NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, COMMONWEALTH OF

Articles and editorials

‘From Something to Nothing’—Life in Saipan After Super Typhoon Yutu, H657 [16JA]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2773), H3841 [15MY]

Commission on Civil Rights: establish advisory committees for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 4068), H7467 [25JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1797), S3362 [12JN] (see H.R. 78), H203 (see H.R. 215), H209 [3JA]

——— appoint additional Federal circuit judges for the ninth circuit, divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, and appoint additional judges to certain district courts (see S. 722), S1734 [7MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for participation of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 677), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1576), H2504 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: establish a program that enables college-bound residents of certain territories to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (see H.R. 404), H358 [9JA] (see H.R. 2465), H3404 [1MY]

——— provide Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding parity for certain territories known as ‘‘outlying areas’’ (see H.R. 2437), H3403 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS: explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems for Northern Mariana Islands and Native Americans (see H.R. 5510), H12289 [19DE]

——— provide a set-aside of funds for territories under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program to make the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for grants (see H.R. 3335), H4916 [19JN]

Dept. of Labor: include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of a nationwide system of public employment offices, known as the Employment Service (see H.R. 4743), H8258 [18OC]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 3117), S7207 [19DE] (see H.R. 2918), H4118 [22MY]

Immigration: reform policies (see H.R. 559, 560), H600 [15JA]

——— temporarily provide Commonwealth-only transitional worker permits for workers in construction occupations involved in disaster recovery (see H.R. 4479), H7901 [24SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt health insurance of residents of U.S. territories from annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 19), S19 [3JA]

SBA: ensure Northern Mariana Islands eligibility for certain programs (see S. 2190), S4948 [18JY] (see H.R. 2603), H3501 [8MY]

——— give small business contracting credit for certain small businesses located in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3428), H5037 [21JN]

Senate: provide for a nonvoting delegate to represent American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5526), H12290 [19DE]

Territories: authorize management of Federal submerged lands off of territories for offshore energy, establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, and provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation (see S. 499), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1014), H1390 [6FE]

——— recognize importance of supporting equal rights of citizens, acknowledge that Supreme Court decisions in Insular Cases rest on racist and imperialist assumptions, and reject application of such cases (see H. Res. 641), H8259 [18OC]

Cost Estimates

EPA-related projects to support Typhoon Yutu recovery in Northern Mariana Islands community planning and capacity building, infrastructure systems, and natural and cultural resources: EPA, H3701 [10MY]

Letters

Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act: Christine M. Ciccone, Dept. of Homeland Security, H4203 [3JN]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 559, Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act, H4214 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 2773), E597 [15MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reserve funds to cover any shortfall in Northern Mariana Islands Nutritional Assistance Program funding, H4942 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a program that enables college-bound residents of certain territories to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (H.R. 2465), E515 [1MY]

Dept. of Labor: include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of a nationwide system of public employment offices, known as the Employment Service (H.R. 4743), E1303 [18OC]

Depts. of Justice and HHS: Sexual Assault Services Program and Transitional Housing Assistance Program funding for U.S. territories, H3048, H3049 [3AP]

Disasters: water and sewer recovery funding for communites recovering from Typhoon Yutu, H3701, H3702 [10MY]

Food: emergency food assistance block grant funding, H658 [16JA]

Immigration: reform policies, H1381 [6FE]

——— reform policies (H.R. 559), H4201–H4203 [3JN]

Medicaid: block grant funding, H656–H658 [16JA]

——— expiration of funding for U.S. territories under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H5028 [21JN]

SBA: ensure Northern Mariana Islands eligibility for certain programs (H.R. 2603), E560 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Immigration: reform policies (H.R. 559), S4195 [20JN]

Reports filed

Nomination of Fernando L.G. Sablan To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5602 [19SE]

Offshore Wind for Territories Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1014) (H. Rept. 116–230), H8110 [11OC]

Texts of

H.R. 559, Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act, H4201 [3JN]