Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 1.djvu/318

 90 STAT. 268

PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - 2 4 1 — M A R. 24, 1976

"SECTION 502. (a) The following laws of the United States in existence on the effective date of this Section and subsequent amendments to such laws will apply to the Northern Mariana Islands, except as otherwise provided in this Covenant: " (1) those laws which provide federal services and financial assistance programs and the federal banking laws as they apply to G u a m; Section 228 of Title II and Title X VI of the Social 42 USC 428, Security Act as it applies to the several States; the Public Health 1381. Service Act as it applies to the Virgin Islands; and the INIicrone42 USC 201 note. sian Claims Act as it applies to the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific 50 USC app. Islands; 2018. " (2) those laws not described in paragraph (1) which are applicable to Guam and which are of general application to the several States as they are applicable to the several States; and " (3) those laws not described in paragraph (1) or (2) which are applicable to the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands, but not their subsequent amendments unless specifically made applicable to the Northern M a r i a n a Islands, as they apply to the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands until termination of the Trusteeship Agreement, and will thereafter be inapplicable. " (b) The laws of the United States regarding coastal shipments and the conditions of employment, including the wages and hours of employees, will apply to the activities of the United States Government and its contractors in the Northern Mariana Islands. "SECTION 503. The following laws of the United States, presently inapplicable to the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands, will not apply to the Northern Mariana Islands except in the manner and to the extent made applicable to them by the Congress by law after termination of the Trusteeship Agreement: " (a) except as otherwise provided in Section 506, the immigration and naturalization laws of the United States; " (b) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b) of Section 502, the coastwise laws of the United States and any prohibition in the laws of the United States against foreign vessels landing fish or unfinished fish products in the United States; and " (c) the minimum wage provisions of Section 6, Act of June 25, 29 USC 206. 1938, 52 Stat. 1062, as amended. eommission on "SECTION 504. The President will appoint a Commission on Federal Federal Laws. Laws to survey the laws of the United States and to make recommendations to the United States Congress as to which laws of the United States not applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands should be made applicable and to what extent and in what manner, and which applicable laws should be made inapplicable and to w h a t extent and in Membership. what manner. The Commission will consist of seven persons (at least four of whom will be citizens of the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands who are and have been for at least five years domiciled continuously in the Northern Mariana Islands at the time of their appointments) who will be representative of the federal, local, piivate and public interests in the applicability of laws of the United States to the Reports to Northern Mariana Islands. The Commission will make its final report Congress. and recommendations to the Congress within oue year after the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement, and before that time will make such interim reports and recommendations to the Congress as it considers appropriate to facilitate the transition of the Northern Mariana Islands to its new political status. I n formulating its recommendations the Commission will take into consideration the potential effect of each law on local conditions within the Northern Mariana Islands,

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