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48 U.S.C. § 1805

Failure to meet performance standards; resolution of issues; withholding of funds

United States · Title 48 — TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS · Status: effective

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48 U.S.C. § 1805, Failure to meet performance standards; resolution of issues; withholding of funds, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/489681
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Should the Secretary of the Interior believe that the performance standards of the agreement identified in section 1803 of this title are not being met, he shall notify the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands in writing with the intent to resolve such issue in a mutually agreeable and expeditious manner and notify the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Should the issue not be resolved within thirty days after the notification is received by the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Secretary of the Interior may request authority from Congress to withhold payment of an appropriate amount of the operations funds identified in the schedule of payments in paragraph 2 of part II of the Agreement of the Special Representatives for a period of less than one year but no funds shall be withheld except by Act of Congress.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 94-241(H.J.Res. 549)1976-03-24
    Joint resolution to approve the "Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America", and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-396(H.R. 2478)1986-08-27
    A bill to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, to amend the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to provide for the governance of the insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally