,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ba1        
#bjba,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney 
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4     
,pingree1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4            
,butterfield1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 
,mr4 ,schrader1 ,ms4 ,moore of          
,wisconsin1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 and ,mr4 ,courtney7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to   
treat the ,commonwealth of the ,northern
 ,mariana ,islands in the same manner as
 ,guam is treated4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,assuring
 ,you ,uniform ,dietary ,assistance     
7,,ayuda7 ,act of #bjba4  #b4           
,amendments  7a7 ,definitions ,section  
#c of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of  
#bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7r7 by inserting the 

,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 after ,guam1 and  7#b7 in     
subsection 7u77#c7 by inserting the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 after ,guam14  7b7            
,eligibility standards ,section #e of   
the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjad7 is amended-- 7#a7  
in subsection 7b7 by inserting the      
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 after ,guam11 and  7#b7 in    
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 
by striking and ,guam1 and inserting    
,guam1 and the ,commonwealth of the     
,northern ,mariana ,islands11 and  7,b7 
in the last sentence by striking or     
,guam and inserting ,guam1 or the       
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 and  7#c7 in subsection 7e7-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b7-- 7i7 in the
 heading by striking ,guam4 and         
inserting ,guam and the ,commonwealth of
 the ,northern ,mariana ,islands41  7ii7
 in clause 7i7 by inserting and the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 

,islands after ,guam1 and  7iii7 in     
clause 7ii7 by inserting and the        
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands after ,guam1 and  7,b7 in      
paragraph 7#f77;,b7 by inserting the    
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 after ,guam14  #c4 ,effective 
date ,this ,act and the amendments made 
by this ,act shall take effect on       
,october #a1 #bjba4