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§ 1614. Judge of District Court; tenure; removal; compensation; assignment of other judges; mar

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The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, who shall hold office for the term of eight years and until his successor is chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President for cause. The salary of the judge of the district court shall be at the rate prescribed for judges of the United States district courts. Whenever it is made to appear that such an assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the District Court the Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of the United States may assign a circuit or district judge of the Third Circuit, or the Chief Justice of the United States may assign any other United States circuit or district judge with the consent of the judge so assigned and of the chief judge of his circuit, to serve temporarily as a judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. The compensation of the judge of the district court and the administrative expenses of the court shall be paid from appropriations made for the judiciary of the United States. The Attorney General shall appoint a United States marshal for the Virgin Islands, to whose office the provisions of chapter 33 of Title 28 shall apply. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 24. 68 Stat. 506; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-851, § 7, 72 Stat. 1095.)

AMENDMENTS

1958 Pub. L. 85-851 substituted "the Attorney General shall appoint a United States marshal" for "the Attorney General shall, as heretofore, appoint a marshal and one deputy marshal".

PRESENT INCUMBENT

Enactment of this chapter as not affecting term of office of judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in office on the date of its enactment, see effective date note under section 1541 of this title.

RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUDGES Resignation and retirement of judges in the Territories and possessions, see section 373 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 1615. Judicial divisions; sessions; applicability of procedural rules; prosecution by information or indictment.

The Virgin Islands consists of two judicial divisions; the Division of Saint Croix, comprising the island of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays and the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John, comprising the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John and adjacent islands and cays. The district court shall hold sessions in each division at such time as the court may designate by rule or order, at least once in three months in each division. The rules of practice and procedure heretofore or hereafter promulgated and made effective by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to section 2072 of Title 28, in civil cases, section 2073 of such title, in admiralty cases, and section 53 of Title 11 in bankruptcy cases, shall apply to the District Court of the Virgin Islands and to appeals therefrom. All offenses shall continue to be prosecuted in the District Court by information as heretofore except such as may be required by local law to be prosecuted by indictment by grand jury. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 25, 68 Stat. 507.)

§ 1616. Trial by jury.

All criminal cases originating in the district court shall be tried by jury upon demand by the defendant or by the Government. If no jury is demanded the case shall be tried by the judge of the district court without a jury, except that the judge may, on his own motion, order a jury for the trial of any criminal action. The legislature may provide for trial in misdemeanor cases by a jury of six qualified persons. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 26, 68 Stat. 507; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-851, § 8, 72 Stat. 1095.)

AMENDMENTS

1958-Pub. L. 85-851 substituted requirement of jury trial upon demand by defendant or Government for prohibition against denial to any person on demand of either party.

§ 1617. United States attorney, and assistant; appointment; duties; vacancies.

The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a United States attorney for the Virgin Islands to whose office the provisions of chapter 31 of Title 28, shall apply, except that the Attorney General shall not appoint more than one assistant United States attorney for the Virgin Islands. Except as otherwise provided by law it shall be the duty of the United States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and to conduct all legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to which the Government of the United States is a party in the district court and in the inferior courts of the Virgin Islands. He shall also prosecute in the district court in the name of the government of the Virgin Islands all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are cognizable by that court unless, at his request or with his consent, the prosecution of any such case is conducted by the attorney general of the Virgin Islands. The United States attorney may, when requested by the Governor or the attorney general of the Virgin Islands, conduct any other legal proceedings to which the government of the Virgin Islands is a party in the district court or the inferior courts of the Virgin Islands. In the case of a vacancy in the office of United States attorney, the District Court of the Virgin Islands may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall be filed with the clerk of the court. (July 28, 1954, ch. 558, § 27, 68 Stat. 507; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-851, § 9, 72 Stat. 1095; Sept. 16, 1959, Pub. L. 86289, § 4, 73 Stat. 569.)

