An Act to restrict the leases of public agricultural land to the resident citizens of the CNMI and of the U.S., and to similarly restrict the use of publicly owned marine and wetlands areas that come under agricultural, aquacultural, or maricultural de...
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This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry. Aquacultural, and maricultural uses shall not, however, intrude on agricultural lands set aside exclusively for crop farming.
