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[CITE: 48USC1841]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                  CHAPTER 17--NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 1841. Funds and services


(a) Acquisition and construction of powerplant and distribution 
        facilities

    There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for expenditure after 
October 1, 1978, not more than $12,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, 
if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in 
construction costs from October 1978 price levels as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction 
involved, to assist in the acquisition and construction of a powerplant 
for the Northern Mariana Islands together with upgrading, 
rehabilitation, or replacement of distribution facilities.

(b) Services and facilities of Federal agencies; grants-in-aid; 
        availability of appropriations in succeeding fiscal years

    (1) The government of the Northern Marianas in carrying out the 
purposes of this Act, Public Law 95-134, or Public Law 94-241 [48 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.], may utilize, to the extent practicable, the available 
services and facilities of agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal 
Government on a reimbursable basis. Such amounts may be credited to the 
appropriation or fund which provided the services and facilities. 
Agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government may, when 
practicable, make available to the government of the Northern Marianas, 
upon request of the Secretary, such services and facilities as they are 
equipped to render or furnish, and they may do so without reimbursement 
if otherwise authorized by law.
    (2) Any funds made available to the Northern Mariana Islands under 
grant-in-aid programs by section 502 of the Covenant To Establish a 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the 
United States of America (Public Law 94-241), or pursuant to any other 
Act of Congress enacted after March 24, 1976, are hereby authorized to 
remain available until expended.
    (3) Any amount authorized by the Covenant described in paragraph (2) 
or by any other Act of Congress enacted after March 24, 1976, which 
authorizes appropriations for the Northern Mariana Islands, but not 
appropriated for a fiscal year is authorized to be available for 
appropriation in succeeding fiscal years.

(c) Food stamps and distribution of donated foods

    Notwithstanding the provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 [7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon 
the request of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting 
pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with section 5 and 7 of 
article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for 
the period during which such legislation is effective, (1) to implement 
a food stamp program in part or all of the Northern Mariana Islands with 
such income and household standards of eligibility, deductions, and 
allotment values as the Secretary determines, after consultation with 
the Governor, to be suited to the economic and social circumstances of 
such islands: Provided, That in no event shall such income standards of 
eligibility exceed those in the forty-eight contiguous States, and (2) 
to distribute or permit a distribution of federally donated foods in any 
part of the Northern Mariana Islands for which the Governor has not 
requested that the food stamp program be implemented. This authority 
shall remain in effect through September 30, 1981, and shall not apply 
to section 1421q-1 or 1574-1 \1\ of this title.
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(d) Administration and enforcement of revenue and taxation provisions of 
        Covenant

    (1) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, upon 
the request of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting 
pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of 
article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, or upon 
receipt of a resolution adopted by both houses of the legislature of the 
Northern Mariana Islands accompanied by a letter of request from either 
the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
without reimbursement or other cost to the government of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to administer and enforce the provisions of section 
601, 603, or 604 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of 
America (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263, 269) and in order to 
administer and enforce the collection of any payroll tax or other tax 
measured by income which may be in force in the Northern Mariana Islands 
pursuant to section 602 of such Covenant. This authority shall continue 
until such time as the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting 
pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of 
article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, requests 
the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the administration and 
enforcement of such taxes. The administration and enforcement of such 
taxes by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall begin on 
January 1 of the year following the year in which such Northern Mariana 
Islands law is enacted.
    (2) For purposes of carrying out any administration and enforcement 
required by this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter 
in this subsection referred to as the ``Secretary''), or his delegate, 
at no cost to the Northern Marianas government, may (A) employ citizens 
of the Northern Mariana Islands (as defined by Article III of the 
Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
Political Union with the United States (approved, Public Law 94-241; 90 
Stat. 265), or (B) use the services of employees of the government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, upon agreement to pay such government for 
the use of such services. In addition, the Secretary, or his delegate, 
shall make every effort to assure that citizens of the Northern Mariana 
Islands (as so defined) are trained to ultimately assume the 
administration and enforcement duties required of the Secretary or his 
delegate under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary or his delegate is authorized to the maximum extent 
feasible in administering and enforcing the requested sections of the 
Covenant, to employ and train Northern Mariana Islands' citizens without 
regard to United States Civil Service hiring or job classification laws 
or any employment ceilings imposed upon the Secretary. The preceding 
sentence shall not exempt such Northern Mariana Islands' citizens so 
hired from any other laws affecting Federal or Internal Revenue Service 
employees and shall remain in effect until the end of the third full 
fiscal year following March 12, 1980.
    (3) As part of the administration of taxes required by this 
subsection, the Secretary or his delegate shall establish, at no cost to 
the Northern Marianas government, a taxpayers information service to 
provide such information and assistance to citizens of the Northern 
Mariana Islands (as so defined) as may be necessary for the filing of 
returns and the payment of such taxes.

(Pub. L. 95-348, Sec. 3, Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 96-205, 
title II, Sec. 204(a), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 86.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 95-348, Aug. 18, 
1978, 92 Stat. 487. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Tables.
    Public Law 95-134, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 95-134, 
Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1159, as amended, popularly known as the Omnibus 
Territories Act of 1977. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.
    Public Law 94-241, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1), (2) and (d)(1), 
(2), 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 this 
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.
    The Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, referred 
to in subsecs. (b)(2), (3) and (d), is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 
94-241, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.
    The Food Stamp Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 
88-525, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 2011 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2011 of Title 7 and Tables.
    Section 1421q-1 or 1574-1 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), 
was in the original ``section 403 of Public Law 95-135'', and was 
translated as reading ``section 403 of Public Law 95-134'', to reflect 
the probable intent of Congress, because Public Law 95-135 does not 
contain a section 403.
    The United States Civil Service hiring or job classification laws, 
referred to in subsec. (d)(2), are set out generally in Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees. For civil service laws, see 
particularly section 3301 et seq. of Title 5. For classification laws, 
see chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and subchapter III of chapter 53 
(Sec. 5331 et seq.) of Title 5.

                          Codification

    Subsecs. (b)(2), (3), (c), and (d) of this section were formerly set 
out as notes under section 1681 of this title.
    March 12, 1980, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), was in the original 
``the date of enactment'', and was translated as meaning the date of 
enactment of Pub. L. 96-205, which enacted pars. (2) and (3) of subsec. 
(d) of this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-205 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), inserted ``or upon receipt of a resolution adopted by both 
houses of the legislature of the Northern Mariana Islands accompanied by 
a letter of request from either the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor 
of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Constitution of the Northern 
Mariana Islands,'' the first place appearing, and added pars. (2) and 
(3).
