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 PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 1 5 7 -. N O V. 8, 1977

91 STAT. 1267

sion could be had in all cases involving the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, or any authority exercised thereunder, unless those cases are reviewable in the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to section 3 of this Act. (b) Those portions of title 28 of the United States Code which apply to (luam or the District Court of Guam shall be applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands or the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, respectively, except as otherwise provided in article IV of the covenant. The district court established by this Act shall be a district court as that term is used in section 3006A of title 18, United States Code. SP:G. 5. This Act shall come into force upon its approval or at the tiuie proclaimed by the President for the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands to become effective, whichever is the later date. SKC. 6. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nccessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

USC prec. title 1.

Approved November 8, 1977.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: SENATE REPORT No. 95-475 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): Oct. 13, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 25, considered and passed House.

"'-^ Effective date.; 4« USC 1694d. Appropriation ^''risr*i^aL

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