§2191 — Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes clear the chapter does not do four things. It does not stop Congress from using its power over territories under Article IV, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution; it does not let section 2124(f) (about issuing subpoenas) apply to judges or court employees of territorial courts; it does not change or cancel the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and it does not change or cancel the treaties of cession for certain islands of American Samoa (48 U.S.C. 1661).

Title 48, §2191

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Nothing in this chapter is intended, or may be construed—

(1)to limit the authority of Congress to exercise legislative authority over the territories pursuant to Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States;

(2)to authorize the application of section 2124(f) of this title (relating to issuance of subpoenas) to judicial officers or employees of territory courts;

(3)to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); or

(4)to alter, amend, or abrogate the treaties of cession regarding certain islands of American Samoa (48 U.S.C. 1661).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–187, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables. The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, referred to in par. (3), is contained in section 1 of Pub. L. 94–241, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.

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