§1805 — Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions | U.S. Code

Summary

If the Secretary of the Interior believes the agreement’s performance standards are not being met, he must notify the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands in writing and try to fix the problem quickly and by agreement. He must also notify the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. If the problem is not fixed within 30 days after the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands gets the notice, the Secretary may ask Congress for permission to withhold some of the operations funds listed in the agreement’s payment schedule for less than one year, but no funds can be withheld unless Congress passes a law to do so.

Title 48, §1805

Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Should the Secretary of the Interior believe that the performance standards of the agreement identified in section 1803 of this title are not being met, he shall notify the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands in writing with the intent to resolve such issue in a mutually agreeable and expeditious manner and notify the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Should the issue not be resolved within thirty days after the notification is received by the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Secretary of the Interior may request authority from Congress to withhold payment of an appropriate amount of the operations funds identified in the schedule of payments in paragraph 2 of part II of the Agreement of the Special Representatives for a period of less than one year but no funds shall be withheld except by Act of Congress.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress, Jan. 5, 1993.

§1805 Failure to Meet Performance Standards; Resolution of Issues; Withholding of Funds