Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§2106 Compliance with Federal Laws
Title 48 › CHAPTER 20 — PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › § 2106
Summary
Territorial governments and their agencies must still follow federal laws and any local laws that carry out federal programs that protect people’s health, safety, and the environment in the territory, unless the chapter explicitly says otherwise.
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Title 48, §2106
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as impairing or in any manner relieving a territorial government, or any territorial instrumentality thereof, from compliance with Federal laws or requirements or territorial laws and requirements implementing a federally authorized or federally delegated program protecting the health, safety, and environment of persons in such territory.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–187, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.
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48 U.S.C. § 2106
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102