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 92 STAT. 490

PUBLIC LAW 95-348—AUG. 18, 1978 acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, without reimbursement or other cost to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, to administer and enforce the provisions of section 601, 603, or 604 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union W i t h the United States of America (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263, 269) and in order to administer and enforce the collection of any payroll tax or other tax measured by income which may be in force in the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to section 602 of such Covenant. This authority shall continue until such time as the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, requests the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the administration and enforcement of such taxes. The administration and enforcement of such taxes by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall begin on January 1 of the year following the year in which such Northern Mariana Islands law is enacted. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Effective date. 48 USC 1575. Duties and taxes. 48 USC 1645.

SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not to exceed $5,000,000 of which not more than $1,000,000 may be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 to be paid to the government of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of promoting economic development in the Virgin Islands. The Secretary shall prescribe the types of programs for which such sums may be used. (b)(1) There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of hospital facilities in the Virgin Islands not more than $52,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved. (2) Grants provided pursuant to this section an,d not obligated or expended by the government of the Virgin Islands during any fiscal year will remain available for obligation or expenditure by such government in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated. (3) Funds provided under paragraph (b)(1) may be used by the Virgin Islands as the matching share for Federal programs and services. (4) Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this subsection shall be effective on October 1, 1978. (c)(1) Section 9(c) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497) is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and inserting "or such other date as the Legislature of the Virgin Islands may determine.". (2) Beginning as soon as the government of the Virgin Islands enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commencement of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of the Virgin Islands the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the Governor of the Virgin Islands, with the concurrence of the government comptroller of the Virgin Islands, has estimated will be collected

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