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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1951 - Entry into force of Compact
## Text
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 101(d)(1)(B) of Public Law 99658 [48 U.S.C. 1931(d)(1)(B)], entry into force of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau (set forth in title II of Public Law 99658 and hereafter in this joint resolution referred to as the “Compact”) in accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of section 101 of Public Law 99658 (100 Stat. 3673) [48 U.S.C. 1931(a), (d)] is hereby authorized—
(1) subject to the condition that the Compact, as approved by the Congress in Public Law 99658, is approved by the requisite percentage of the votes cast in a referendum conducted pursuant to the Constitution of Palau, and such approval is free from any legal challenge, and
(2) upon expiration of 30 days, in which either the House of Representatives or the Senate of the United States is in session, after the President notifies the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate of the effective date of the Compact.
(Pub. L. 101219, title I, § 101, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1870.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextPublic Law 99658, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99658, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3672, which is classified generally to part A of this subchapter. Title II of Pub. L. 99658 enacted section 1934 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 1931 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau, referred to in text, is contained in section 201 of Pub. L. 99658, set out as a note under section 1931 of this title. This joint resolution, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101219, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1870, which enacted this part and sections 1846 and 1972 of this title, amended sections 1615 and 1933 of this title and section 10251 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 1905 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. For complete classification of this joint resolution to the Code, see Tables. For Oct. 1, 1994, as the effective date of the Compact, referred to in par. (2), see Proc. No. 6726, Sept. 27, 1994, 59 F.R. 49777, 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress, Jan. 5, 1993.