NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, COMMONWEALTH OF

Bills and resolutions

Compact of Free Association: amend (see S. 1830), S11212 [6OC]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (see S. 1301), S7294 [23JN]

———appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1296), S7293 [23JN] (see S. 1845), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 212), H78 [4JA] (see H.R. 3125), H5434 (see H.R. 3125), H5479 [29JN]

———remove authority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to sit en banc with fewer than all circuit judges in regular active service (see H.R. 1064), H941 [2MR]

———reorganize the ninth judicial circuit (see H.R. 211), H78 [4JA]

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. 158), H76 [4JA]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain submerged lands (see S. 1831), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 4255), H10038 [8NO]

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. 3885), H8341 [22SE]

House of Representatives: provide for a nonvoting delegate (see H.R. 873), H791 [17FE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 57), H73 [4JA]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1148), H1023 [8MR]

Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 3), H79 [4JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of reimbursing employees for relocation and certain educational travel costs, H6068 [19JY]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories, H12275 [18DE]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program to include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1148), E380 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 1830), S11222-S11224 [6OC]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (S. 1301), S7289, S7302 [23JN]

———appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 1296), S7289 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain submerged lands (S. 1831), S11222-S11224 [6OC]

Reports filed

Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 873) (H. Rept. 109-110), H4294 [8JN]

Texts of

S. 1296, Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act, S7300 [23JN]

S. 1830, Compact of Free Association amendments, S11222 [6OC]

S. 1831, convey certain submerged lands to the Northern Mariana Islands, S11223 [6OC]

S. 1845, Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act, S11231 [6OC]