H.R. 573: To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin ...

...Islands, and American Samoa.

113th Congress, 2013–2015. Text as of May 16, 2013 (Referred to Senate Committee).

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HR 573 RFS

113th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 573

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 16, 2013

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

AN ACT

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.

    (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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2013.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.