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[CITE: 48USC1421d]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421d. Salaries and allowances of officers and employees

    The salaries and travel allowances of the Governor, Lieutenant 
Governor, the heads of the executive departments, other officers and 
employees of the government of Guam, and the members of the legislature, 
shall be paid by the government of Guam at rates prescribed by the laws 
of Guam.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 26, 64 Stat. 391; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, 
Sec. 21, 70 Stat. 911; Pub. L. 89-100, July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 424; Pub. 
L. 90-497, Sec. 9, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 9(a), repealed subsec. (c) 
which provided for the payment of transportation expenses by the United 
States of all officers and employees of the government of Guam if their 
homes were outside Guam.
    Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 9(b), removed subsection designations and 
substituted provisions that the government of Guam pay the salaries and 
travel expenses of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, heads of executive 
departments, members of the legislature, and government officers and 
employees at rates prescribed by the laws of Guam for provisions setting 
the salary for the Governor and Secretary of Guam and allowing for the 
payment of transportation expenses and salaries of certain officers and 
employees by the United States.
    1965--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-100 substituted provisions empowering 
the government of Guam to fix and pay legislative salaries and expenses 
for provisions which specifically fixed a sum of $15 per day to be paid 
each member for every day the legislature is in session payable out of 
Congressional appropriations and which required all other expenses to be 
paid by the government of Guam.
    1956--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 1, 1956, substituted ``the Governor of 
the Virgin Islands in the Executive Pay Act of 1949, as heretofore or 
hereafter amended,'' for ``Governors of Territories and possessions in 
the Executive Pay Act of 1949, but not to exceed $13,125,''.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Section 9(a) of Pub. L. 90-497 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90-497, which 
was approved Sept. 11, 1968.
    Section 9(b) of Pub. L. 90-497 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 4, 1971.
