[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4544 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4544

  To authorize the appropriations for construction projects under the 
Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
   Political Union with the United States of America, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1994

  Mr. de Lugo (by request) (for himself and Mr. Miller of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the appropriations for construction projects under the 
Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
   Political Union with the United States of America, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of March 
24, 1976 (Public Law 94-241, 90 Stat. 263), is amended by--
            (1) adding the following new section at the end thereof:
    ``Sec. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands for capital infrastructure 
$18,000,000 to become available on October 1, 1994, and $9,000,000 to 
become available on October 1, 1995, notwithstanding the first 
paragraph of section A of Part II and section B of Part III of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Federal Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands, executed on December 17, 
1992: Provided, That such amounts shall become available only to the 
extent that matching funds are provided, on a project-by-project basis, 
by the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands in the amounts of 
$9,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. 
No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act 
for any fiscal year thereafter. Such Federal assistance shall be 
provided through annual grants according to the remaining terms of such 
Agreement, except that the duration of the Agreement shall be 2 
years.''; and
            (2) repealing section 4(b) upon enactment of appropriations 
        to the Secretary of the Interior for the Government of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands.

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