S652 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 30, 2014 the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- Whereas, on October 31, 1952, Operation Ivy , separated by a scant 30 miles, and retaries. was conducted on Elugelab Island (‘‘Flora’’) both are affected by the same win, weather in the Enewetak Atoll, in which the first and ocean current patterns, it logically fol- f true thermonuclear hydrogen bomb (a 10.4 lows that radiation which affects the Terri- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED megaton device) code name Mike was deto- tory of Guam necessarily affects the Com- nated, destroying the entire island leaving monwealth of the ; As in executive session the Presiding behind a 6,240 feet across and 164 feet deep and Officer laid before the Senate messages crater in its aftermath; and Whereas, as a result, the Nuclear and Radi- from the President of the United Whereas, in 90 seconds the mushroom cloud ation Studies Board (‘‘NSRB’’) published in States submitting sundry nominations climbed to 57,000 feet into the atmosphere 2005 its report entitled ‘‘Assessment of the and two withdrawals which were re- and within 30 minutes had stretched 60 miles Scientific information for the Radiation Ex- in diameter with the base of the mushroom posure Screening and Education Program’’; ferred to the appropriate committees. head joining the stem of 45,000 feet; and and (The messages received today are Whereas, radioactive fallout is the after ef- Whereas, because fallout may have been printed at the end of the Senate pro- fect of the detonation of a nuclear bomb higher for the people outside RECA-des- ceedings.) where radioactive particles and earth debris, ignated areas, the NRSB recommended that which comprise the mushroom cloud, are re- all residents of the continental US, Alaska, f leased into the atmosphere and remain in Hawaii, and overseas US territories who MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE the atmosphere for about 24 hours before de- have been diagnosed with specific RECA- scending back to earth; and compensable diseases and who may have At 10:03 a.m., a message from the Whereas, before the decend back to earth, been exposed to radiation from U.S. nuclear- House of Representatives, delivered by these radioactive particles can be carried weapons testing fallout be compensated; and Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, through jet-steams in the atmosphere to lo- Whereas, the United States Congress has announced that the House agree to the cations over a thousand miles away from the the authority to amend RECA to include report of the committee of conference actual test site and settle into the environ- residents of the Commonwealth of the North- on the disagreeing votes of the two ment causing multiple health and environ- ern Mariana Islands affected by radiation as mental problems; and eligible ‘‘downwinder’’ claimants; and Houses on the amendment of the House Whereas, the Commonwealth of the North- Whereas, the failure of the United States to the amendment of the Senate to the ern Mariana Islands are located approxi- Congress to amend RECA in such a way as to bill (H.R. 2642) to provide for the re- mately 1,230 miles directly west of the test compensate affected residents of the Com- form and continuation of agricultural sites; and monwealth of the Northern Islands will and other programs of the Department Whereas, the radioactive dust particles cause the people of the Commonwealth to of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, travelled through the westward flowing jet- bear a disproportionate burden in defending streams from the Marshall Islands to Guam the United States of America; and and for other purposes. and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- Whereas, we, the people of the Common- The message further announced that iana Islands; and wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, and the Whereas, due to the deleterious effects of United States of America, humbly request order of the House of January 3, 2013, the nuclear radiation, on October 5, , 1990, that the Commonwealth be included in the Speaker appoints the following the United States Congress passed the Radi- RECA with the same criteria that was made Members on the part of the House of ation Exposure Compensation Act (‘‘RECA’’) for Nevada test site in 1990 for compas- Representatives to the British-Amer- which established new programs for persons sionate payments: Now, therefore be it ican Interparliamentary Group: Mr. physically present in areas near the Nevada Resolved, on behalf of the people of the Com- nuclear test site during atomic testing at monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by MCINTYRE of North Carolina and Mr. the site. Atmospheric testing of atomic de- the Eighteen Northern Marianas Commonwealth DELANEY of Maryland. vices—important to national security during Legislature, That the United States Congress f the darkest days of the ‘‘cold war’’—ended in is hereby respectfully petitioned to declare 1963 when, under President Kennedy, the that all Americans shall be given the same MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME United States signed and ratified the limited consideration when it comes to compensa- The following bill was read the first Test Ban ‘‘Treaty’’. Prior to the Treaty, the tion for exposure to radiation from U.S. nu- United Stated detonated over 200 atomic de- clear testing; and be it further time: vises in the open air in both the South Pa- Resolved, That the United States Congress S. 1977. A bill to repeal section 403 of the cific and in Nevada. The RECA provides com- is hereby respectfully petitioned to amend Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, relating to an passionate payments to persons with speci- the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of annual adjustment of retired pay for mem- fied diseases who fear that their health were 1990, Public Law 101–426, as amended by Pub- bers of the Armed Forces under the age of 62, harmed because of fallout from atmospheric lic Law 101–510, 3139 (43 U.S.C. 2210) and Pub- and to provide an offset. atomic testing at the Nevada test site, re- lic Law 106–245, to include the Common- f gardless of whether causation can be wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in scientically established; and the jurisdiction ‘‘downwinders’’ covered by PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Whereas, on July 10, 2000, Public Law 106– the Act; and be it further 245, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Resolved, That the United States Congress POM–193 and POM–194 originally ap- Act Amendments of 2000 was passed, adding is hereby respectfully requested to include peared without text in the CONGRES- two new claimant categories, providing for, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana SIONAL RECORD of Wednesday, January among other things, additional compensable Islands similarly as the Territory of Guam 29, 2014. illnesses, removing certain lifestyle restric- and be granted RECA ‘‘on site’’ status; and POM–193. A resolution adopted by the Sen- tions, and adding additional geographic be it further ate of the Northern Mariana Commonwealth areas to the ‘‘downwinder’’ claimant cat- Resolved, That the affected population pre- Legislature petitioning the United States egory; and viously and currently in the Commonwealth Congress to amend the Radiation Exposure Whereas, although RECA coverage has of the Northern Mariana Islands (those resid- Act of 1990; to the Committee on Environ- been expanded, it still does not provide relief ing who have been exposed to radiation from ment and Public Works. to all Americans affected by fallout, particu- the Atomic Energy Commission tests in the larly residents of the Commonwealth of the Marshall Islands) be recognized as being SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18–04, S1 Northern Mariana Islands and the Territory ‘‘downwinders’’ of such test; and be it further Whereas, the United States Government of Guam; and Resolved, That the President of the Senate and the Atomic Energy Commission together Whereas, there is no doubt that the Terri- and the Speaker of the House of Representa- with the United States Armed Forces con- tory of Guam has received radioactive debris tives shall certify, and the Senate Legisla- ducted testing of atomic nuclear weapons on from fallout during the nuclear weapons tive Secretary and the House Clerk shall at- Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls in the Marshall testing in the Pacific Ocean to such an ex- test to the adoption of this joint resolution, Islands, South Pacific, from 1946 to 1962; and tent that in March 2004, Congresswoman and thereafter the Senate Clerk shall trans- Whereas, a total of 67 atomic and thermo- Madeleine Z. Bordallo spoke before the Com- mit a certified copy to the Honorable Barack nuclear bombs/devices were detonated with a mittee to Assess the Scientific Information Obama, President of the United States of total yield of 108,492.2 kilotons which re- for the Radiation Exposure Screening and America; to the Honorable John Boehner, sulted in fallout across a wide area around Education Program to request that they in- Speaker of the United States House of Rep- the Marshall Islands in the Pacific; and clude an assessment of Guam for resentatives; to the Honorable Patrick J. Whereas, no less than ten of those detona- ‘‘downwinders’’ and ship decontamination as Leahy, President Pro Tempore of the United tions yielded between five to ten megatons of part of their congressionally mandated States Senate; to the Honorable Nancy radioactive material from the center of the study; and Pelosi, Minority Leader, United States explosion to the height of between 12 to 55 Whereas, because the islands in the CNMI House of Representatives; to the Honorable miles into the jet-stream; and are in close proximity to the Territory of Mark Chuck Grassley, ranking member,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Jan 27, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JAN 2014\S30JA4.REC S30JA4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE January 30, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S653 Committee of the Judiciary United States the exercise of their inalienable right of self- accordance with a Constitution of their own Senate; to the Honorable Mark Udall, United determination, negotiated the Covenant adoption; and States Senate; to the Honorable Tom Udall, Agreement which established the Common- Whereas, S. 744, Sections 2109 B(i), (ii), (iii), United States Senate; to the Honorable