[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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          NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS COVENANT IMPLEMENTATION ACT

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                MURKOWSKI (AND AKAKA) AMENDMENT NO. 2807

  Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Akaka) proposed an amendment to 
the bill (S. 1052) to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) 
approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 29, lines 20-21, strike ``regard to'' and insert 
     ``counting against''.
       On page 34, lines 7-8, strike ``to be made available during 
     the following fiscal year'' and insert ``that will not count 
     against the numerical limitations''.
       On page 34, strike line 15 and all that follows through 
     page 35, line 4.
       On page 34, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(B)''.
       On page 35, strike line 20 and all that follows through 
     page 36, line 18.
       On page 36, strike ``(E)'' and insert ``(C)''.
       On page 37, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 
     38, line 9.
       On page 38, strike line 10 and all that follows through 
     line 24.
       On page 39, line 1, strike ``(I)'' and insert ``(D)''.
       On page 40, line 6, strike ``and reviewable''.
       On page 41, lines 3-6, strike ``The determination as to 
     whether a further extension is required shall not be 
     reviewable.''.
       On page 41, lines 20-21, strike ``The decision by the 
     Attorney General shall not be reviewable.''.
       On page 42, lines 6-7, strike ``The determination by the 
     Attorney General shall not be reviewable.''.
       On page 45, line 16, strike line 16 and all that follows 
     through page 46, line 10.
       On page 46, line 11, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(g)''.
       On page 46, line 20, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(h)''.
       On page 47, line 3, strike ``(j)'' and insert ``(i)''.
       On page 47, line 9, strike ``regard to'' and insert 
     ``counting against''.
       On page 47, line 14, strike ``(C) through (H)'' and insert 
     ``(B) and (C)''.
       On page 48, line 5, strike ``five-year'' and insert ``four-
     year''.
       On page 48, line 9, strike ``5-year'' and insert ``four-
     year''.
       On page 48, line 18, strike ``five years'' and insert 
     ``four years''.
       On page 48, line 23 and all that follows through page 49, 
     line 4.
       On page 49, line 5, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(2)''.
       On page 49, line 10, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(3)''.
       On page 49, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(k) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section may 
     be construed to count the issuance of any visa to an alien, 
     or the grant of any admission of an alien, under this section 
     toward any numerical limitation contained in the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act.''.

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