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PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980
TITLE V—AMERICAN SAMOA

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Src. 501. The salary and expenses of the government comptroller
for American Samoa shall be paid from funds appropriated to the
Department of the Interior.
Sec. 502. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon the request of
the Governor of American Samoa, administer and enforce the collection of all customs duties derived from American Samoa, without cost

to the government of American Samoa. The Secretary of the Treas-

ury, in consultation with the Governor of American Samoa, shall

make every effort to employ and train the residents of American
Samoa to carry out the provisions of this section. The administration
and enforcement of this section shall commence October 1, 1980.

TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
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Sec. 601. Title V of the Act of October 15, 1977, entitled “An Act to

authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United
States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other pur-

poses” (91 Stat. 1159) shall be applied with respect to the Department

of the Interior by substituting “shall” for “may” in the last sentence
of subsection (d), and adding the following sentence at the end of
subsection (d): “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
case of American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands any
department or agency shali waive any requirement for local matching funds under $100,000 (including in-kind contributions) required

by law to be provided by American Samoaor the Northern Mariana

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Islands.”.
Sec. 602. (a) Any amount authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal
year by this Act or an amendment made by this Act but not
appropriated for such fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated in
succeeding fiscal years.
(b) Any amount appropriated pursuant to this Act or an amendment made by this Act for a fiscal year but not expended during such
fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in succeeding fiscal
years.
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Src. 603. To the extent practicable, services, facilities, and equipment of agencies and instrumentalities of the United States Government may be made available, on a reimbursable basis, to the

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tb) For the purpose of this stetion the words “territory or posses-

sion” include the ‘lrust Territory of the Pacific Islands and anyarea
not within the boundaries of the several States over which the United
States claims or exercises sovereignty.
Src. 606. (a) Section 8 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (‘Jones Act”), as
amended (48 U.S.C. 749), is amended by addingthe following after the
last sentence thereof: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
as used in this section (1) ‘submerged lands underlying navigable
bodies of water’ include lands permanently or periodically covered by
tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean hightide, all lands
underlying the navigable bodies of water in and around the island of
Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands, and all artificially made, filled
in, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable
bodies of water; (2) ‘navigable bodies of water and submerged lands
underlying the same in and around the island of Puerto Rico and the
adjacent islands and waters’ extend from the coastline of the island of
Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands as heretofore or hereafter

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modified by accretion, erosion, or reliction, seaward to a distance of

(48 U.S.C. 747), is amended by adding the following after the last

after the date of enactment of this subsection, convey to the govern-

the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in
appropriation Acts.
Sec. 605. (a) Prior to the granting of any license, permit, or other
authorization or permission by any agency or instrumentality of the
United States to any person for the transportation of spent nuclear
fuel or high-level radioactive waste for interim, long-term, or permanent storage to or for the storage of such fuel or waste on any
territory or possession of the United States, the Secretary of the
Interior is directed to transmit to the Congress a detailed report on
the proposed transportation or storage plan, and no such license,
permit, or other authorization or permission may be granted nor may

“Territory or
possession ”

three marine leagues; (3) ‘control’ includesall right, title, and interest
in and to and jurisdiction and authority over the submerged lands
underlying the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of
water in and around the island of Puerto Rico and the adjacent
islands and waters, and the natural resources underlying such
submerged lands and waters, and includes proprietary rights of
ownership, and the rights of management, administration, leasing,
use, and development of such natural resources and submerged lands
beneath such waters.”’.
(b) Section 7 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (“Jones Act’), as amended

Src. 604. Any new borrowing authority provided in this Act or

authority to make payments underthis Act shall be effective only to

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portation or storave plan has been specifically authorized by Act of
Congress: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply
to the cleanup and rehabilitation of Bikini and Enewetak Atolls.

and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Reimbursements may
be credited to the appropriation or fund of the agency or instrumentality through which the services, facilities, and equipment are
provided. ff otherwise authorized by law, such services, facilities, and

governments of the territories and possessions of the United States

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any such transportation or storage occur unless the proposed trans-

sentence thereof: ‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as
used in this section ‘control’ includes all right, title, and interest in
and to and jurisdiction and authority over the aforesaid property and
includes proprietary rights of ownership, and the rights of management, administration, leasing, use, and development of such
property.”’.
Sec. 607. (a) The first section of the Act entitled “An Act to place
certain submerged lands within the jurisdiction of the governments
of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and for other
purposes”, approved October 5, 1974 (48 U.S.C. 1705), is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

equipment may be madeavailable without reimbursement.

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PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR. 12, 1980

‘«d\1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than sixty days

ments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case
may be, all right, title, and interest of the United States in deposits of
oil, gas, and other minerals in the submerged lands conveyed to the

government of suchterritory by subsection(a) of this section.
“(2) The conveyance of mineral deposits under paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall be subject to any existing lease, permit, or other
interest granted by the United States prior to the date of such
conveyance. All rentals, royalties, or fees which accrue after such

date of conveyance in connection with any such lease, permit, or

other interest shall be payable to the government of the territory to

which such mineral deposits are conveyed.”

Mineral
deposits,
conveyance of
US rights, title,
and interest.

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