[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 934 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 405
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 934

                          [Report No. 111-197]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2009

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                              May 24, 2010

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
  its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
                     have in their submerged lands.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN SUBMERGED LANDS TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF 
              THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    (a) In General.--The first section of Public Law 93-435 (48 U.S.C. 
1705) is amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each place it appears.
    (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of the 
amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-435 
(48 U.S.C. 1705) to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be 
a reference to the date of the enactment of this section.
                                                       Calendar No. 405

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 934

                          [Report No. 111-197]

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                                 AN ACT

 To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
  its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
                     have in their submerged lands.

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                              May 24, 2010

                       Reported without amendment