[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 986 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 986

  To provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas to be treated as States for certain criminal justice programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2011

   Mr. Sablan (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
 Faleomavaega, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Costa, 
Ms. Chu, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Honda, Ms. Moore, and Ms. 
 Richardson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas to be treated as States for certain criminal justice programs.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT AS A STATE FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND CNMI.

    Section 901(a)(2) of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``Islands:'' and all 
that follows through the period and inserting ``Islands;''.
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