# § 1908. Transitional immigration rules
**(a)** **Citizen of Northern Mariana Islands** section 24(b) of the Act of December 8, 198397 Stat. 1465
Any person who is a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands, as that term is defined in (), is considered a citizen of the United States for purposes of entry into, permanent residence, and employment in the United States and its territories and possessions.
**(b)** **Termination** Public Law 94–241
The provisions of this section shall cease to be effective when section 301 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States () becomes effective pursuant to section 1003(c) of the Covenant.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–239, title I, § 108, Jan. 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1798.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which was formerly set out as a note under .
The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States, referred to in subsec. (b), is contained in , as amended, set out as a note under . For , as the effective date of section 301 of the Covenant, see Proc. No. 5564, , 51 F.R. 40399, set out as a note under .
, referred to in subsec. (b), is , , , as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 1801 et seq.) of chapter 17 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
### Codification
Section was formerly set out as a note under .