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Northern Mariners Sports Association supports $22.5 million Saipan appropriation introduced in House
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Summary
A representative of the Northern Mariners Sports Association urged House members to back local appropriation bill 24-12 to support sports programming; the House later recorded the formal introduction of House Local Bill 24-12 to appropriate $22.5 million from revenues collected under Saipan Local Law 11-2.
Alex Sablan, speaking for the Northern Mariners Sports Association (NAMSA), asked the House to support house local bill 24-12 and thanked legislators for past and continued support of sports across the Commonwealth.
"We are the governing body of sports in the Commonwealth, and we have 18 members," Sablan said, describing NAMSA—s role organizing interscholastic leagues and international competition. He credited local supporters and education officials for advances since the COVID-19 pandemic and cited recent international badminton competition in which Commonwealth athletes finished behind only much larger countries.
Later in the session Representative BJ Atta formally introduced House Local Bill 24-12, "to appropriate $22,500,000 from revenues collected pursuant to Saipan Local Law 11-2 as amended and for other purposes," and invited members of the Saipan and Northern Islands delegation to join the measure.
The bill introduction was recorded and the clerk received copies; specific committee referral or vote on the bill was not taken during the session.
Key details recorded on the floor: NAMSA represents 18 sports federations; the proposed appropriation amount is $22,500,000; bill language includes establishing a separate subaccount within the cannabis tax account to reserve funds for PSS-designated share (as stated during introductions).
