To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.
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Passed
Latest Action · May 24, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405.
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 15, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Act conveying certain submerged lands to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (P.L. 93-435) to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the same basis as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. (Conveys to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands certain submerged lands extending three geographical miles from the coastline.)
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