90 Stat. 26385 Stat. 96Effective on the date when section 502 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on () 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 for medicaid which is now administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and except the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 () 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.
Pub. L. 95–134, title IV, § 40391 Stat. 1163Pub. L. 95–135, § 191 Stat. 1166Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 900(e)(7)117 Stat. 2374(, , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 1 of Pub. L. 94–241section 1801 of this titlesection 1801 of this titleThe Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, referred to in text, is contained in , set out as a note under . For , as the date section 502 of the Covenant came into force, see Proc. No. 4534, § 2, set out as a note under .
Pub. L. 94–24190 Stat. 263The joint resolution approved on , referred to in text, is , , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 1801 et seq.) of chapter 17 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Pub. L. 92–3985 Stat. 92The Micronesian Claims Act of 1971, referred to in text, is , , , as amended, which was classified generally to section 2018 et seq. of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, and which was omitted from the Code as terminated .
Codification
section 1421q–1 of this titleSection is also classified to .
section 1681 of this titleSection was formerly set out as a note under .
Section was not enacted as part of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
Pub. L. 108–1732003— substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration”.
Pub. L. 95–13585 Stat. 9690 Stat. 2631977— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Effective on , those laws, except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration and except for medicaid which is now administered by the Health Care Financing Administration, which are referred to in section 502(a)(1) (except for the reference to the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 ()) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on (), and 502(a)(2) of said Covenant 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 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–135section 2 of Pub. L. 95–135section 1421q–1 of this titleAmendment by effective as of , see , set out as a note under .