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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



SEC. 112. JURISDICTION OF COURTS 



Subsection (d) of section 311 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 

 1861(d)) is amended by striking out "Commonwealth," in the second 

 sentence thereof and by striking out the period at the end of 

 that sentence and inserting in lieu thereof " , and in the case of 

 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the appropriate 

 court is the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands." 



SEC. 113. VESSEL CREWING 



Subsection (i) of section 8103 of title 46, United States 

 Code is amended — 



(a) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 



(b) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 

 paragraph: 



"(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

 subsection, in any Commonwealth, territory, or possession of 

 the United States that has the authority to regulate the 

 employment of aliens, an alien allowed to be employed under 

 the laws of that Commonwealth, territory, or possession may 

 be employed as an unlicensed seaman on a fishing, fish 

 processing, or fish tender vessel that is engaged in the 

 fisheries in the navigable waters of the United States or 

 the exclusive economic zone adjacent to that Commonwealth, 

 territory, or possession." 



SEC. 114. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 



(a) Paragraph (B) of section 307(2) of the Magnuson Act (16 

 U.S.C. 1857(2) (B)) is amended by striking out "204(b) or (c)" and 

 inserting in lieu thereof "204(b), (c), or (d)". 



(b) Subsection (b) of section 301 of Public Law 102-251 

 (March 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62) is amended — 



(1) by revising paragraph (1) to read as follows: "by 

 redesignating paragraphs (25) through (33) as paragraphs 

 (26) through (34) respectively; and"; and 



(2) by striking out "(23)" in paragraph (2) and 

 inserting in lieu thereof "(24)". 



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