A bill to create the district court for the Northern Mariana Islands, implementing article IV of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Creates the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America. Provides that the President shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a judge for the District Court for a term of eight years. Authorizes the Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit and the Chief Justice of the United States to appoint judges of specified courts as temporary judges for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands when necessary. Authorizes the President to appoint a United States attorney and a marshall for the Northern Mariana Islands. Applies certain Federal rules and statutes pertaining to District Courts to the District Court for the Northern Marianas. Grants the District Court for the Northern Marianas the jurisdiction of a United States district court, except that in all cases arising under the Constitution, treaties and laws of the United States, it shall have jurisdiction regardless of the amount in controversy. Grants the Court original jurisdiction over all matters not otherwise vested in itself or in the courts of the Northern Mariana…