Federal · Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
48 U.S.C. § 2191: Rules of construction
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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 2124(f) of this title (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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