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48 U.S.C. § 1421q–1 — Applicability of laws referred to in section 502(a)(1) of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

submitted 49 years ago by Pub. L. 95-134 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 123 words · no verdicts yet

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When the specified Northern Mariana Islands covenant provision takes effect, the laws listed there will apply to Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms as in the Northern Mariana Islands. Laws administered by specified agencies and the Micronesian Claims Act are excluded.

When section 502 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States takes effect, the laws referred to in section 502(a)(1) apply to Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as in the Northern Mariana Islands. The exceptions are laws administered by the Social Security Administration, Medicaid now administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971.
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Effective on the date when section 502 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263) goes into force those laws which are referred to in section 502(a)(1) of said Covenant, except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration, except for medicaid which is now administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and except the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 96) shall be applicable to the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as such laws are applied to the Northern Mariana Islands.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–134, title IV, § 403, Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1163; Pub. L. 95–135, § 1, Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1166; Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 900(e)(7), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2374.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1977Enacted · Pub. L. 95-134 · 91 Stat. 1163
  • 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-135 · 91 Stat. 1166
  • 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-173 · 117 Stat. 2374

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-134 on 1977-10-15.

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