Federal and Commonwealth efforts to locate 
and repatriate them. 
(E) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
Commonwealth gambling regulations. 
(F) Recommendations for furthering con-
gressional intent under this title. 
(G) Comments on annual reports sub-
mitted to Congress by the Commonwealth 
under paragraph (4). 
(4) REPORTS BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
The Governor of the Commonwealth may submit an 
annual report to the President on the implementa-
tion of this title, and the amendments made by this 
title, with recommendations for future changes. The 
President shall forward the Governor’s report to 
Congress with any Administration comment after an 
appropriate period of time for internal review. 
(h) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ALIEN WORKERS 
PRIOR TO APPLICATION OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NA-
TIONALITY ACT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSITION 
PROGRAM.—During the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this title and ending on the effective date 
of the transition program established under section 6 of 
the Joint Resolution to Approve the ‘‘Covenant to Estab-
lish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
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Political Union With the United States of America’’, and 
for other purposes, approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 
94–241), as added by subsection (a) of this section, the 
Government of the Commonwealth shall not permit an in-
crease in the total number of alien workers who are 
present in the Commonwealth as of the date of enactment 
of this title. 
(i) AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY IMMIGRATION AND NA-
TIONALITY ACT WITH RESPECT TO TIME SPENT IN THE 
UNITED
STATES
FOR
LAWFUL
PERMANENT
RESI-
DENTS.—With regard to persons who have previously been 
granted United States lawful permanent resident status, 
and who reside in the Commonwealth, and whose resi-
dence may not have fallen within the provisions of section 
506(c) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the 
United States of America, periods of residence in the Com-
monwealth, prior to the date of the enactment of this title, 
shall be considered to have been resident within the United 
States. 
TITLE II—NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLAND DELEGATE ACT 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Mariana Is-
lands Delegate Act’’. 
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SEC. 202. DELEGATE TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS. 
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
shall be represented in the United States Congress by the 
Resident Representative to the United States authorized 
by section 901 of the Covenant to Establish a Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union 
With the United States of America (approved by Public 
Law 94–241 (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)). The Resident Rep-
resentative shall be a nonvoting Delegate to the House of 
Representatives, elected as provided in this title. 
SEC. 203. ELECTION OF DELEGATE. 
(a) ELECTORS AND TIME OF ELECTION.—The Dele-
gate shall be elected— 
(1) by the people qualified to vote for the popu-
larly elected officials of the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; and 
(2) at the Federal general election of 2008 and 
at such Federal general election every 2d year there-
after. 
(b) MANNER OF ELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Delegate shall be elect-
ed at large and by a plurality of the votes cast for 
the office of Delegate. 
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(2) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIMARY 
ELECTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the 
Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation en-
acted in accordance with the Constitution of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
provides for primary elections for the election of the 
Delegate, the Delegate shall be elected by a majority 
of the votes cast in any general election for the of-
fice of Delegate for which such primary elections 
were held. 
(c) VACANCY.—In case of a permanent vacancy in the 
office of Delegate, the office of Delegate shall remain va-
cant until a successor is elected and qualified. 
(d) COMMENCEMENT OF TERM.—The term of the 
Delegate shall commence on the 3d day of January fol-
lowing the date of the election. 
SEC. 204. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE OF DELEGATE. 
To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate 
shall— 
(1) be at least 25 years of age on the date of 
the election; 
(2) have been a citizen of the United States for 
at least 7 years prior to the date of the election; 
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(3) be a resident and domiciliary of the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for at 
least 7 years prior to the date of the election; 
(4) be qualified to vote in the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands on the date of the 
election; and 
(5) not be, on the date of the election, a can-
didate for any other office. 
SEC. 205. DETERMINATION OF ELECTION PROCEDURE. 
Acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance 
with the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Government of the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands may determine 
the order of names on the ballot for election of Delegate, 
the method by which a special election to fill a permanent 
vacancy in the office of Delegate shall be conducted, the 
method by which ties between candidates for the office of 
Delegate shall be resolved, and all other matters of local 
application pertaining to the election and the office of Del-
egate not otherwise expressly provided for in this title. 
SEC. 206. COMPENSATION, PRIVILEGES, AND IMMUNITIES. 
Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall receive 
the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a 
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