LAWS OF 96th CONG.—1ist SESS.
P.L. 96-205
Mar. 12
“Mar. 12
(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
employmen
sentence sh.
hired from
Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands,”; ~
(2) after the words “High Commissioner of the Trust Territory
Service em;
of the Pacific Islands” insert the words “or Governor of the
third full fis
Islands” insert the words ‘‘or Governor, as the case maybe,”; and
subsection, 1
the Norther
to provide su
Mariana Isl:
‘returns and
Northern Mariana Islands, as the case maybe,”
(3) wherever the words “High Commissioner” appear and are
not followed by the words “of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
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(4) after the words “District Court of Guam” insert the words
or District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the case
(b) The Se
that the pro
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Health care
services grant,
effective date.
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See.“302. Effective October 1, 1980, there are hereby authorizedto
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $24,400,000 plus or
minus such amounts,if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary
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covered dire
wealth of the
Sec. 205.
fluctuations in construction costs from October 1979 price levels as
as, cue
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of
construction involved, fora 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.
including an
pany, or cor
under the 1:
Islands and «
’ Covenant to.
Islands in F
94-241), shal
with respect
wealth of the
after Decemb
section shall
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 exceed $3,000,000” to “such
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Sec. 204. (a) ‘Section. 3(d)of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize
tion to comp]
appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for
other. purposes” (Public Law 95-348; 92 Stat. 487) is amended by
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Northern Mai
inserting “(1)” after “(d)” and by inserting ‘ ‘or upon receipt of a
resolution adopted by both housesof the legislature of the Northern
(b) Except <
individual, tn
ration, which
the Common:
subject to the
the Commonv
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
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first place it appears, andby adding at the end of “dy” the following
new Paragraphs:
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(2) For purposes of carrying out any administration and enforceand enforcement ‘ment required by this subsection,
the Secretary of the Treasury
duties.
a
respect to Incc
for its taxable
January 1, 19%
from the Gove
September30,
(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
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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
31, 1981.
agreement to
Section 602 of
Law 1-30 of th
its successor, h
employees of the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, upon
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(c) It is the
pay such government for the use of such services. In
addition, the Secretary, or his delegate, shall make every effort to
assure thatcitizens of the Northern Mariana Islands (as so defined)
taxes,
are trained to ultimately assume the administration and enforce-
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ment duties required of the Secretary or his delegate under this ~
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section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary or
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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 Se rvice hiring or job classification laws or any =~re
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sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $3, 000,000. for
development,’’.
Sec. 301. (a)
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subsection.
(b) Any civil
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later than A pri