I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1927 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2011 Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

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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. .