A bill to convey certain submerged land to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in land permanently or periodically covered by tidal water up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line 3 geographical miles distant from the coastline of the territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (as modified before, on, or after the date of enactment of this subsection by accretion, erosion, or reliction, or in artificially made, filled in, or reclaimed land that was formerly permanently or periodically covered by tidal water) are conveyed to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to be administered in trust for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth.

The conveyance shall be subject to clauses (ii), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii), and (ix) of subsection (b) and subsection (c), except that each reference to the date of enactment of this Act in those clauses shall (for the purposes of this subsection) be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this subsection.