Mar- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in a (v)(I), (V), and (C) will allow the alien work- tin Heinrich, United States Senate; to the Political Union with the United States of ers, their families and people of other eth- Honorable Mike Crapo, United States Sen- America. And, in a plebiscite called by the nicity to become permanent residents and ate; to the Honorable James Risch, United United States on June 17, 1975, they approved eventually become U. S. citizens upon it be- States Senate; to the Honorable Michael the Covenant Agreement by 78.8 per centum. coming law. According to the 2010 census Bennet, United States Senate; to the Honor- And, with the approval of the Covenant (U.S. these foreign people represent a combined able Tom Harkin, Chairman, Committee on Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 263) by the 94th total of 38,520 or 71 percent of the Common- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Congress in a Joint Resolution wealth’s population. Such data clearly de- United States Senate; to the Honorable Mi- (H. J. Res. 549) on March 24, 1976 and ap- picts a great disparity in the population pro- chael B. Enzi, ranking member, Committee proved by the President of the United States file of the Commonwealth, where the people on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on October 24, 1977, the Chamorro and Caro- of Northern Mariana descent represent only United States Senate; to the Honorable Rob- linian people of the Northern Mariana Is- 15,363 or 29 percent of the total population of ert Menendez, Chairman, Committee on For- lands finally realized their aspiration to be 53,883. As a consequence, the Chamorros and eign Affairs United States Senate; to the freed from foreign dominations, and to be Carolinians of the Northern Marianas Islands Honorable Bob Corker, ranking member recognized as a people of the Northern Mar- will ultimately become powerless and minor- Committee on Foreign Affairs United States iana Islands, with the ‘‘the right of local ity voice in their homeland. Their social, Senate; to the Honorable Barbara Mikulski, self-government and to govern themselves in economic, and political rights and all that Chairwoman, Committee on Appropriations accordance with a Constitution of their own they have aspired, bargained and worked United States Senate; to the Honorable Ben adoption’’ as agreed upon and guaranteed hard to achieve, pursuant to the Covenant Lujan, member of Congress, United States pursuant to Article 1, Section 103 of the Cov- Agreement; including their rights under the House of Representatives; to the Honorable enant; and Northern Mariana Islands Constitution, Lamar Smith, Chairman, Committee on Ju- Whereas, this desire of the Chamorros and which they wrote, adopted, and approved by diciary United States House of Representa- Carolinians of the Northern Mariana Islands the President of the United State of America tives; to the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., is not unique, and serves as a basic tenet on October 24, 1977, will undeniably be taken ranking member, Committee on Judiciary that guides indigenous peoples around the away from them; and United States House of Representatives; to world who wish to be protected and secure in Whereas, Article V, Section 506 of the Cov- the Honorable Fred Upton, Chairman, Com- their homeland, and to exercise their right enant, which the Chamorro and Carolinian mittee on Energy and Commerce, United to self-government. These include the Fili- people of the Northern Mariana Islands States House of Representatives; to the Hon- pinos, led by national hero and icon Jose agreed to, and approved, hold the same pro- orable Henry Waxman, ranking member, Rizal; the Native Americans of North Amer- visions as those found in Section 2109 of S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, United ica; the indigenous Fijians, outnumbered at 744. Sub-section (II) of Section 2109 permits States House of Representatives; to the Hon- one point by ethnic Indians; the Aborigines such alien who was, on May 8, 2008, and con- orable Hal Rogers, Chairman, Committee on of Australia; the Maori of New Zealand; and tinues to be as of the date of the enactment Appropriations United States House of Rep- the Native Hawaiians; and of this paragraph, a permanent resident (as resentatives; to the Honorable Nita Lowey, Whereas, the debate on immigration re- defined in section 4303 of this title 3 of the ranking member, Committee on Appropria- form issues is now before the 113th United Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth tions, United States House of Representa- States Congress, and in particular, the pas- Code, in effect on May 8, 2008); and (III), is tives; to the Honorable Ed Royce Chairman, sage of Section 2109 (Long-Term Legal Resi- the spouse or child (as defined in section Foreign Affairs Committee, United States dents in the Commonwealth of the Northern 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality House of Representatives; to the Honorable Mariana Islands) of S.744 by the Senate, that Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1))), of an alien de- Eliot Engel, ranking member Foreign Affairs is now before the House of Representatives, scribed in sub-clauses (I) or (II); and (IV), Committee, Unites States House