§1708 — Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions | U.S. Code

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People cannot be kept from using or getting benefits from lands given or changed by this Act because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry. It does not change the April 17, 1900 cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the July 16, 1904 cession of the Manu’s Islands, as ratified Feb. 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4).

Title 48, §1708

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No person shall be denied access to, or any of the benefits accruing from, the lands conveyed by this Act, or by the amendment made by this Act, on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry: Provided, however, That this section shall not be construed in derogation of any of the provisions of the April 17, 1900 cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the July 16, 1904 cession of the Manu’s Islands, as ratified by the Act of February 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4).

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This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–435, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1210, which enacted sections 1705 to 1708 of this title, amended section 1545 of this title, and repealed sections 1701 to 1703 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The amendment made by this Act, referred to in text, means the amendment made by section 3 of Pub. L. 93–435 to section 1545(b) of this title. Act of

February 20, 1929, referred to in text, is act Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253, as amended, which enacted section 1661 of this title. Act of

May 22, 1929, referred to in text, is act

May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4, which amended section 1661 of this title.

§1708 Discrimination Prohibited in Rights of Access To, and Benefits From, Conveyed Lands

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Title 48, §1708

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