48 U.S.C. § 1802
Consideration of issues affecting relations with United States
United States · Title 48 — TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS · Status: effective
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- 48 U.S.C. § 1802, Consideration of issues affecting relations with United States, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/489678
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It is the sense of the Congress that pursuant to section 902 of the foregoing Covenant, and in any case within ten years from March 24, 1976, the President of the United States should request, on behalf of the United States, the designation of special representatives to meet and to consider in good faith such issues affecting the relationship between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States as may be designated by either Government and to make a report and recommendations with respect thereto.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Joint resolution to approve the "Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America", and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally