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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 8A — Guam

§ 1421k. Designation of naval or military reservations; closed port

Statutory text

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the authority of the President to designate parts of Guam as naval or military reservations, nor to restrict his authority to treat Guam as a closed port with respect to the vessels and aircraft of foreign nations.

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. Organic Act of Guam

    Pub. L. 81–512 § 33 · 64 Stat. 384

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1421k

    (Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 33, 64 Stat. 393.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 33, 64 Stat. 393.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 33. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting Naval and military reservations. the authority of the President to designate parts of Guam as naval or military reservations, nor to restrict his authority to treat Guam as a closed port with respect to the vessels and aircraft of foreign nations.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Submerged Lands, Conveyance to Territory

Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of Guam, see section 1701 et seq. of this title.

Credits

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 33, 64 Stat. 393.)

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