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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1958 - Referendum costs

## Text

The Secretary of the Interior shall provide such sums as may be necessary for a further referendum on approval of the Compact, if one is required, or other appropriate costs associated with the approval process in Palau.

(Pub. L. 101–219, title I, § 109, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1872.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThe Compact, referred to in text, is the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau, which is contained in section 201 of Pub. L. 99–658, set out as a note under section 1931 of this title.

Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.