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[CITE: 48USC1421q]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421q. Applicability of Federal laws

    The laws of the United States which are made applicable to the 
Northern Mariana Islands by the provisions of section 502(a)(1) of H.J. 
Res. 549,\1\ as approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
except for section 228 of title II [42 U.S.C. 428] and title XVI of the 
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] as it applies to the 
several States and the Micronesia Claims Act [50 App. U.S.C. 2018 et 
seq.] as it applies to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, shall 
be made applicable to Guam on the same terms and conditions as such laws 
are applied to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 94-255, Sec. 2, Apr. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 300.)

                       References in Text

    Section 502(a)(1) of H.J. Res. 549, referred to in text, probably 
means section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States 
of America, which is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 94-241, set out 
as a note under section 1801 of this title.
    The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, 
ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title XVI of the Social Security Act 
is classified generally to subchapter XVI (Sec. 1381 et seq.) of chapter 
7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and 
Tables.
    The Micronesia Claims Act, referred to in text, probably means the 
Micronesian Claims Act of 1971, Pub. L. 92-39, July 1, 1971, 85 Stat. 
92, as amended, which was classified generally to section 2018 et seq. 
of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense, and which was omitted 
from the Code as terminated Aug. 3, 1976.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Organic Act of Guam which 
comprises this chapter.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of this title.
