Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1802 Consideration of Issues Affecting Relations with United States
Title 48 › CHAPTER 17 — NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF COVENANT AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS › § 1802
Summary
Congress asks the President, within ten years from March 24, 1976, to ask for special representatives. They must meet, in good faith consider any issues raised by either side about NMI–U.S. relations, and report recommendations.
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Title 48, §1802
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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.
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The Covenant, referred to in text, is the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, which is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 94–241, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title. Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 1802
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102