Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1756 Lack of Effect on Covenant
Title 48 › CHAPTER 16 — DELEGATES TO CONGRESS › SUBCHAPTER III — NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS DELEGATE › § 1756
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Nothing in this subchapter changes the covenant in section 1751, except section 901.
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Title 48, §1756
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No provision of this subchapter shall be construed to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the covenant referred to in section 1751 of this title except section 901 of the covenant.
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This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 711–718) of title VII of Pub. L. 110–229, May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 868, which enacted this subchapter and amended section 4342, 6954 and 9432 of Title 10, Armed Forces. For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Tables. The covenant, referred to in text, is the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, which 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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48 U.S.C. § 1756
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102