Title 48Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§1908 Transitional immigration rules

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS › Part Part A— - Approval and Implementation of Original Compact › § 1908

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Summary

Northern Mariana Islands citizens (24(b), Act of Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1465) are treated as U.S. citizens for entry, permanent residence, and employment until section 301 of P.L. 94–241 is effective under section 1003(c).

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Title 48, §1908

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(a)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)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.

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

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48 U.S.C. § 1908

Title 48Territories and Insular Possessions

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Apr 6, 2026

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