate annual direct grant assistance to the Commonwealth of the 
                       Northern Mariana Islands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF ANNUAL DIRECT GRANT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Termination.--Pursuant to section 704(d) of the Covenant to 
Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political 
Union with the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1681 note), the 
annual payments under section 702 of the Covenant shall terminate as of 
September 30, 1993.
    (b) Repeal.--Sections 3 and 4 of the Act of March 24, 1976 (Public 
Law 94-241; 48 U.S.C. 1681 note), as amended, are repealed, effective 
October 1, 1993.

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