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 12 2 STA T .869PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 229 —M A Y 8, 2008 SEC.714 . D E T E RMINA TI O NO F E L ECTION P ROCED U RE. Actingpurs u a ntt ole gislation enacte d in accordance w it h the C onstitution o f the Co m monwealth of the N orthern M ariana I slands , the G o v ernment of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ma y determine the order of names on the b allot for election of D elegate, the method by which a special election to fill a permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate shall be conducted, the method by which ties between candidates for the office of Delegate shall be resolved, and all other matters of local application pertaining to the election and the office of Delegate not otherwise e x pressly provided for in this subtitle . SEC. 71 5 . COMPENSATION , PRI V ILE G ES, AND IMMUNITIES. U ntil the R ules of the H ouse of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall receive the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of Representa - tives, and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities are, or hereinafter may be, granted to any other nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives. SEC. 71 6 . LAC K OF EFFECT ON COVENANT. No provision of this subtitle shall be construed to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the covenant referred to in section 71 1 except section 90 1 of the covenant. SEC. 717. DEFINITION. F or purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘ ‘Delegate ’ ’ means the Resident Representative referred to in section 711. SEC. 71 8 . CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REGARDING APPOINTMENTS TO MILITAR Y SERVICE ACADEMIES B Y DELEGATE FROM T H E COMMON W EALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ( a ) U NITEDS T A TE S MI L ITA RY A C ADE M Y. — Section 43 4 2 (a)(10) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by stri k ing ‘‘resident representative’’ and inserting ‘‘Delegate in Congress’’. (b) UNITED STATES NA V AL ACADEMY.—Section 6 9 5 4(a)(10) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘resident representative’’ and inserting ‘‘Delegate in Congress’’. (c) UNITED STATES AIR F O RCE ACADEMY.—Section 9342(a)(10) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘resident representative’’ and inserting ‘‘Delegate in Congress’’. TI T LEV III —COMPA CT S O F F R EE ASSOCIATIO N AMEN D MENTS SEC. 8 0 1. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Compact of Free Associa- tion Amendments Act of 2003 (4 8 U.S.C. 1921) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by inserting before the period at the end the following

‘‘, including Article X of the Federal P rograms and Services Agreement B etween the Government of the United States and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended under the Agreement to Amend Article X that was signed by those two Micrones i a. Mars h a l l I slan d s. P ala u . 48USC175 7. 48 USC 175 6 . 48 USC 1755. 48 USC 1754.

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