The laws of the United States which are made applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands by the provisions of section 502(a)(1) of H.J. Res. 549,1 as approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate, except for section 228 of title II [42 U.S.C. 428] and title XVI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] as it applies to the several States and the Micronesia Claims Act as it applies to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, shall be made applicable to Guam on the same terms and conditions as such laws are applied to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Section 502(a)(1) of H.J. Res. 549, referred to in text, probably means section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, which is contained in section 1 of
The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531,
The Micronesia Claims Act, referred to in text, probably means the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971,
Section was not enacted as part of the Organic Act of Guam which comprises this chapter.
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of this title.
1 See References in Text note below.