,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajjgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,august #aj1         
#bjbf,ms4 ,king-,hinds introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the specific 
allocation of certain funding made      
available in accordance with the        
,covenant to ,establish a ,commonwealth 
of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands in   
,political ,union with the ,united      
,states of ,america1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,affordable ,power  
for the ,northern ,marianas ,act4  #b4  
,allocation of mandatory funding  7a7   
,allocations specified ,of the amounts  
made available for capital improvement  
projects in accordance with the funding 
agreement 7as in effect on the date of  
the enactment of this ,act7 entered into
 pursuant to section #gjb of the        
,covenant to ,establish a ,commonwealth 
of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands in   

,political ,union with the ,united      
,states of ,america 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #ahja
 note71 for fiscal year #bjbg and each  
fiscal year thereafter except as        
provided in subsection 7d71 #ae1jjj1jjj 
shall be allocated for the ,commonwealth
 of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 to 
be made available as follows3 7#a7 ,not 
more than #c1jjj1jjj1 to address        
immigration1 labor1 or law enforcement  
issues in the ,commonwealth of the      
,northern ,mariana ,islands4  7#b7 ,for 
capital infrastructure projects that    
modernize1 replace1 repair1             
rehabilitate1 harden1 expand1 or        
otherwise improve the affordability1    
reliability1 efficiency1 resilience1 and
 stability of the ,commonwealth's       
electric energy generation system1      
including fuel1 storage1 transmission1  
distribution1 control1 communication1   
and other infrastructure necessary to   
support1 integrate1 operate1 or         
stabilize electric generation resources4
  7b7 ,prioritization ,in making funds  

available pursuant to subsection 7a71   
the ,secretary of the ,interior--  7#a7 
shall first make funds available for the
 purposes described in paragraph 7#a7 of
 that subsection before making any funds
 available for any of the purposes      
described in paragraph 7#b7 of that     
subsection2 and  7#b7 with respect to   
amounts made available for a purpose    
described in such paragraph 7#b7--  7,a7
 shall give priority to projects        
reasonably expected to reduce or        
stabilize electricity rates1 reduce fuel
 or operating costs1 reduce exposure to 
fuel price volatility1 improve          
generation or system efficiency1 or     
reduce the frequency1 duration1 or      
economic cost of electric service       
interruptions2  7,b7 shall ensure that  
such projects are carried out by1       
through1 or for the benefit of the      
,commonwealth ,utilities ,corporation or
 any successor public utility           
responsible for electric service in the 
,commonwealth2 and  7,c7 notwithstanding

 any other provision of law1 shall not  
require any local matching or           
cost-sharing requirement with respect to
 such projects4  7c7 ,limitation ,except
 as provided in subsection 7d71 nothing 
in this ,act may be construed to alter  
or affect--  7#a7 the total amount made 
available for capital improvement       
projects for any fiscal year for all    
insular areas in accordance with the    
funding agreement entered into pursuant 
to section #gjb of the ,covenant to     
,establish a ,commonwealth of the       
,northern ,mariana ,islands in          
,political ,union with the ,united      
,states of ,america 7as in effect on the
 date of the enactment of this ,act72 or
  7#b7 the total amount otherwise made  
available for all insular areas pursuant
 to subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section  
#d of ,public ,law #id-bda 7#dh         
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjd7;b7 and 7c774  7d7      
,termination ,the date described in this
 subsection is the date on which there  
enters into effect a successor          

multi-year funding agreement to the     
agreement entered into in #bjjd pursuant
 to section #gjb of the ,covenant to    
,establish a ,commonwealth of the       
,northern ,mariana ,islands in          
,political ,union with the ,united      
,states of ,america and as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
,beginning ,october #a of the first year
 for which such successor multi-year    
funding agreement takes effect1         
financial assistance to the             
,commonwealth shall be provided in      
accordance with the amounts1 purposes1  
terms1 and conditions established by    
such agreement and the ,act of ,congress
 approving or implementing such         
agreement4