12 2 STA T .864PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 22 9—M A Y 8 , 2008 (B)the t ransi ti o n p ro g ra m esta bl ishe du nder se c tion 6 o f the J oint R esolution entitled ‘ ‘ A Joint Resolution to appro v ethe‘ C ovenant to E stablish a Common w ealth of the N orthern M ariana I slands in P olitical U nion with the United S tates of America ’, and for other purposes’’, approved March 24 , 197 6 (Public L aw 94 – 241), as added b y subsection (a) . (2) P ERSON NE L . —T othema x imum extent practicable and consistent with the satisfactory performance of assigned duties under applicable law, the Attorney G eneral, Secretary of H ome - land Security, and the Secretary of Labor shall recruit and hire personnel from among q ualified United States citi z ens and national applicants residing in the Commonwealth to serve as staff in carrying out operations described in paragraph (1). (g) CON F OR MI N G AMEN D MEN T STOP UB LI C L AW 94–241.— (1) AMENDMENTS.—Public Law 94–241 is amended as fol- lows
(A) In section 503 of the covenant set forth in section 1, by stri k ing subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively. (B) By striking section 506 of the covenant set forth in section 1. (C) In section 703(b) of the covenant set forth in section 1, by striking ‘‘quarantine, passport, immigration and natu- ralization’’ and inserting ‘‘quarantine and passport’’. (2) EFFECTI V E DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the transition program effective date described in section 6 of Public Law 94–241 (as added by subsection (a)). (h) RE P ORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of the first year that is at least 2 full years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that evalu- ates the overall effect of the transition program established under section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolu- tion to approve the ‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America’, and for other purposes’’, approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 94–241), as added by subsection (a), and the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) on the Commonwealth. (2) CONTENTS.—In addition to other topics otherwise required to be included under this subtitle or the amendments made by this subtitle, each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the efforts that have been undertaken during the period covered by the report to diversify and strengthen the local economy of the Commonwealth, including efforts to promote the Commonwealth as a tourist destination. The report by the President shall include an esti- mate for the numbers of nonimmigrant workers described under section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) necessary to avoid adverse economic effects in Guam and the Commonwealth. 48USC1 8 06note.Pr e sid ent. 48 USC 1806 note. 48 USC 1801 note. 48 USC 1801 note.
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