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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5278 (Referred in Senate) — To establish an Oversight Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, including instrumentalities, in managing its... · Sec. 401

Sec. 401. Rules of construction

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Nothing in this Act is intended, or may be construed— to limit the authority of Congress to exercise legislative authority over the territories pursuant to Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States; to authorize the application of section 104(f) of this Act (relating to issuance of subpoenas) to judicial officers or employees of territory courts; to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America ( 48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ); or to alter, amend, or abrogate the treaties of cession regarding certain islands of American Samoa ( 48 U.S.C. 1661 ).
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