[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1545 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1545

 To amend the definition of State in certain Federal agricultural laws 
      to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2013

  Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the definition of State in certain Federal agricultural laws 
      to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 
              ISLANDS AS A STATE UNDER CERTAIN FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL 
              LAWS.

    (a) Amendment to the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.--
Section 8 of Public Law 87-788 (16 U.S.C. 582a-7; commonly known as the 
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) is amended by striking ``and 
Guam.'' and inserting ``Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands.''.
    (b) Amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.--Section 
207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626) is 
amended by striking ``and Guam.'' and inserting ``, Guam, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.
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