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HR 2822 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement officers Lawyers and legal services Northern Mariana Islands U.S. territories and protectorates

To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 16, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Aug 30, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Revises the federal judicial code to remove provisions: (1) exempting any U.S. attorney or assistant U.S. attorney appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands who at the same time is serving in the same capacity in another district from the requirement that such attorney reside in the district for which he or she was appointed, and (2) allowing any U.S. marshal appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands to serve as marshal in another judicial district at the same time.

Requires each U.S. marshal for the Northern Mariana Islands to reside within such district.

What's happening now August 30, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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All 2 Democratic 1
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Aug 16, 2011
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 16, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2822: To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2822/
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"H.R. 2822: To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2822/.
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H.R. 2822, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2822/.
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[H.R. 2822: To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2822/)
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