Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds shared an update with the community regarding ongoing issues affecting Employment Authorization Document (EAD) renewal applications for individuals with CNMI Long-Term Resident Status, commonly referred to as the C37 category.

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds is urging a careful, legally grounded approach to any future federal action involving offshore mineral resources near the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, warning that scientific uncertainty and gaps in existing law require heightened caution, not acceleration.

Saipan and Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds, Governor David M. Apatang, Senate President Karl King Nabors, and House Speaker Edmund Villagomez announced today that they have transmitted joint letters to President Donald J. Trump and Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, outlining the accelerating economic deterioration of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and urging timely federal action.

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds announced that the conference committee draft of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes two major provisions for the CNMI. Inclusion in the conference agreement places both measures in the final text that will move to the House and Senate for approval.

“This year’s NDAA includes two long-needed changes that strengthen our role in the Pacific and create real opportunities for new economic activity in the CNMI,” said Congresswoman King-Hinds.

Washington, D.C. – The House Small Business Committee today unanimously advanced H.R. 3496, the Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds to give entrepreneurs in the Marianas access to the Small Business Administration’s microloan program for the first time. The bill was reported out of committee on a 27 to 0 vote.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds announced that several important provisions for the Marianas were included in the bipartisan funding package passed by Congress last week as part of the agreement to end the federal government shutdown. The package consisted of a three-bill minibus that provides full-year funding for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction, and the operations of Congress. All other federal agencies were funded through a continuing resolution until January 30.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-Northern Mariana Islands) joined Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands), Congresswoman Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa), and Congressman James Moylan (R-Guam) in introducing H.R. 5960, a bipartisan bill to restore duty-free treatment for low-value shipments from the U.S. territories following the recent suspension of de minimis privileges under Executive Order 14324.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds today announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has awarded a total of $11.3 million in Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 discretionary grant funding to support infrastructure, energy, education, and natural resource initiatives in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.