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Appropriation authorization. Puerto Rico. 48 USC 1421 note. 48 USC 1469a-l. Ante, p. 840. 48 USC 731 note. 48 USC 1541 note.

99 Stat. 1037; ante, p. 773. 48 USC 1681 note. Micronesia Marshall Islands.

99 Stat. 1807, 1822, 1825.

48 USC note. 99 Stat. 1799. 16 USC 99 Stat.

1681 1791, 470. 1791.

Retirement.

PUBLIC LAW 99-396—AUG. 27, 1986

Commission to administer the merit system. Members of the commission may be removed as provided by the laws of Guam.". SEC. 19. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) Pursuant to the terms of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384), as amended; the Joint resolution to Approve the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (90 Stat. 263), as amended; the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act (64 Stat. 319), as amended and supplemented; and the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (86 Stat. 497), as amended and supplemented and an Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes (92 Stat. 487), as amended; there shall be paid into the treasuries of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands respectively the full amounts which are to be covered into the treasuries of said islands or paid pursuant to said laws as amended and supplemented and such amounts shall not be reduced, notwithstanding Public Law 99-177, Public Law 99-366, or any other provision of law. SEC. 20. (a) Section 105(b)(2) of Public Law 99-239 is amended to read as follows: "(2) Except for programs or services provided by or through other federal agencies or officials to the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or for which residents thereof are eligible pursuant to the Compact or any other provision of this joint resolution, appropriations made pursuant to the Compact or any other provision of this joint resolution may be made only to the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate and monitor any programs or activities, including such activities for which funding is made directly to such other agencies, provided to the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands by agencies of the Government of the United States and related economic development planning pursuant to the Compact or pursuant to any other authorization except for the provisions of sections 161(e), 313, and 351 of the Compact and the authorization of the President to agree to an effective date pursuant to this resolution. Funds appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this paragraph shall not be allocated to other Departments or agencies, except that the Secretary of the Interior shall be able to reimburse Departments or agencies for purposes authorized by this joint resolution.". (b) The programs and services specified in section 105(h)(1), sections 105(i)(1) and (2), section 111(a), the services of the National Health Service Corps pursuant to section 105(k), and the Technical Assistance and National Historic Preservation Act grants pursuant to section 105(1), of Public Law 99-239 shall be provided on a nonreimbursable basis. SEC. 21. (a) Section 373 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 373. Judges in territories and possessions "(a) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands who retires from office after attaining the age and meeting the service requirements whether continuous or otherwise, of subsection (b) shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, receive an annuity equal to the salary he is receiving at the time he retires.

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