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PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980
(1) strike the words ‘‘governmentof the Trust Territory of the

Pacific Islands’ wherever they appear andinsert in lieu thereof
the words ‘‘governments of the Trust Territory of the Pacific

Islands or the Northern MarianaIslands,”;
(2) after the words “High Commissionerof the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands” insert the words “or Governor of the

Northern MarianaIslands, 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 may be,’’; and

Health care
services grant.

effective date.

(4) after the words “District Court of Guam” insert the words
“or District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the case
may be”.

Sec. 202. Effective October 1, 1980, there are hereby authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $24,400,000 plus or

hinus such amounts,if any, as maybe 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 madeby the Secretary of the Interior pursuantto 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.

492), is amended by changing “not to exc
$3,000,000” 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

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appropriationsfor 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

new paragraphs:
‘(2) For purposes of carrying out any administration and enforce-

andenforcement ment 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 MarianaIslands in Political Union with the United States

(approved, Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 265)), or (B) use the services of
employees of the governmentof the Northern MarianaIslands, upon
agreement to pay such government for the use of such services. In
addition, the
retary, 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 extentfeasible in administering 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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