05/18/2011
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"Thank you for your attention to H.R. 934, a bill that conveys certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), which I introduced on February 10, 2009."
"The CNMI is the only U.S. jurisdiction that does not have ownership of the submerged lands three miles off its shores."
"A Federal RPS proposal, such as that proposed by Senator Bingaman, could easily increase rates in the Southeast by 5 to 6%."
"Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy is defined in the Tax Code, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 45."