Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§1954 Public auditor and special prosecutor

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PALAU › Part Part B— - Implementation of Compact › § 1954

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Government of Palau asks, the President must provide free technical help to Palau’s public auditor or special prosecutor. For the first five years after the Compact takes effect, and if staff are available, that help may include full‑time services of an auditor or accountant for the public auditor’s office and an attorney or investigator for the special prosecutor’s office, chosen by those officials.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1954

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(a)11 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted. Upon request of the Government of Palau the President shall provide, on a nonreimbursable basis, appropriate technical assistance to the public auditor or special prosecutor. The assistance provided pursuant to this subsection for the first five years after the effective date of the Compact shall, upon the request of the Government of Palau, and to the extent personnel are available, include (but not be limited to) the full time services of—

(1)an auditor or accountant, as determined by the public auditor, for the office of public auditor; and

(2)an attorney or investigator, as determined by the special prosecutor, for the office of special prosecutor.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

For Oct. 1, 1994, as the

Effective Date

of the Compact, referred to in text, 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.

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1954

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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