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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



OTHER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS 



Late last week we received four other legislative proposals 

 that bear on this subject. These proposals are: 



* the Western Pacific Region Community Development 



Quota Program; 



* the Western Pacific Community Fisheries Act; 



* the Individual Quota Limited Access Programs; and 



* the Pacific Insular Areas Fisheries Empowerment 



Act. 



The Pacific Insular Areas Fisheries Empowerment Act is a new 

 draft of legislation circulated by the Federal members of the 

 Joint Working Group. This draft has not been formally discussed 

 or adopted by the Working Group. Nonetheless, they contain some 

 very positive proposals. We comment on those proposals in our 

 discussion on the Joint Working Group, below. 



We have reviewed the other three proposals, but need to 

 study them further. We offer only preliminary comments now. 



The Western Pacific Region Community Development Quota Program 



This draft legislation is modeled on an experimental program 

 for Native Alaskan communities, proposed to be made permanent as 

 part of the Magnuson Act reauthorization bill, H.R. 39. The con- 



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