NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, COMMONWEALTH OF

Bills and resolutions

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (see H.R. 2716), H6706 [14JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 2723), H6706 [14JY]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 562), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1033), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (see H.R. 1486), H2471 [27MR]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (see H.R. 2422), H5265 [11JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 1189), H1744 [11MR]

Remarks in House

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (H.R. 2716), E1471, E1475 [14JY]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (H.R. 1486), E1076 [23MY]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (H.R. 2422), E1211 [11JN]

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of educational travel from a foreign area posting, H6808 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs funding, H6962 [16JY]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 1189), H11468, H11469 [18NO], E2362 [20NO], E2456 [25NO]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 562), S3319 [6MR], S3499 [11MR]

Reports filed

Increase Waiver Requirement for Certain Local Matching Requirements for Grants Provided to Territories: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1189) (H. Rept. 108-119), H4366 [20MY]

Nomination of Leonardo M. Rapadas To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5949 [8MY]

Summaries

Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act (H.R. 2716), E1471 [14JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1189, increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to certain territories, H11468 [18NO]

S. 562, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act, S3320 [6MR]