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[CITE: 48USC1908]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
           CHAPTER 18--MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1908. Transitional immigration rules


(a) Citizen of Northern Mariana Islands

    Any person who is a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands, as that 
term is defined in section 24(b) of the Act of December 8, 1983 (97 
Stat. 1465), is considered a citizen of the United States for purposes 
of entry into, permanent residence, and employment in the United States 
and its territories and possessions.

(b) Termination

    The provisions of this section shall cease to be effective when 
section 301 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States (Public Law 
94-241) becomes effective pursuant to section 1003(c) of the Covenant.

(Pub. L. 99-239, title I, Sec. 108, Jan. 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1798.)

                       References in Text

    Section 24(b) of the Act of December 8, 1983, referred to in subsec. 
(a), is Pub. L. 98-213, Sec. 24(b), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1465, which 
was formerly set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.
    The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in Political Union With the United States, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 94-241, as amended, 
set out as a note under section 1801 of this title. For November 4, 
1986, as the effective date of section 301 of the Covenant, see Proc. 
No. 5564, Nov. 3, 1986, 51 F.R. 40399, set out as a note under section 
1801 of this title.
    Public Law 94-241, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 94-241, 
Mar. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 263, as amended, which is classified generally 
to subchapter I (Sec. 1801 et seq.) of chapter 17 of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this 
title.
