News Articles for S.2739
S.2739: A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
April 26, 2008 US House to take up S.2739
The House calendar for the coming week shows that S. 2739 is one of 13 bills to be on the floor on Tuesday, April 29, in Washington, DC The representatives ...
April 23, 2008 Guest worker advocates form new coalition
By Junhan B. Todeno IMMEDIATELY after the passage of the CNMI federalization bill, or S. 2739 in the US Senate, guest workers and their supporters have ...
April 22, 2008 Cohen predicts influx of foreign workers
Cohen expects Guam to be flooded with workers from the Philippines and Japan once S. 2739 goes into effect. S. 2739, which was passed by the US Senate on ...
April 20, 2008 GAO: Increase in worker permit fees is probable
The US Government Accountability Office, in its legal analysis of S. 2739, says the fees for the transition period programs are still undetermined, ...
April 16, 2008 GAO: Federalization will supersede all immigration and some labor laws
S.2739 is the omnibus package bill which contains the provisions extending federal immigration law to the islands and creating a nonvoting CNMI delegate ...
April 13, 2008 Cohen: Community must unite to ensure federalization works for NMI
The federalization legislation included in S. 2739 will take effect one year, which can be extended to six more months, after it is signed into law. ...
April 13, 2008 From Sheyang with love
Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) in a speech backing S. 2739 as quoted in Saturday’s Saipan Tribune. Senator Inouye told no lie. Just how well he understands the ways ...
April 13, 2008 Variety News Staff
The US Senate passed by a 91-4 vote on Thursday â Friday local time â S. 2739, the omnibus package bill that contains the measure that will end the ...
April 13, 2008 Cohen: Community must unite to ensure federalization works for NMI
The federalization legislation included in S. 2739 will take effect one year, which can be extended to six more months, after it is signed into law. ...
April 13, 2008 Chamber outlines hopes for immigration regs
The CNMI provisions contained in S. 2739 are identical to the House version, HR 3079, which passed by the House in December 2007.
April 13, 2008 From Sheyang with love
Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) in a speech backing S. 2739 as quoted in Saturdayâs Saipan Tribune. Senator Inouye told no lie. Just how well he understands the ways ...
April 12, 2008 SENATE APPROVES FUNDS FOR LINCOLN HERITAGE EFFORTS
... the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act (S.955), was included in the Senate approved Consolidated Natural Resources Act (S.2739). ...
April 12, 2008 Reid introduces then withdraws cloture motion for NMI ...
Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye, in expressing their support for the omnibus bill S. 2739, made particular mention of the provisions that would have ...
April 12, 2008 Hawaii senators back S. 2739
Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye, in expressing their support for the omnibus bill S. 2739, made particular mention of the provisions that would have ...
April 12, 2008 SENATE APPROVES FUNDS FOR LINCOLN HERITAGE EFFORTS
... the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act (S.955), was included in the Senate approved Consolidated Natural Resources Act (S.2739). ...
April 11, 2008 Senate approves Wild Sky wilderness in Washington state
"After two decades, the time for more Washington wilderness is now." The bill now heads back to House for final approval. The bill is S. 2739. ...
April 11, 2008 Guest workers launch signature drive for federally mandated ...
Maximo said he is pleased with the US Senate's passage of S.2739, but admitted that he does not know the full outcome once it goes back to the House. ...
April 11, 2008 Businesses Want Say In Federalization Of Nothern Marianas
In the US Congress, members hailed passage of S. 2739, which includes the Northern Marianas immigration bill and 61 bills covering public lands, ...
April 11, 2008 Consul general pleased with S.2739 passage
Maximo said he is pleased with the US Senate's passage of S.2739, but admitted that he does not know the full outcome once it goes back to the House. ...
April 11, 2008 US Senate OKs federalization bill
US lawmakers hailed passage of S. 2739, which includes 62 bills covering public lands, national parks, water resources and territorial issues. Sen. ...
April 10, 2008 US Senate Passes CNMI Legislation
Earlier this afternoon by a vote of 91 to 4, the United States Senate passed S. 2739, the “Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008. ...
April 10, 2008 UPDATE: Wild Sky vote Thursday?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a two-hour debate Thursday on S. 2739. This omnibus legislation is a collection of 62 bills dealing with ...
April 10, 2008 Reid introduces then withdraws cloture motion for NMI ...
By Gemma Q. Casas US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, moved last week for a cloture on S. 2739, the omnibus package bill which includes the CNMI ...
April 09, 2008 UPDATE: Wild Sky on deck
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a two-hour debate Thursday on S. 2739. This omnibus legislation is a collection of 62 bills dealing with ...
April 09, 2008 UPDATE: Wild Sky on deck
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a two-hour debate Thursday on S. 2739. This omnibus legislation is a collection of 62 bills dealing with ...
April 09, 2008 Guest workers launch signature drive for federally mandated ...
In an interview yesterday, Custodio said they believe that Title 7 of S. 2739, the federalization bill pending in the US, will somehow pave the way for the ...
April 08, 2008 NMI nonvoting delegate will get same salary given to US lawmakers
“The US Senate is poised to pass S. 2739 (which contains the CNMI measure), and that could happen as early as this week,” Wicker said in an e-mail to the ...
April 08, 2008 Governor heads for Manila
The US Senate has calendared for action S.2739, the omnibus package bill that contains legislation federalizing the local immigration system. ...
April 08, 2008 SENATOR CRAIG'S WEEKLY AGENDA
WASHINGTON, DC - US Senator Larry E. Craig is in Washington, DC this week, and the Senate may discuss the following: * S. 2739 - Consolidated Natural ...
April 08, 2008 'Status proposal won't prevent federalization'
“The US Senate is poised to pass S. 2739 (which contains the CNMI measure), and that could happen as early as this week,” Wicker said in an e-mail to the ...
