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[CITE: 48USC1421q-1]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421q-1. Applicability of laws referred to in section 
        502(a)(1) of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands
        
    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 Health Care Financing Administration, 
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.

(Pub. L. 95-134, title IV, Sec. 403, Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1163; Pub. 
L. 95-135, Sec. 1, Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1166.)

                       References in Text

    The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, referred 
to in text, is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 94-241, set out as a 
note under section 1801 of this title. For Jan. 9, 1978, as the date 
section 502 of the Covenant came into force, see Proc. No. 4534, Sec. 2, 
set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.
    The joint resolution approved on March 24, 1976, referred to in 
text, is Pub. L. 94-241, Mar. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 263, as amended, which 
is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 1801 et seq.) of chapter 
17 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Tables.
    The Micronesian Claims Act of 1971, referred to in text, is 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 is also classified to section 1574-1 of this title.
    Section was not enacted as part of the Organic Act of Guam which 
comprises this chapter.
    Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1977--Pub. L. 95-135 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``Effective on October 15, 1977, those laws, 
except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration 
and except for medicaid which is now administered by the Health Care 
Financing Administration, which are referred to in section 502(a)(1) 
(except for the reference to the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 (85 
Stat. 96)) 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), 
and 502(a)(2) of said Covenant 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 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 95-135 provided that: ``This amendatory joint 
resolution [amending this section] shall be effective as of the approval 
of said Act entitled `To authorize certain appropriations for the 
territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating 
thereto, and for other purposes' (enrolled bill H.R. 6550, Ninety-fifth 
Congress, first session) [Pub. L. 95-134, approved Oct. 15, 1977].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1841 of this title.
