To resolve the status of certain persons legally residing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the immigration laws of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1466.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1466, A bill to resolve the status of certain persons legally residing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the immigration laws of the United States” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42793

  CBO publication date

  December 22, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1466, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1466

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06dacafd1696d91ec8369bcf89a2e7ada3092c40b487f4fef479790b6bfa3f88

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-319 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/319

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1466, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1466

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06dacafd1696d91ec8369bcf89a2e7ada3092c40b487f4fef479790b6bfa3f88

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2571):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States, Congress has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization--to define the terms under which a foreign person can become a citizen of the U.S. Congress also has the power to exclude aliens and to prescribe the terms under which they are allowed to enter the U.S.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1466, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1466

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06dacafd1696d91ec8369bcf89a2e7ada3092c40b487f4fef479790b6bfa3f88

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1466, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.