- (1) strike the words “government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands” wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof the words “governments of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands,”;
- (2) after the words “High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands” insert the words “or Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the case may be,”;
- (3) wherever the words “High Commissioner” appear and are not followed by the words “of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands” insert the words “or Governor, as the case may be,”; and
- (4) after the words “District Court of Guam” insert the words “or District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the case may be”.
Sec. 202.Health care services grant, effective date. Effective October 1, 1980, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $24,400,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs from October 1979 price levels as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved, for a grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to provide for health care services. No grant may be made by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this section without the prior approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Sec. 203. Subsection (g) of section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes”, approved August 18, 1978 (92 Stat. 492), is amended by changing “not to exceed $3,000,000” to “such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $3,000,000 for development,”.
Sec. 204. (a) Section 3(d) of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes” (Public Law 95-348; 92 Stat. 487)48 USC 1681 note. is amended by inserting “(1)” after “(d)” and by inserting “or upon receipt of a resolution adopted by both houses of the legislature of the Northern Mariana Islands accompanied by a letter of request from either the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands,” after “Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands,” the first place it appears, and by adding at the end of “(d)” the following new paragraphs:
“(2)Administration and enforcement duties. For purposes of carrying out any administration and enforcement required by this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the ‘Secretary’), or his delegate, at no cost to the Northern Marianas government, may (A) employ citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands (as defined by Article III of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States (approved, Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 265)), or (B) use the services of employees of the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, upon agreement to pay such government for the use of such services. In addition, the Secretary, or his delegate, shall make every effort to assure that citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands (as so defined) are trained to ultimately assume the administration and enforcement duties required of the Secretary or his delegate under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary or his delegate is authorized to the maximum extent feasible in administering and enforcing the requested sections of the Covenant, to employ and train Northern Mariana Islands’ citizens without regard to United States Civil Service hiring or job classification laws or any