of Rep- if approved and becomes a law, will make was, on May 8, 2008, an immediate relative resentatives; to the Honorable John Kline, thousands of alien workers, their families (as defined in section 4303 of title 3 of the Chairman, Committee on Education and the and people of other ethnic origin in the Com- Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Workforce, United States House of Rep- monwealth eligible to become U. S. perma- Code, in effect on May 8, 2008, of a United resentatives; to the Honorable George Miller, nent residents five years from its enactment, States citizen, notwithstanding the age of ranking member, Committee on Education and five years thereafter, they will be eligi- the United States citizen, and continues to and the Workforce, United States House of ble to become U. S. Citizen; and be such an immediate relative on the date of Representatives; to Attorney General Eric H. Whereas, the CNMI’s 2010 census data the application described in subparagraph Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United shows that there were 53,883 people in the (A); and (V), is the spouse or child (as defined States; to Mr. RJ Ritter, National Com- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and mander, National Association of Atomic Vet- lands. Of that figure, 2,461 were Carolinians Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1))), of the erans; to Mr. Bob Kilthau, Hawaii State and 12,902 were Chamorros, representing a alien guest worker described in sub-clause Commander, National Association of Atomic combined total of 15,363 persons of Northern (V) and is presently resident under CW–2 sta- Veterans; to the Honorable Madeleine Z. Marianas descent. The 2010 census reported tus. The intent of these provisions are al- Bordallo, Member of Congress, United States other ethnic groups as follows: 19,017 Fili- ready permitted under Section 506 of Article House of Representatives, Territory of pino; 2,253 Korean; 3,659 Chinese; 1,979 other 5 of the Covenant Agreement, notwith- Guam; to the Honorable Gregorio ‘‘Kilili’’ Asian persons; 1,343 persons of other ethnic standing Sections 2109B(i), (ii), (iii), (v)(I), Camcho Sablan, CNMI Delegate to the origin; 6,832 persons of two or more ethnic (V), and (C) (Long-term Legal Residents of United States Congress; to the Honorable origins; and 3,437 persons of native Hawaiian the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Eloy S. Inos, Governor, Commonwealth of or Pacific Islanders. These groups of people Islands) of S.744; and the Northern Mariana Islands; to the Honor- represent a total of 38,520 or 71 percent of the Whereas, Section 2109 ((Long-Term Legal able Judith T. Won Pat, Speaker, 32nd Guam total population of the Commonwealth of the Residents of the Commonwealth of the Legislature, Territory of Guam; to the Hon- Northern Mariana Islands, compared to only Northern Mariana Islands) of S. 744 is orable Edward B. Calvo, Governor, Territory 15,363 or 29 percent of Chamorro and Caro- amending Article V, Section 506 of the Cov- of Guam and to Mr. Robert N. Celestial, linian people of Northern Marianas descent. enant by including Section 2109 B(i), (ii), Atomic Veteran from Guam and President of Undoubtedly, the alien workers, their fami- (iii), (v)(I), (V), and (C) to allow alien work- the Pacific Association for Radiation Sur- lies and people of other ethnic origin have al- ers, their families, and people of other ethnic vivors. ready outnumbered the population of the origin, who were counted and described in Chamorro and Carolinian people of Northern the CNMI’s 2010 Census, to become perma- POM–194. A resolution adopted by the Marianas descent; and nent residents and eventually become U. S. House of Representatives of the Northern Whereas, the U. S. Senate, in introducing citizens. Clearly, this Act violates the funda- Mariana Commonwealth Legislature re- S. 744 with the added Section 2109 (Long- mental provisions delineated in Article I, questing the United States Congress to term Legal Residents of the Commonwealth Sections 105 and other provisions of the Cov- eliminate Section 2109 of S. 744 and similar of the Northern Mariana Islands), failed to enant; and legislation which will allow thousands of recognize and respect the spirit and sanctity Whereas, the House of Representatives of alien workers, their families, and persons of of the Covenant Agreement; the fundamental the 18th Northern Marianas Commonwealth other ethnic origin who are in the Common- provisions delineated in Article I, Section Legislature recognizes the importance of wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to 105 of the Covenant, namely, Articles I, II, granting improved status to the few state- become permanent residents and subse- and III and Sections 501 and 805; and in par- less persons who were born in the Northern quently become U.S. citizens; to the Com- ticular, Article I, Section 103, which guaran- Mariana Islands between January 1, 1974 and mittee on the Judiciary. tees the indigenous Chamorros and Caro- January 9, 1978 (Section 2109 B(v)(I)); how- HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 18–34 linians of the Northern Mariana Islands their ever, the granting of permanent resident sta- Whereas, the Chamorro and Carolinian right of local self-government and to govern tus to foreign persons delineated in Section people of the Northern Mariana Islands, in themselves with respect to internal affairs in 2109 B(i), (ii), (iii), (V), and (C) of S.744,

