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Union Calendar No. 217 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1466 
[Report No. 112–319, Part I] 
To resolve the status of certain persons legally residing in the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands under the immigration laws of the 
United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2011 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural 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 com-
mittee concerned 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. BOREN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BACA, Ms. BORDALLO, 
Mr. STARK, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, 
Mr. PALLONE, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. REYES, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 
FARR, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. RANGEL, 
Ms. FUDGE, Mr. RAHALL, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. CLAY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. BASS of California, Mr. BISHOP of Geor-
gia, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. COHEN 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee on 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To resolve the status of certain persons legally residing in 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
under the immigration laws of the United States. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to provide to certain per-
sons residing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands a status applicable solely within the Common-
wealth in order to allow such persons to remain lawfully 
in the Commonwealth. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS RE-
LATED TO REFORM IN THE COMMONWEALTH 
OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
Section (6)(e) of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A 
Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Covenant to Establish a 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Polit-
ical Union with the United States of America’, and for 
other purposes’’, approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 
1806(e)), as added by section 702 of the Consolidated 
Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229; 
1222 Stat. 854), is amended by inserting after paragraph 
(5) the following: 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL
PROVISION
REGARDING
LONG 
TERM RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.— 
‘‘(A) CNMI-ONLY
RESIDENT
STATUS.— 
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) may, upon the ap-
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plication of the alien, be admitted as an immi-
grant to the Commonwealth subject to the fol-
lowing rules: 
‘‘(i) The alien shall be treated as a 
permanent resident of the Commonwealth 
only, including permitting entry to and exit 
from the Commonwealth, until the earlier 
of the date that— 
‘‘(I) the alien ceases to perma-
nently reside in the Commonwealth; 
or 
‘‘(II) the alien’s status is ad-
justed under this section or section 
245 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) to that of 
an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence, as defined under sec-
tion 101(a)(20) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)), if the alien is otherwise 
eligible for such an adjustment. 
‘‘(ii) Unless otherwise authorized, the 
alien shall not be permitted to travel to, or 
reside in, any part of the United States, as 
defined in section 101(a)(38) of such Act 
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