[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 670 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 670


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2011

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

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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.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 3, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.