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 91 STAT. 1166

PUBLIC LAW 95-135—OCT. 15, 1977

Public Law 95-135 95th Congress Oct. 15, 1977 [S.J. Res. 89]

Territories of the United States. Appropriation authorization, amendment. Ante, p. 1159. 48 USC 1681 note.

50 USC app. 2018. Effective date. 48 USC 1681 note.

Joint Resolution

To amend an Act entitled "To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (enrolled bill H.R. 6550, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session).

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 403 of an Act entitled "To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (enrolled bill H.E. 6550, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session), be amended to read: "SEC. 403. Effective on the date when section 502 of the Covenant to Esta:blish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263) goes into force those laws which are referred to in section 502(a)(1) of said Covenant, except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration, except tor medicaid which is now administered by the Health Care Financing Administration, and except the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 (85 Stat, 96) shall be applicable to the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as such laws are applied to the Northern Mariana Islands.". SEC. 2. This amendatory joint resolution shall be effective as of the approval of said Act entitled "To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (enrolled bill H.R. 6550, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session). Approved October 15, 1977.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 13, considered and passed House.

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