AMENDMENTS

1959-Pub. L. 86-289 substituted provisions making chapter 31 of Title 28 applicable to United States attorney and by provisions specifying his duties, for provisions which prescribed his term of office and provided for his compensation, provided for appointment and compensation of his assistant and employees, and provided that he or his assistant conduct all legal proceedings in which the United States Government or the government of the Virgin Islands is a party in the District Court and inferior courts.

1958-Pub. L. 85-851 substituted "United States Attorney" for "district attorney" wherever appearing.

CROSS REFERENCES

Salaries of United States attorneys and Assistant United States attorneys for the Virgin Islands, see section 2 (b) of act Mar. 2, 1955, ch. 9, 69 Stat. 10, set out as a note under section 508 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

SUBCHAPTER VI.-SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS

§ 1631. Establishment and maintenance; scope.

The Governor shall establish and maintain systems of accounting and internal control designed to provide

(a) full disclosure of the financial results of the government's activities;

(b) adequate financial information needed for the government's management purposes;

(c) effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and other assets for which the government is responsible, including appropriate internal audit; and

(d) reliable accounting results to serve as the basis for preparation and support of the government's request for the approval of the President or his designated representative for the obligation and expenditure of the internal revenue collections as provided in section 26,' the Governor's budget request to the legislature, and for controlling the execution of the said budget. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 18, 68 Stat. 505.)

§ 1632. Review of office and activities of Government Comptroller; report.

The office and activities of the Government Comptroller of the Virgin Islands shall be subject to review annually by the Comptroller General of the United States, and report thereon shall be made by him to the Governor, the Secretary of the Interior, and to the Congress. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 19, 68 Stat. 505.)

SUBCHAPTER VII.-FISCAL PROVISIONS

§ 1641. Method of payment of official salaries; failure to appropriate.

The salaries of the Governor, the Government Secretary, the government comptroller, and the members of their immediate staffs shall be paid by the United States. The salaries of the heads of the executive departments shall be paid by the government of the Virgin Islands; and if the legislature shall fail to make an appropriation for such salaries, the salaries theretofore fixed shall be paid without the necessity of further appropriations therefor. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 20(c), 68 Stat. 506; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-851, § 6(a), 72 Stat. 1095.)

CODIFICATION

Section constitutes subsec. (c) of section 20 of act July 22, 1954. Subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 20 are classified to sections 1592 and 1598, respectively, of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1958-Pub. L. 85-851 provided for the payment of the salary of the government comptroller by the United States instead of by the government of the Virgin Islands.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 85-851 provided that the amendment of this section by Pub. L. 85-851 shall become effective on July 1, 1959.

§ 1642. Use of certain proceeds for expenditure; income tax obligations of inhabitants.

The proceeds of customs duties, the proceeds of the United States income tax, the proceeds of any

1 So in original. Probably should read "3350 (c) of Title 26".

taxes levied by the Congress on the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands, and the proceeds of all quarantine, passport, immigration, and naturalization fees collected in the Virgin Islands, less the cost of collecting all of said duties, taxes, and fees, shall be covered into the treasury of the Virgin Islands, and shall be available for expenditure as the Legislature of the Virgin Islands may provide: Provided, That the term "inhabitants of the Virgin Islands" as used in this section shall include all persons whose permanent residence is in the Virgin Islands, and such persons shall satisfy their income tax obligations under applicable taxing statutes of the United States by paying their tax on income derived from all sources both within and outside the Virgin Islands into the treasury of the Virgin Islands: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter and section 3350 (c) of Title 26 shall be construed to apply to any tax specified in section 3811 of Title 26. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 28 (a), 68 Stat. 508.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 3350(c) and 3811 of Title 26, referred to in the text, which was a reference to sections 3350 (c) and 3811 of the Internal Revenue Code, 1939, were repealed by section 7851 of Title 26, I.R.C., 1954, and are now covered by sections 7651 and 7652(b) of Title 26. For provision deeming a reference to other laws as a reference to corresponding provision of I.R.C., 1954, see section 7852(b) of that title.

