[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 590

 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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2011

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) (by request) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.
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