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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6015 

To require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding territories 

and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. 

FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 

AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis 

of the Department of Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding territories and Freely Associated 

States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DATA RE2 GARDING TERRITORIES AND FREELY ASSOCI3 ATED STATES. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Bureau of 

5 Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce shall 

6 publish an annual report on the gross domestic product 

7 of the following: 

8 (1) TERRITORIES.—American Samoa, Guam, 

9 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is10 lands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 

11 United States Virgin Islands. 

12 (2) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—Republic of 

13 the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro14 nesia, and the Republic of Palau. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of sub16 section (a) shall take effect on the day that is 90 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO IMMIGRATION PRO19 VISIONS APPLICABLE TO GUAM AND NORTH20 ERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 

21 (a) WAIVER OF NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS FOR NON22 IMMIGRANT WORKERS DURING TRANSITION.—Section 

23 6(b) of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution 

24 to approve the ‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth 

25 of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with 

26 the United States of America’, and for other purposes’’, 


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1 approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(e)), as added 

2 by section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act 

3 of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 122 Stat. 854), is amended 

4 by inserting after the second sentence the following: ‘‘In 

5 any case in which the Secretary of Labor implements an 

6 extension of the provisions of subsection (d) pursuant to 

7 subsection (d)(5), the provisions of this subsection shall 

8 be extended for the same period.’’. 

9 (b) GUAM AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VISA

10 WAIVER PROGRAM.—Section 702 of the Consolidated 

11 Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 122 

12 Stat. 854) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(l) GUAM AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VISA

14 WAIVER ALTERNATIVE.—In a case in which the regula15 tions promulgated under section 212(l)(3) of the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(l)), as amended 

17 by subsection (b)(3), do not include a listing of any coun18 try pursuant to section 212(l)(3)(A) of such Act, the Sec19 retary of Homeland Security shall provide for an alter20 native procedure for the provision of a benefit similar to 

21 that described in section 212(l)(1) of such Act to nationals 

22 from any country from which the Commonwealth of the 

23 Northern Mariana Islands has received a significant eco24 nomic benefit from the number of visitors for pleasure 


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1 within the one-year period preceding the date of the enact2 ment of this Act.’’. 

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