§ 1421c. Certain laws continued in force; modification or repeal of laws

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1950

   Organic Act of Guam

   Pub. L. 81–512 § 25 · 64 Stat. 384

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1421c

   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 25, 64 Stat. 390

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 25, 64 Stat. 390

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 25. miscellaneous (a) The laws of Guam in force on the date of enactment Laws in force. of this Act, except as amended by this Act, are hereby continued in force, subject to modification or repeal by the Congress of the United States or the Legislature of Guam, and all laws of Guam inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no law of the United States hereafter enacted shall have any force or effect within Guam unless specifically made applicable by Act of the Congress either by reference to Guam by name or by reference to “possessions”. The Commission to survey statutes. President of the United States shall appoint a commission of seven persons, at least three of whom shall be residents of Guam, to survey the field of Federal statutes and to make recommendations to the Congress of the United States within twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act as to which statutes of the United States not applicable to Guam on such date shall be made applicable to Guam, and as to which statutes of the United States applicable to Guam on such date shall be declared inapplicable.

2. 1968

   Guam Elective Governor Act

   Pub. L. 90–497 § 7 · 82 Stat. 842

   Repealed · 48 U.S.C. § 1421c(b)

   Pub. L. 90–497 repealed subsec. (b) which prohibited the application to Guam of laws of the United States not specifically made applicable to Guam and established a commission to determine which laws were applicable to Guam and which were not

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–497 repealed subsec. (b) which prohibited the application to Guam of laws of the United States not specifically made applicable to Guam and established a commission to determine which laws were applicable to Guam and which were not.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 25(b) Repeal. of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421c(b)) is repealed.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 90–497, § 7, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90–497, which was approved Sept. 11, 1968.

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