48 U.S.C. § 1801
Approval of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, the text of which is as follows, is hereby approved.
( Pub. L. 94–241, § 1 , Mar. 24, 1976 , 90 Stat. 263 .)