Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1695 Federal Education and Health Care Programs; Nonapplicability or Nonparticipation
Title 48 › CHAPTER 14 — TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS › § 1695
Summary
Federal education and health programs must keep applying to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and any successor governments, unless a program is ended for everyone. The Territory or its successors cannot be denied, cut off, or given fewer benefits before or after the trusteeship ends without Congress’s clear approval, and funding stays at the levels Congress provides in appropriation Acts.
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Title 48, §1695
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in cases in which the Federal program is terminated with respect to all recipients under the program, Federal programs in the fields of education and health care shall not cease to apply to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands or any successor government or governments, and shall continue to be available to the extent said territory or its successor or successors are eligible to participate in such programs. Participation in any applicable Federal programs in the fields of education and health care by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands or any successor government or governments shall not be denied, decreased or ended, either before or after the termination of the trusteeship, without the express approval of the United States Congress and shall continue at such levels as the Congress may provide in appropriation Acts.
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1980—Pub. L. 96–597 substituted “and shall continue to be available to the extent said territory or its successor or successors are eligible to participate in such programs. Participation” for “nor shall participation”, “governments shall not be denied” for “governments be denied” and inserted “and shall continue at such levels as the Congress may provide in appropriation Acts.” after “United States Congress”.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1695
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102