(B) An assessment of the short-term and 
long-term impacts of implementation of this 
title and the amendments made by this title on 
the economy of the Commonwealth, including 
its ability to obtain workers to supplement its 
resident workforce and to maintain access to its 
tourists and customers, and any effect on com-
pliance with United States treaty obligations 
mandating non-refoulement for refugees. 
(C) An assessment of the economic benefit 
of the investors ‘‘grandfathered’’ under sub-
section (c) of section 6 of the Joint Resolution 
entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution to approve the 
‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in 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, and the Commonwealth’s 
ability to attract new investors after the date of 
the enactment of this title. 
(D) An assessment of the number of illegal 
aliens in the Commonwealth, including any 
Federal and Commonwealth efforts to locate 
and repatriate them. 
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(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 the 
Congress with any Administration comment after an 
appropriate period of time for internal review, pro-
vided that nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to require the President to provide any legis-
lative recommendation to the Congress. 
(5) REPORT ON FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND RE-
SOURCE REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, after consulting with 
the Secretary of the Interior and other departments 
and agencies as may be deemed necessary, shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, the Committee on Homeland Security, and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, and to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate, on the cur-
rent and planned levels of Transportation Security 
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Administration, United States Customs and Border 
Protection, United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services, and United States Coast Guard 
personnel and resources necessary for fulfilling mis-
sion requirements on Guam and the Commonwealth 
in a manner comparable to the level provided at 
other similar ports of entry in the United States. In 
fulfilling this reporting requirement, the Secretary 
shall consider and anticipate the increased require-
ments due to the proposed realignment of military 
forces on Guam and in the Commonwealth and 
growth in the tourism sector. 
(i) REQUIRED ACTIONS PRIOR TO TRANSITION PRO-
GRAM EFFECTIVE DATE.—During the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
the transition program effective date described in section 
6 of Public Law 94–241 (as added by subsection (a)), the 
Government of the Commonwealth shall— 
(1) not permit an increase in the total number 
of alien workers who are present in the Common-
wealth as of the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) administer its nonrefoulement protection 
program— 
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(A) according to the terms and procedures 
set forth in the Memorandum of Agreement en-
tered into between the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands and the United 
States Department of Interior, Office of Insular 
Affairs, executed on September 12, 2003 (which 
terms and procedures, including but not limited 
to funding by the Secretary of the Interior and 
performance by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity of the duties of ‘‘Protection Consultant’’ 
to the Commonwealth, shall have effect on and 
after the date of the enactment of this Act), as 
well as CNMI Public Law 13–61 and the Immi-
gration Regulations Establishing a Procedural 
Mechanism for Persons Requesting Protection 
from Refoulement; and 
(B) so as not to remove or otherwise effect 
the involuntary return of any alien whom the 
Protection Consultant has determined to be eli-
gible for protection from persecution or torture. 
(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRA-
TION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—The Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 101(a)(15)(D)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’ after ‘‘Guam’’ each time such term appears; 
(2) in section 101(a)(36), by striking ‘‘and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’; 
(3) in section 101(a)(38), by striking ‘‘and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’; 
(4) in section 208, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLANDS.—The provisions of this section and section 
209(b) of this Act shall apply to persons physically present 
in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
or arriving in the Commonwealth (whether or not at a des-
ignated port of arrival and including persons who are 
brought to the Commonwealth after having been inter-
dicted in international or United States waters) only on 
or after January 1, 2014.’’; and 
(5) in section 235(b)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
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