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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 1736 Energy. Loans.

94 Stat. 1782. Study.

PUBLIC LAW 98-454—OCT. 5, 1984

SEC. 503. The Department of the Army may remove from American Samoa any of the 4500 kilowatt power plants sent to American Samoa pursuant to the 1974 loan agreement between the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior, and all charges that may accrue or may have accrued under such agreement shall be excused. SEC. 504. Section 818(b)(2) of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 (Public Law 96-418) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Reasonable development costs shall be a fixed standard percentage of such monetary consideration received by the Government of Guam. The fixed standard percentage shall be determined by a study, conducted by the Secretary, typical development costs required to convert comparable lands to finished developed sites, except that such percentage shall not exceed 30 percent.". TITLE VI

16 USC 2512.

48 USC 1469a.

42 USC 5318.

16 USC 590q.

42 USC 6371, 6371g.

SEC. 601. To rationalize the application of certain statutes so that the development of the territories of the United States is facilitated— (a) section 1013 of the Act of November 10, 1978 (92 Stat. 3467) is amended by deleting "subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "section"; (b) section 501(d) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (91 Stat. 1159), as amended, is further amended by deleting "Samoa" where it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,"; (c) section 119(n)(l) of the Act of August 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 633), as amended, is further amended by deleting "Guam" and inserting in lieu thereof "Guam, American Samoa, the Northern (d) section 17(a) of the Act of April 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 163), as amended, is further amended by deleting "Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands" and "Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands" and inserting in lieu thereof "Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands"; (e) the Act of December 22, 1975 (89 Stat. 871), as amended, is amended by deleting "Samoa" in sections 391(a) and 398(b) and inserting in lieu thereof "Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands"; (f) section 3(4) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6202(4)), is amended to read as follows: "(4) The term 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States.". (g) section 513(2) of the National Energy Extension Service Act (42 U.S.C. 7011(2)), is amended to read as follows: "(2) 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States."; and (h) amend the first sentence of section 30 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 392, as amended 48 U.S.C. 1421h) by adding after the words "inhabitants of Guam" the following: "(including, but not limited to, compensation paid to members of the Armed Forces and pensions paid to retired civilians and military em-