48 U.S.C. § 1751
Delegate to House of Representatives from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be represented in the United States Congress by the Resident Representative to the United States authorized by section 901 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (approved by Public Law 94–241 (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)). The Resident Representative shall be a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives, elected as provided in this subchapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2022 · leading case: Segovia v. Bd. of Election Commissioners, 201 F. Supp. 3d 924 (N.D. Ill. 2016).
Segovia v. Bd. of Election Commissioners, 201 F. Supp. 3d 924 (N.D. Ill. 2016). “48 U.S.C. § 1751 (2008). The NMI was entitled to a Resident Representative to Congress as early as 1978, but that Representative “ha[d] no official status in the Congress.”
Reeves v. Nago, No. 1:20-cv-00433 (D. Haw. Sept. 6, 2022). “implement the Immigration and Naturalization Act); 48 U.S.C. § 1751 (authorizing representation of the NMI in Congress by a Resident Representative, who “shall be a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives”).”
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