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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
S. 590 
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. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 15, 2011 
Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) (by request) introduced the 
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN SUBMERGED LANDS 
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TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 
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MARIANA ISLANDS. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of Public Law 
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93–435 (48 U.S.C. 1705) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 
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•S 590 IS
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after 
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‘‘Guam,’’ each place it appears. 
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(b) REFERENCES TO DATE OF ENACTMENT.—For 
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the purposes of the amendment made by subsection (a), 
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each reference in Public Law 93–435 (48 U.S.C. 1705) 
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to the ‘‘date of enactment’’ shall be considered to be a 
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reference to the date of the enactment of this section. 
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