[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1623 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1623

To apply the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.


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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 the Judiciary and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To apply the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE 
              COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    (a) Application.--Consistent with the reservation of authority by 
the United States in the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of 
America (approved by Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263; 48 U.S.C. 1681 
note), the immigration laws of the United States, including the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, shall apply in their entirety to the 
Northern Mariana Islands to the same extent and in the same manner as 
such laws apply to a State of the United States.
    (b) Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) is amended as follows:
            (1) State.--Paragraph (36) of such section is amended by 
        inserting ``Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Puerto Rico,''.
            (2) United States.--Paragraph (38) of such section is 
        amended by inserting ``Northern Mariana Islands,'' after 
        ``Puerto Rico,''.

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