Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2001 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 63.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 2) Amends the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (the Covenant Act) to apply the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, to the Commonwealth over a ten-year transition period during which the Attorney General shall implement an immigration transition program for it.
Sets forth a statutory scheme for: (1) temporary alien workers; (2) immigrants; (3) adequate employment in Commonwealth's tourism industry after the transition period ends; (4) nonimmigrant investor visas; (5) lawful entry under Commonwealth immigration laws; and (6) entry into the Commonwealth under one-time grandfather provisions for certain long-term employees.
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Labor to develop a technical assistance program to aid Commonwealth employers in securing employees from among U.S. labor, including lawfully admissible freely associated state citizen labor. Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor to establish Immigration and Naturalization Service, Executive Office of Immigration Review, and Department of Labor operations in the Commonwealth.
Directs the President to report to specified congressional committees an evaluation of the overall effect of the transition program and the Immigration and Nationality Act upon the Commonwealth.
Prohibits the Commonwealth from permitting an increase in the total number of alien workers present there on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 9, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 9, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2001Markup May 23, 2001Reported Jun 5, 2001 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 107-28.
- Jun 5, 2001Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 63.
- May 23, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 9, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8999 | Harry Reid D-NV | Aug 3, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 15, 2001S. 507, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2001</p>
- Jun 15, 2001S. 507, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2001
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the covenant to establish a commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Alien labor
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee training
- Families
- Federal employees
- Federal-territorial relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hotels, motels, etc.
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Investors
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Recruiting of employees
- Right of asylum
- Right to travel
- Temporary employment
- Tourism
- Transportation and Public Works
- User charges
- Visas
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2001Reported to Senate
- Mar 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
