NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, COMMONWEALTH OF

Bills and resolutions

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 88), H101 [9JA] (see H.R. 270), H151 [10JA]

——— appoint additional Federal circuit judges for ninth circuit, divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, and appoint additional judges to certain district courts (see S. 1878), S2028 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate Guam and Western Pacific Rural Development office as representative of rural development in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Freely Associated States (see H.R. 5445), H4296 [13SE]

Dept. of Education: establish 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. 1031), H839 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: provide set-aside of funds for territories under health profession opportunity grant program and make Northern Mariana Islands eligible for such grants (see H.R. 1675), H1300 [21MR]

Dept. of Labor: include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands in definition of State for trade adjustment assistance for workers program (see H.R. 1038), H839 [14FE]

——— include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service (see H.R. 3193), H2244 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 1708), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3494), H2453 [18MY]

Employment: modify requirement to remain outside of U.S. for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers (see H.R. 1420), H1149 [7MR]

FEMA: provide certain assistance for Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6478), H5906 [24NO]

Immigration: extend admission to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers (see H.R. 1760), H1408 [23MR]

——— reform policies (see H.R. 560), H427 [26JA]

Medicaid: exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5906), H4990 [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6437), H5892 [15NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3260), H2309 [11MY]

SBA: extend period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted (see H.R. 5063), H4141 [27JY]

Supreme Court: condemn decisions in Insular Cases and territorial incorporation doctrine based on racial stereotypes and non-democratic principles (see H. Res. 314), H1909 [20AP]

Territories: extend certain grants to governments of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 6273), H5543 [7NO]

——— provide public benefits to citizens of Freely Associated States in U.S. (see S. 792), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 1571), H1284 [14MR]

Letters

Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid funding: Vicenta Borja, Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Director, E427 [11MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Guam-Northern Marianas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), E56 [26JA]

Employment: modify requirement to remain outside of U.S. for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers (H.R. 1420), E185 [7MR]

Immigration: reform policies (H.R. 560), E59 [26JA], E72 [30JA]

Medicaid: exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 5906), E938 [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6437), E1107 [15NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3260), E427 [11MY]

TakeCare Insurance Co.: anniversary, H5675 [13NO]

Reports filed

Nomination of Ramona Villagomez Manglona To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5851 [7DE]