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US HR573
US HR573To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
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113th Congress
Bill Summary
Conveys to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands submerged lands surrounding such Islands and extending three geographical miles outward from their coastlines. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands among the islands where the President may establish naval defensive sea areas and airspace reservations when necessary for national defense.
AI Summary
This bill amends Public Law 93-435 to grant the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the same rights and authorities as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, specifically by conveying to the Northern Mariana Islands government ownership of the submerged lands extending three geographical miles from their coastlines, and by including them among the islands where the President can establish naval defensive sea areas and airspace reservations for national defense purposes.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (36)
Kilili Sablan (D)*,
Madeleine Bordallo (D),
André Carson (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Donna Christensen (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Jim Costa (D),
John Dingell (D),
Eni Faleomavaega (D),
Sam Farr (D),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
Alan Grayson (D),
Al Green (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Luis Gutiérrez (D),
Colleen Hanabusa (D),
Rush Holt (D),
Michael Honda (D),
Walter Jones (R),
Barbara Lee (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Ed Markey (D),
George Miller (D),
James Moran (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Collin Peterson (D),
Pedro Pierluisi (I),
Nick Rahall (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
David Scott (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (on 05/16/2013)
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