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[82 STAT. 847]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 847]

82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-497-SEPT. 11, 1968

become a law unless it shall have been passed at a meeting, at which a quorum was present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting, which vote shall be by yeas and nays.". SEC. 7. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 25(b) of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421c (b)) is repealed. SEC. 8. (a) Section 19 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 389; 48 U.S.C. 1423i) is amended by deleting its fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth sentences and by substituting therefor the following: "When a bill is returned by the Governor to the legislature with his objections, the legislature shall enter his objections at large on its journal and, upon motion of a member of the legislature, proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members of the legislature pass the bill, it shall be a law." (b) Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 19 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 14231) is further amended by deleting the last sentence thereof. SEC. 9. (a) Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, subsection (c) of section 26 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 391; 48 U.S.C. 1421d(c)) is repealed. (b) Effective January 4, 1971, the remainder of section 26 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 391; 48 U.S.C. 1421d), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 26. The salaries and travel allowances of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the heads of the executive departments, other officers and employees of the government of Guam, and the members of the legislature, shall be paid by the government of Guam at rates prescribed by the laws of Guam." SEC. 10. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act,.section 5 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 385; 48 U.S.C. 1421b), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (u) = ... " (u) The following provisions of and amendments to the Constitution of the United States are hereby extended to Guam to the extent that they have not been previously extended to that territory and shall have the same force and effect there as in the United States or in any State of the United States: article I, section 9, clauses 2 and 3; article IV, section 1 and section 2, clause 1; the first to ninth amendments inclusive; the thirteenth amendment; the second sentence of section 1 of the fourteenth amendment; and the fifteenth and nineteenth amendments. "All laws enacted by Congress with respect to Guam and all laws enacted by the territorial legislature of Guam which are inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency." SEC. 11. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, chapter 15 of the General Military Law (70A Stat. 15, 16; 10 U.S.C. 331-334) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section 335: "SEC. 335. For purposes of this chapter, 'State' includes the unincorporated territory of Guam." SEC. 12. (a) Section 3 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat, 384; 48 U.S.C. 1421a), as amended, is further amended by deleting all after the words "Federal Government" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "in all matters not the program responsibility of another Federal department or agency, shall be under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior."

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