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Union Calendar No. 34 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 573 
[Report No. 113–56] 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MORAN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. COSTA, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Ms. CHU, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. FARR, Mr. HOLT, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
MAY 14, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LOWENTHAL and Ms. SHEA-PORTER 
MAY 14, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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•HR 573 RH
A BILL 
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•HR 573 RH
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. AMENDMENT. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The first section and section 2 of 
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Public Law 93–435 (48 U.S.C. 1705, 1706) are amended 
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by inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
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Islands,’’ after ‘‘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 to the ‘‘date of en-
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actment’’ shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
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of the enactment of this section. 
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Union Calendar No. 34 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 573 
[Report No. 113–56] 
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. 
MAY 14, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:56 May 14, 2013
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