2015 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 18 - Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau (Sections 1901 - 1973)
Subchapter I - Micronesia and Marshall Islands (Sections 1901 - 1921h)
Part A - Approval and Implementation of Original Compact (Sections 1901 - 1912)
Sec. 1908 - Transitional immigration rules
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 18 - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU SUBCHAPTER I - MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS Part A - Approval and Implementation of Original Compact Sec. 1908 - Transitional immigration rules |
Contains | section 1908 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-239, title I, §108, Jan. 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1798. |
Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 263 97 Stat. 1465 99 Stat. 1798 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-241, Public Law 98-213, Public Law 99-239 |
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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) TerminationThe 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, §108, Jan. 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1798.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 24(b) of the Act of December 8, 1983, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 98–213, §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 (§1801 et seq.) of chapter 17 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.
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