tary of the Interior pursuant to this section without the prior

Src. 203. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 601 and 603
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), without

cost to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands. The
administration and enforcement of section 603 shall begin on

January 1, 1980, and the administration and enforcementof
section 601 shall begin on January 1, 1982.
(b) Section 3(d) of the Act entitled ““An Act to authorize
appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States,
and for other purposes” (Public Law 95-348; 92 Stat. 487)
is amendedby striking out “601, 603, or 604” and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘604”’.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall take such steps
as are necessary to ensure that the proceedsof the local territorial income tax are covered into the treasury of the

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