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Therefore, the Northern gested for alien workers, their families, and respect thereto’’: Now, therefore, be it Marianas Commonwealth Legislature dis- persons of other ethnic origin to become per- Resolved, That the House of Representa- agrees with and is strongly opposed to the manent resident during the negotiation of tives of the 18th Northern Marianas Com- inclusion of the Commonwealth of the Covenant Agreement between the indigenous monwealth Legislature respectfully request Northern Mariana Islands in S.744, under people of the Northern Mariana Islands and and urge the House of Representatives of the Section 2109 (Long-Term Legal Residents of the United States of America, notwith- 113th United States Congress to eliminate the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana standing Section 506 of Article V of the Cov- Section 2109 (Long-Term Legal Residents of Islands); and enant; and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Whereas, Article V, Section 503(a) of the Whereas, the enactment of Section 2109 Islands) of S. 744, and any similar legislation Covenant authorizes the United States Con- (Long-term Legal Residents of the Common- that is currently before both houses of the gress to make applicable to the Northern wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) of U.S. Congress undergoing review for consid- Mariana Islands the immigration and natu- S. 744, and/or any similar Act by Congress, eration until such legislative intent for the ralization law of the United States after the will dramatically change the social, eco- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- termination of the Trusteeship Agreement. nomic, and political landscape in the Com- lands is discussed pursuant to Article 1, Sec- This was accomplished when the U.S. Con- monwealth to the advantage of the thou- tion 105 and Article IX, Section 902 of the gress enacted the Consolidated Natural Re- sands of alien workers, their families and Covenant to Establish the Commonwealth of source Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–229). How- people of other ethnic origin or race upon the Northern Marianas in Political Union ever, such authority given to the United them becoming U.S. Citizens. This will have with the United States of America; and to States Congress under the said Article V, a devastating effect on the social, political recognize, respect and take into serious con- Section 503(a) does not necessarily mean and economic livelihood of the Chamorro sideration the mandates of the Trusteeship that the U.S. Congress can unilaterally and and Carolinian people of the Northern Mar- Agreement which was agreed upon by the arbitrarily enact immigration laws and/or iana Islands. It will give birth to a new form United States; and the United Nation Secu- other bills or legislations for the Common- of foreign domination on the indigenous peo- rity Council, including the United States ob- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that ple once again, but this time, sadly, it ligation under the Charter of the United Na- contradicts and infringes on the fundamental evolves from within the Commonwealth by tion as stipulated in the House Joint Resolu- provisions delineated in Article 1, Section way of Section 2109 (Long-term Legal Resi- tion No. 549—to approve the ‘‘Covenant To 105 and other provisions of the Covenant; dents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern particularly, outlined in Article 1, Section Mariana Islands); and Mariana Islands in Political Union with the 103, which guarantees the indigenous people Whereas, the enactment of Section 2109 of United States of America’’; and be it further of the Northern Mariana Islands the right of S. 744, and/or any similar legislations by Resolved, That the Speaker of the House local self-government and to govern them- Congress will place the Carolinian and shall certify, and the Clerk of the House selves with respect to internal affairs in ac- of the Northern Mariana Is- shall attest to the adoption of this resolu- cordance with a Constitution of their own lands back in time, trapped under a new tion. The Clerk of the House shall transmit adoption; and form of foreign domination once again, and a a certified copy of this Resolution to the Whereas, Article 1, Section 105 of the Cov- direct violation of the Covenant Agreement, Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of enant states: ‘‘The United States may enact and the mandates of the Trusteeship Agree- the Senate, 113th United States Congress; legislation in accordance with its constitu- ment which was agreed upon by the United the Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the tional processes which will be applicable to States and the United Nation Security Coun- House, 113th United States Congress; the the Northern Mariana Islands, but if such cil, including the Charter of the United Na- Honorable Gregorio ‘‘Kilili’’ Sablan, CNM1 legislation cannot also be made applicable to tion which obligates the United States ‘‘to Delegate to the 113th United States Con- the several States the Northern Mariana Is- promote