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Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.


The Northern Mariana Islands are a presidential democracy and are part of the commonwealth in political union with the US.


Source: CIA World Factbook

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Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry.

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Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

This Act introduces a 100 percent tax reduction for persons that received cash compensation by the Commonwealth Government in exchange of transfer of the title in their land to the Government. Other landowners that exchanged their land for publicly-owned land were not required to pay taxes on the transfer. This Act remedies the unequal treatment prescribed by previous legislation.

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Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

This Act makes provision for the control of the development and use of publicly owned wetlands and submerged lands and especially of areas subject to adverse possession by virtue of adjacent private property. All exploration, development, water or non-water dependent uses of submerged lands or extraction of petroleum deposits or mineral deposits which may be located in submerged lands of the Commonwealth require an approved license, lease, or permit from the Secretary of Lands and Natural Resources.

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Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

This Act requires the Marianas Public Lands Authority to waive any conditions, limitations or regulations relating to the agricultural homesteading program in effect prior to 9 January 1978.

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Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

This Act creates the Department of Public Lands within the Executive Branch and provides for some other matters relating to land.The Department shall be responsible for the administration, use, leasing, development and disposition of all lands defined as public lands by art. XI of the Northern Marianas Constitution.

Amends: An Act to make amendments to the Board of Public Lands Act of 2000, 1 CMCG 101 (a), Section 102,s 104 (h) and 8 106 (d); and for other purposes (P.L. 12-71). (2001-11-13)

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