Introduced in Senate

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 256 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 256 To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2013 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. (a) In General.--The first section and section 2 of Public Law 93- 435 (48 U.S.C. 1705, 1706) are amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each place it appears. (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of the amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-435 to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this section.