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97 STAT. 1462 PUBLIC LAW 98-213—DEC. 8, 1983 42 USC 1662a. 3CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 765. 48 USC 1681 note. Appropriation authorization. Studies. 7 USC 1446 note. 7 USC 1446. " Territory." Repeals. 48 USC 1469-1. 48 USC 1488. exceedances of the national ambient air quality standards for sulfur dioxide.". SEC. 12. Amendments of, or modifications to, the constitution of American Samoa, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Executive Order 10264 as in effect January 1, 1983, may be made only by Act of Congress. SEC. 13. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers and in cooperation with the Commonwealth of the North- ern Mariana Islands, is hereby authorized and directed to study and draft plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources of the Commonwealth. To carry out the purposes of this section there are authorized to be appropriated effective October 1, 1983, such sums as may be necessary. (b) Such studies shall include appropriate consideration of the needs for flood protection; wise use of flood plain lands; navigation facilities; hydroelectric power generation; regional water supply and waste water management facilities systems; general recreational facilities; enhancement and control of water quality; enhancement and conservation of fish and wildlife; and other measures for envi- ronment improvement and economic and human resources develop- ment. Such studies shall also be compatible with comprehensive development plans formulated by local planning agencies and other interested Federal agencies. SEC. 14. Effective with respect to milk marketed for commercial use during the period beginning on December 1, 1983 and ending on May 31, 1984, paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 201(d) of the Agricul- tural Act of 1949 shall apply only to milk produced in the forty-eight contiguous States. SEC. 15. (a) Section 1839 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1451) is amended by adding at the end thereof: "As used herein, the term 'Territory' does not include the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Ameri- can Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.". (b) Section 1840 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1452) is amended by adding at the end thereof: "As used herein, the term 'Territory' does not include the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Ameri- can Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.". SEC. 16. The following provisions of law are repealed: (a) That portion of section 1 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1916 (March 5, 1915, c. 141, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1021) which reads as follows: "Hereafter, the accounts and vouchers relating to the expenditure of the appropri- ations for government in the Territories shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior for administrative examination and by him passed to the Auditor for the Interior Department for settlement."; (b) Chapter 56 of the Act of April 16, 1880 (21 Stat. 74); (c) Section 1841 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1453); (d) Section 1873 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1453a); (e) Section 1843 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1454); (f) Section 1844 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1455); (g) Section 1855 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1457); (h) Section 1857 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1458); (i) Section 1858 of the Revised Statutes (48 U.S.C. 1459); (j) Section 1860 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (48 U.S.C. 1460);