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George Miller: “Today forty seven of our colleagues join Mr. Spratt and myself in introducing the Insular Fair Wage and Human Rights Act…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 1999
Today forty seven of our colleagues join Mr. Spratt and myself in introducing the Insular Fair Wage and Human Rights Act of 1999 which will permit the U.S. territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (U.S./ CNMI) to be treated more like a state under certain provisions of law.
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George Miller
Democratic · California
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congress.gov
Feb 11, 1999

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Introduction of the Insular Fair Wage and Human Rights Act of 1999.

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