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Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102

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

Title 48 › CHAPTER 17 — NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPROVAL OF COVENANT AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS › § 1805

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Secretary of the Interior finds an agreement is not meeting its performance standards, he must notify the Northern Mariana Islands government in writing, tell the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and try to reach a quick, mutual resolution. If it is not fixed within 30 days, he may ask Congress to allow withholding part of the operations payments listed in paragraph 2, part II for less than one year, but funds can be withheld only by an Act of Congress.

Full Legal Text

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.

Legislative History

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1805

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102