94 STAT. 86

PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980
(1) strike the words “government of the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands” wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof
the words “governments of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands,”;
(2) after the words “High Commissionerof the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands’”’ insert the words “or Governor of the
Northern Mariana Islands, as the case may be,”;
(3) wherever the words “High Commissioner” appear and are

not followed by the words “of the Trust Territory of the Pacific

Islands” insert the words “or Governor, as the case maybe,”; and
(4) after the words “District Court of Guam” insert the words
“or District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the case
Health care
services grant,
effective date.

may be”,

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Sec. 202. Effective October 1, 1980, there are hereby authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $24,400,000 plus or
minus such arnounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary
fluctuations In construction costs from October 1979 price levels as
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of
construction involved, for a grant to the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands to provide for health care services. No
grant may be made bythe Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this
section without the prior approval of the Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare.

Sec. 203. Subsection (g) of section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to
authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the. United

States, and for other purposes”, approved August 18, 1978 (92 Stat.

48 USC 1681
note,

492), is amended by changing “not to exceed 53,000,000” to ‘‘such
sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $3,000,000 for
development,”’.
Sec. 204, (a) 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 amended by

inserting ‘(1)” after “(d)” and by inserting “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 it appears, and by adding at the end of “(d)” the following
Administration
and enforcement
duties.

new paragraphs:
‘(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 HI 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 Secretaryor
his delegate is authorized to the maximum extent feasible in adminis-

tering and enforcing the requested sections of the Covenant, to
employ and train Northern MarianaIslands’ citizens without regard
to United States Civil Service hiring or job classification laws or any

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