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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 10 — Territorial Provisions of a General Nature

§ 1469e. Insular government purchases

Statutory text

The Governments of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.

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. Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–247 title III § 302 · 106 Stat. 33

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1469e

    Pub. L. 102–247, title III, § 302, Feb. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 38

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 102–247, title III, § 302, Feb. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 38

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 302. INSULAR GOVERNMENT PURCHASES. The Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.

  2. Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act

    Pub. L. 114–187 title IV § 406 · 130 Stat. 549

    Amended · 48 U.S.C. § 1469e

    Pub. L. 114–187 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–187 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 406. PURCHASES BY TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS.   The text of section 302 of the Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992 (48 U.S.C. 1469e), is amended to read as follows: “The Governments of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Similar provisions relating to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, were classified to sections 1401f, 1423l, 1665, and 1682, respectively, of this title.

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–187 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.”

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of this title.

Credits

1992–2016 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 102–247, title III, § 302, , 106 Stat. 38
  2. 2016Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 406, , 130 Stat. 592.
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(Pub. L. 102–247, title III, § 302, , 106 Stat. 38; Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 406, , 130 Stat. 592.)

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