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48 U.S.C. § 171

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Title
48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter
CH18
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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“Except as provided in this Compact, as amended, or its related agreements, the application of the laws of the United States to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by virtue of the Trusteeship Agreement ceased with respect to the Federated States of Micronesia on November 3, 1986, the date the Compact went into effect.

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