CODIFICATION

Section constitutes subsec. (a) of section 28 of act July 22, 1954. Subsec. (b) of section 28 amended former section 3350 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1939, and subsecs. (c) and (d) thereof are classified to sections 1643 and 1644, respectively, of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

All provisions of laws of the United States applicable to assessment and collection of taxes imposed by Internal Revenue Code as applicable to possessions, see section 7651(1) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Disposition of proceeds of taxes on articles produced in the Virgin Islands and transported into the United States, see section 7652(b)(3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Payment of proceeds of United States income tax collected in the Virgin Islands into local treasury, see section 1397 of this title.

§ 1643. Import provisions with respect to trade-marks. Section 1124 of Title 15, and section 1526 of Title 19, shall not apply to importations into the Virgin Islands of genuine foreign merchandise bearing a genuine foreign trade-mark, but shall remain applicable to importations of such merchandise from the Virgin Islands into the United States or its possessions; and the dealing in or possession of any such merchandise in the Virgin Islands shall not constitute a violation of any registrant's right under the Trade Mark Act. (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 28 (c), 68 Stat. 508.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Trade Mark Act, referred to in the text, is classified to chapter 22 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

CODIFICATION

Section constitutes subsec. (c) of section 28 of act July 22, 1954. Subsec. (b) of section 28 amended former section 3350 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1939, and subsecs. (a) and (d) thereof are classified to sections 1642 and 1644, respectively, of this title.

§ 1644. Import duties on articles entering United States or possessions from Virgin Islands.

All articles coming into the United States from the Virgin Islands shall be subject to or exempt from duty as provided for in section 1301a of Title 19 and subject to internal-revenue taxes as provided for in section 7652 (b) of Title 26 (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 28 (d), 68 Stat. 509; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1213, title IV, § 402 (a), 68 Stat. 1140.)

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(a) Terms and conditions; annual appropriations.

(b) Allocation of funds for agriculture, home
economics, trades and industries, and dis-
tributive occupations; modification of
amounts.

(c) Application and modification of other pro-
visions respecting conditions, limitations
and restrictions on appropriations.
(d) Additional appropriations.

§ 1661. Islands of Tutuila, Manua, and eastern Samoa; ceded to and accepted by United States; revenue; government.

(a) The cessions by certain chiefs of the islands of Tutuila and Manua and certain other islands of the Samoan group lying between the thirteenth and fifteenth degrees of latitude south of the Equator and between the one hundred and sixty-seventh and one hundred and seventy-first degrees of longitude west of Greenwich, herein referred to as the islands of eastern Samoa, are accepted, ratified, and confirmed, as of April 10, 1900, and July 16, 1904, respectively.

(b) The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the said islands of eastern Samoa; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Provided, That

all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said islands of eastern Samoa for educational and other public purposes.

(c) Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands, all civil, judicial, and military powers shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.

(d) Omitted.

(Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253; May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4.)

CODIFICATION

Former subsec. (d) which provided for recommendation of legislation concerning the islands of eastern Samoa by seven commissioners as soon as reasonably practicable, was omitted as obsolete.

AMENDMENTS

1929 Subsec. (d). Act May 22, 1929, substituted in lines 1 and 3, respectively, the words "seven" and "three" for "six" and "two", and inserted "or high chiefs" between "chiefs" and "of the said islands".

SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of American Samoa, see chapter 15 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Articles, goods, wares or merchandise going into Samoa as exempt from payment of any tax imposed by the internal revenue laws of the United States, see section 7653(b) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954. Certification of invoices of goods shipped from Samoa, see section 1482 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

Entry of goods by means of false statements as excluding Samoa, see section 542 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Fair Labor Standards Act, application to Samoa, see section 213 (f) of Title 29, Labor.

Payment to Samoa of proceeds of tax collected on coconut and palm oil, see section 7654 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Preference of American products and manufactures, inclusion of Samoa in statute, see section 10c of Title 41, Public Contracts.

