legislation: 99-s-2735
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| 99-s-2735 | 99 | s | 2735 | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federal Relations Act | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1986-08-11 | 1986-08-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 3 | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federal Relations Act - Provides that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth) shall be represented in the Congress by a nonvoting Resident Representative. Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to designate as land-grant colleges established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts: (1) the Community College of American Samoa; (2) the College of Micronesia; and (3) an institution designated by the legislature of the Commonwealth. Authorizes appropriations (in lieu of the usual donation of public land) to the Commonwealth and American Samoa for the endowment of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to require that any provision of an Act of the Congress that relates to the operation or provision of assistance to a land-grant college in the Virgin Islands or Guam shall also apply to land grant colleges in American Samoa and the Commonwealth. Amends the Second Morrill Act to authorize appropriations annually to the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth in amounts which they would receive under such Act if they were States. Increases the annual appropriation of additional funds for the endowment and support of the colleges in Guam. Amends the Smith-Lever Act to appropriate similar funds to the Commonwealth. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for cooperative extension work by colleges in the Commonwealth. Includes the Commonwealth within the definition of the term "State." Provides that specified provisions of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 shall not apply to the Northern Marianas College. Amends the Hatch Act of 1887 to authorize appropriations to the Commonwealth for agricultural research. Sets forth specified provisions relating to the status of immediate relatives of citizens of the Commonwealth as citizens of the United States. Amends Federal armed forces law to provide for the appointment of one cadet from the Commonwealth to the service academies. Entitles the Representative to the United States for the Commonwealth to nominate a candidate and nine alternatives for each cadet vacancy that is available to him. Amends specified Federal banking laws to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Declares that the Commonwealth upon the termination of a specified United Nations Trusteeship Agreement will become self-governing pursuant to its Covenant with the United States. Obligates the United States to protect the coastlines and ocean areas of the Commonwealth. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940, specified Federal consumer law, the Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, and the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Provides that the Commonwealth shall be considered as part of the United States for purposes of the American Fisheries Promotion Act and other specified Federal laws relating to fishery trade. Requires the Secretary of State, upon the request of the Commonwealth, to initiate and conduct negotiations for the purpose of entering into one or more international fisheries agreements for the conservation and management of highly migratory species of fish (tuna) within the fishery conservation zone of the Commonwealth. Amends Federal criminal law to exempt the Commonwealth from specified criminal customs law relating to the importation or exportation of certain goods into or from the Commonwealth. Repeals Federal criminal law relating to the exportation of arms, liquors, and narcotics to the Pacific Islands. Amends Federal criminal law to set forth penalties for the killing of officers and employees of the Government of the Commonwealth. Provides for the operation (and advertisement) of certain lotteries in the Commonwealth. Amends Federal criminal law to authorize officers and employees of the Government of the Commonwealth to board any vessel that enters a port of the Commonwealth. Amends specified criminal laws to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to the Commonwealth for postsecondary educational needs. Sets forth specified conditions with respect to such grants. Requires the Secretary of State to issue special temporary U.S. passports to citizens of the Commonwealth. Amends specified Federal law relating to money and finance to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Provides that any construction of bridges or dams over or in any river ways in the Commonwealth must have the consent of the Congress. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act to allow certain actions that occur in the Commonwealth to be brought in the District Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends specified Federal law to allow the mailing within the Commonwealth of equipment, tickets, or materials concerning qualified lotteries conducted in the Commonwealth. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain requirements with respect to medical assistance programs in the Commonwealth. Provides that the United States conveys to the Commonwealth all rights, title, and interest it may have in submerged lands within the Commonwealth. Amends Federal law relating to the distribution of Government publications to depository libraries to include the Commonwealth within such laws. Authorizes the Governor of the Commonwwealth to enforce or execute in the Commonwealth any Federal laws that are applicable to the Commonwealth. | 2025-08-29T16:30:41Z |