Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
§ 2106. Compliance with Federal laws
Statutory text
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as impairing or in any manner relieving a territorial government, or any territorial instrumentality thereof, from compliance with Federal laws or requirements or territorial laws and requirements implementing a federally authorized or federally delegated program protecting the health, safety, and environment of persons in such territory.
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.
Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
Pub. L. 114–187 § 7 · 130 Stat. 549
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 2106
(Pub. L. 114–187, § 7, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 553.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–187, § 7, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 553.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 7. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAWS. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in this Act shall be construed as impairing or in any manner relieving a territorial government, or any territorial instrumentality thereof, from compliance with Federal laws or requirements or territorial laws and requirements implementing a federally authorized or federally delegated program protecting the health, safety, and environment of persons in such territory.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–187, , 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.