[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 429 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 429

 To permit the Delegate from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
           Islands to designate Federal depository libraries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permit the Delegate from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
           Islands to designate Federal depository libraries.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Mariana Islands Federal 
Depository Library Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES BY THE DELEGATE FROM THE 
              COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 1905 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``by the Delegate 
        from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after 
        ``District of Columbia,''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by inserting ``the Delegate from 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands may designate 
        two depository libraries in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands,'' after ``libraries in the District of 
        Columbia,''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS OF DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
              NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 1909 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``the Delegate from 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after 
        ``District of Columbia,''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by inserting ``and, in the case 
        of a library in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, the Delegate from the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
        Islands,'' after ``Commissioner of the District of Columbia,''.
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