[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1927 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1927

To extend the prohibition on asylum applications in the case of aliens 
arriving from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2011

  Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the prohibition on asylum applications in the case of aliens 
arriving from 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. ASYLUM APPLICATION PROHIBITION EXTENDED.

    Section 235(b)(1)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(G)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2014.'' and inserting ``the 
        later of--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(1) the first day after the end of the transition period 
        under section 6(a)(2) of the Joint Resolution entitled `A Joint 
        Resolution to approve the ``Covenant To Establish a 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union 
        with the United States of America'', and for other purposes', 
        approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263); or
            ``(2) if the Secretary of Labor determines that an 
        extension period is necessary under section 6(d)(5) of such 
        Joint Resolution, the first day after the end of that extension 
        period.''.
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