Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-110
§1954 Public Auditor and Special Prosecutor
Title 48 › CHAPTER 18 — MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › SUBCHAPTER II — PALAU › Part B — Implementation of Compact › § 1954
Summary
The President must give free technical help to Palau’s public auditor and special prosecutor when Palau asks. For the first five years after the effective date of the Compact, and if staff are available, that help must include a full-time auditor or accountant for the public auditor’s office and a full-time attorney or investigator for the special prosecutor’s office.
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Title 48, §1954
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(a)Upon request of the Government of Palau the President shall provide, on a nonreimbursable basis, appropriate technical assistance to the public auditor or special prosecutor. The assistance provided pursuant to this subsection for the first five years after the effective date of the Compact shall, upon the request of the Government of Palau, and to the extent personnel are available, include (but not be limited to) the full time services of—
(1)an auditor or accountant, as determined by the public auditor, for the office of public auditor; and
(2)an attorney or investigator, as determined by the special prosecutor, for the office of special prosecutor.
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References in Text
For Oct. 1, 1994, as the
Effective Date
of the Compact, referred to in text, see Proc. No. 6726, Sept. 27, 1994, 59 F.R. 49777, set out as a note under section 1931 of this title. Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 1954
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110