Federal · Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

48 U.S.C. § 1951: Entry into force of Compact

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subject to the condition that the Compact, as approved by the Congress in Public Law 99–658 , is approved by the requisite percentage of the votes cast in a referendum conducted pursuant to the Constitution of Palau, and such approval is free from any legal challenge, and upon expiration of 30 days, in which either the House of Representatives or the Senate of the United States is in session, after the President notifies the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate of the effective date of the Compact.

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