the development of the people of gress; the U. S. Department of Interior Sec- lands must be specifically named therein for the trust territory toward self-government retary Sally Jewell; the Secretary of U.S. it to become effective in the Northern Mar- or independence as may be appropriate to Department of Homeland Security; the Hon- iana Islands. In order to respect the right of the particular circumstances of the trust orable Eloy S. Inos, Governor, Common- self-government guaranteed by this Cov- territory and its peoples and the freely ex- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the enant the United States agrees to limit the pressed wishes of the peoples concerned’’. Honorable Ralph DLG Torres, President of exercise of that authority so that the funda- The enactment of Section 2109 and/or other the Senate; 18th Northern Marianas Com- mental provisions of this Covenant, namely similar act or legislations by Congress is a monwealth Legislature; the Honorable Don- Articles I, II and III and Sections 501 and 805, direct contradiction to the freely expressed ald P. Flores, Mayor of ; the Honor- may be modified only with the consent of the wishes of the Chamorro and Carolinian peo- able Ramon M. Dela Cruz, Mayor of Tinian Government of the United States and the ple of the Northern Marianas Islands when and Aguigan; the Honorable Melchor A. Government of the Northern Mariana Is- they exercised their inalienable right of self- Mendiola, Mayor of Rota; and the Honorable lands’’; and determination and negotiated the Covenant Tobias C. Aldan, Mayor of the Northern Is- Whereas, Section 2109 (Long-term Legal Agreement with the United States of Amer- lands. Residents of the Commonwealth of the ica—to be free from foreign domination, and f Northern Mariana Islands) of S. 744 con- to be recognized as a people of the Northern EXECUTIVE REPORT OF tradicts U.S. Public Law 110–229 (Consoli- Mariana Islands, with ‘‘the right of local dated Natural Resources Act of 2008) which self-government and to govern themselves in COMMITTEE mandates the alien worker population of the accordance with a Constitution of their own The following executive report of a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- adoption; and nomination was submitted: lands to be zeroed out when the transition Whereas, Section 2109 of S. 744, and/or any By Ms. CANTWELL for the Committee on period ends on Dec. 31, 2014. U.S. Public Law similar Act currently before both houses of Indian Affairs. 110–229 (Consolidated Natural Resources Act the U.S. Congress for consideration, or are *Vincent G. Logan, of New York, to be Spe- of 2008) seeks to help create jobs for the being proposed will create alarming concerns cial Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for many unemployed indigenous Chamorro and to the Chamorro and Carolinian people of the American Indians, Department of the Inte- Carolinian people and U.S. citizens who are Northern Mariana Islands, thus affecting the rior. residents in the Northern Mariana Islands, relationship between them and the United *Nomination was reported with rec- who have been actively searching for work in States; therefore, the 18th Northern Mari- the job market. Section 2109 of S. 744, on the anas Commonwealth Legislature urged the ommendation that it be confirmed sub- other hand, will deprive the Chamorro and U.S. Congress that any and all propose legis- ject to the nominee’s commitment to Carolinian people of Northern Marianas de- lations that infringes upon the social, eco- respond to requests to appear and tes- scent and U.S. citizens who are residents of nomic and political rights of the indigenous tify before any duly constituted com- the Commonwealth of employment opportu- Chamorro and Carolinian people who are of mittee of the Senate. nities, as alien workers and people of other Northern Marianas descent, who called for, f ethnic origin will continue to occupy and fill negotiated, and voted favorably in support of the positions in the job market; and the Covenant, must be addressed pursuant to INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Whereas, alien workers who are recruited Article 1, Section 105 and Section 902 of the JOINT RESOLUTIONS for employment purposes, should not, irre- Covenant; and The following bills and joint resolu- spective of the length of their employment Whereas, Section 902 of Article IX states in in the Commonwealth, be automatically en- part: ‘‘The Government of the United States tions were introduced, read the first titled to full social, economic, and political and the Government of the Northern Mar- and second times by unanimous con- rights, because such benefits and privileges iana Islands will consult regularly on all sent, and referred as indicated: of United States citizens were never prom- matters affecting the relationship between By Mr. ROBERTS: ised, bargained, entered, and/or agreed upon them’’. . . ‘‘to consider in good faith such S. 1974. A bill to amend the Elementary in their employment contracts, which were issues affecting the relationship between the and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to pro- approved by them and the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands and the United hibit Federal education mandates, and for

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