[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1198 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1198

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2013

Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mr. Faleomavaega) 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 
 Mariana Islands 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 THE 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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