Relanding goods as excluding Samoa, see section 544 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Smuggling as excluding Samoa, see section 545 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§ 1662. Sovereignty of United States extended over Swains Island.

The sovereignty of the United States over American Samoa is extended over Swains Island, which is made a part of American Samoa and placed under the jurisdiction of the administrative and judicial authorities of the government established therein by the United States. (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563, 43 Stat. 1357.)

TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ΤΟ GOVERNMENT OF

AMERICAN SAMOA

Pub. L. 87-158, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 392, provided: "That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, without reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the government of American Samoa, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act (August 17, 1961], title to all property, real and personal, which is located in American Samoa on the date of enactment of this Act [August 17, 1961] and

which is owned by the United States and is within the administrative supervision of the Department of the Navy on such date: Provided, That title to any personal property which was located in American Samoa on July 1, 1951, and was made available to the government of American Samoa by the Department of the Navy, but which has been consumed or disposed of since such date, shall be deemed to have been transferred to the government of American Samoa on July 1, 1951."

SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of American Samoa, see chapter 15 of this title.

EX. ORD. No. 10264. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA

Ex. Ord. No. 10264, June 29, 1951, 16 F.R. 6419, provided: 1. The administration of American Samoa is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior, such transfer to become effective on July 1, 1951.

2. The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of administration of American Samoa as embodied in the above-mentioned memorandum of understanding between the two departments.

3. When the transfer of administration made by this order becomes effective, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate, and in harmony with applicable law, for the administration of civil government in American Samoa.

4. The executive departments and agencies of the Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Departments of the Navy and Interior in the effectuation of the provisions of this order.

5. The said Executive order of February 19, 1900 [Ex. Ord. 125-A], is revoked, effective July 1, 1951.

§ 1663. Acknowledgment of deeds.

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Samoa before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Samoa, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the 1st day of January 1905 and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified. (June 28, 1906, ch. 3585, 34 Stat. 552.)

CODIFICATION

Similar provisions relating to Guam are set out as section 1421f-1 of this title.

§ 1664. Coastwise shipping laws of United States inapplicable.

The provisions of law of the United States restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from any port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be applicable to commerce beween' the islands of American Samoa or between those islands and other ports under the jurisdiction of the United States. (June 14, 1934, ch. 523, 48 Stat. 963.)

1 So in original. Probably should read "between."

CROSS REFERENCES Transportation of merchandise between points in United States in other than domestic-built and documented vessels, see section 883 of Title 46, Shipping.

§ 1665. Purchases by governments of Samoa.

The Territorial and local governments of American Samoa are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration. (Pub. L. 88-356, title I, § 100, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 278.)

CODIFICATION

Section, as it relates to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific, is set out as sections 1401f, 14231, and 1682, respectively, of this title.

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Section is from the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

1963-July 26, 1963, Pub. L. 88-79, title I, § 100, 77 Stat.

102.

1962-Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-578, title I, § 100, 76 Stat. 339.

1961-Aug. 1961, Pub. L. 87-122, title I, § 100, 75 Stat.

250.

1960-May 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86-455, title I, § 100, 74 Stat. 112.

1959-June 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86-60, title I, § 100, 73 Stat.

101.

1958 June 4, 1958, Pub. L. 85-439, title I, § 100, 72 Stat. 163.

1957-July 1, 1957, Pub. L. 85-77, title I, § 1, 71 Stat. 266. 1956-June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title I, § 101, 70 Stat. 265. 1955-June 16, 1955, ch. 147, title I, § 1, 69 Stat. 149. 1954 July 1, 1954, ch. 446, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 372. 1953-July 31, 1953, ch. 298, title I, § 1, 67 Stat. 273. 1952-July 9, 1952, ch. 597, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 458. 1951-Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 375, title I, § 101, 65 Stat. 263. § 1666. Extension of scientific, technical, and other assistance; grant-in-aid program restriction; limitations on expenditures.

Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior

(a) the head of any Federal department, agency, or corporation may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, extend to American Samoa, without reimbursement, such scientific, technical, and other assistance under any program which it administers as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, will promote the welfare of American Samoa. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply to financial assistance under any grant-in-aid program. The Secretary of the Interior shall not request assistance pursuant to this subsection which will involve nonreimbursable costs as estimated for him in advance by the heads of the departments, agencies, and corporations concerned in excess of an aggregate of $150,000 in any one fiscal year;

(b) the Secretary of Agriculture may extend to American Samoa the benefits of the National School Lunch Act, as amended; and

(c) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may extend to American Samoa the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, the Library Services Act, the Hospital Survey and Construction Act, and section 246 of Title 42, all as amended.

(Pub. L. 87-688, § 1, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 586.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The National School Lunch Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to chapter 13 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

The Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to sections 15115m, 150-15q, 15aa-15jj, and 15aaa-15ggg of Title 20, Education.

The Library Services Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to chapter 16 of Title 20, Education.

The Hospital Survey and Construction Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to section 291 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§ 1667. Vocational education.

(a) Terms and conditions; annual appropriations.

American Samoa shall be entitled to share in the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, and any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, upon the same terms and conditions as any of the several States. There is authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and annually thereafter, the sum of $80,000, to be available for allotment to American Samoa under such Act and the modifications hereinafter provided.

(b) Allocation of funds for agriculture, home economics, trades and industries, and distributive occupations; modification of amounts.

Sums appropriated under the authority of subsection (a) of this section shall be allocated for vocational education in (1) agriculture, (2) home economics, (3) trades and industries, and (4) distributive occupations, in the proportion which the amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively, of section 15j of Title 20, bears to the sum of such amounts except insofar as the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, deems it necessary to modify said proportions to meet special conditions existing in American Samoa.

(c) Application and modification of other provisions respecting conditions, limitations and restrictions on appropriations.

The provisions of section 15j, section 15a, and section 15p(b) of Title 20 shall apply to sums appropriated under this section with such modifications as the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall deem necessary to meet special conditions existing in American Samoa.

(d) Additional appropriations.

In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated under section 15q of Title 20, there are authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, such sums to be expended for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in section 15 of Title 20. (Pub. L. 87-688, § 2, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 586.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to sections 151-15m, 150-15q, 15aa-15jj, and 15aaa-15ggg of Title 20, Education.

Such Act, referred to in subsec. (a), refers to the Vocational Education Act of 1946.

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§ 1681. Continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; assistance programs; maximum fiscal year costs; reimbursement

(a) Until Congress shall further provide for the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, all executive, legislative, and judicial authority necessary for the civil administration of the Trust Territory shall continue to be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner and through such agency or agencies as the President of the United States may direct or authorize.

(b) The head of any department, corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Government may, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, extend to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, with or without reimbursement, scientific, technical, and other assistance under any program administered by such agency, or extend to the Trust Territory any Federal program administered by such agency, if the assistance or program will promote the welfare of the Trust Territory, notwithstanding any provision of law under which the Trust Territory may otherwise be ineligible for the assistance or program: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not request assistance pursuant to this subsection that involves, in the aggregate, an estimated nonreimbursable cost in any one fiscal year in excess of $150,000: Provided further, That the cost of any program extended to the Trust Territory under this subsection shall be reimbursable out of appropriations authorized and made for the government of the Trust Territory pursuant to section 2 of this Act, as amended. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to financial assistance under a grant-in-aid program. (June 30, 1954, ch. 423, § 1, 68 Stat. 330; Aug. 22, 1964, Pub. L. 88-487, § 1, 78 Stat. 601.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 2 of this Act, as amended, referred to in subsec(b), means section 2 of act June 30, 1954, set out as a note under this section.

AMENDMENTS

1964 - Pub. L. 88-487 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1963 Pub. L. 87-541, July 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 171, provided in part that "not more than $15,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1963."

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