A bill to amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 256.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-55 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/55

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 256, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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