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48 U.S.C. § 1423i — Approval of bills
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Every bill passed by the legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be entered upon the journal and presented to the Governor. If he approves it, he shall sign it, but if not he shall, except as hereinafter provided, return it, with his objections, to the legislature within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him. If he does not return it within such period, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by adjournment prevents its return, in which case it shall be a law if signed by the Governor within thirty days after it shall have been presented to him; otherwise it shall not be a law. When a bill is returned by the Governor to the legislature with his objections, the legislature shall enter his objections at large on its journal and, upon motion of a member of the legislature, proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members of the legislature pass the bill, it shall be a law. If any bill presented to the Governor contains several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items, or any part or parts, portion or portions thereof, while approving the other items, parts, or portions of the bill. In such a case he shall append to the bill at the time of signing it, a statement of the items, or parts or portions thereof, to which he objects, and the items, or parts or portions thereof, so objected to shall not take effect. All laws enacted by the legislature shall be reported by the Governor to the head of the department or agency designated by the President under [section 1421a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1421a&num=0&edition=prelim). The Congress of the United States reser
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Every bill passed by the legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be entered upon the journal and presented to the Governor. If he approves it, he shall sign it, but if not he shall, except as hereinafter provided, return it, with his objections, to the legislature within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him. If he does not return it within such period, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by adjournment prevents its return, in which case it shall be a law if signed by the Governor within thirty days after it shall have been presented to him; otherwise it shall not be a law. When a bill is returned by the Governor to the legislature with his objections, the legislature shall enter his objections at large on its journal and, upon motion of a member of the legislature, proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members of the legislature pass the bill, it shall be a law. If any bill presented to the Governor contains several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items, or any part or parts, portion or portions thereof, while approving the other items, parts, or portions of the bill. In such a case he shall append to the bill at the time of signing it, a statement of the items, or parts or portions thereof, to which he objects, and the items, or parts or portions thereof, so objected to shall not take effect. All laws enacted by the legislature shall be reported by the Governor to the head of the department or agency designated by the President under [section 1421a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1421a&num=0&edition=prelim). The Congress of the United States reserves the power and authority to annul the same.
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The executive power of Guam shall be vested in an executive officer whose official title shall be the “Governor of Guam”. The Governor of Guam, together with the Lieutenant Governor, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the people who are qualified to vote for the members of the Legislature of Guam. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices. If no candidates receive a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a runoff election shall be held between the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest and second highest number of votes cast. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be held on November 3, 1970. Thereafter, beginning with the year 1974, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected every four years at the general election. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
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Guam is declared to be an unincorporated territory of the United States and the capital and seat of government thereof shall be located at the city of Agana, Guam. The government of Guam shall have the powers set forth in this chapter, shall have power to sue by such name, and, with the consent of the legislature evidenced by enacted law, may be sued upon any contract entered into with respect to, or any tort committed incident to, the exercise by the government of Guam of any of its lawful powers. The government of Guam shall consist of three branches, executive, legislative, and judicial, and its relations with the Federal Government in all matters not the program responsibility of another Federal department or agency, shall be under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 1423i
The quorum of the legislature shall consist of a
simple majority of its members. No bill shall be-
come a law unless it shall have been passed at a
meeting, at which a quorum was present, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members
present and voting, which vote shall be by yeas
and nays.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 12, 64 Stat. 388; Pub. L.
90–497, § 6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846; Pub. L.
105–291, § 3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2785.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1998—Pub. L. 105–291 substituted ‘‘a simple majority’’
for ‘‘eleven’’.
1968—Pub. L. 90–497 inserted a quorum requirement,
provided that a quorum of the legislature consist of
eleven of its members, and made presence of a quorum
requisite to passage of a law.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 90–497, § 6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846, pro-
vided that the amendment made by that section is ef-
fective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90–497, which
was approved Sept. 11, 1968.
§ 1423c. Privileges of members
(a) The members of the legislature shall, in all
cases except treason, felony, or breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their at-
tendance at the legislature and in going to and
returning from the same.
(b) No member of the legislature shall be held
to answer before any tribunal other than the
legislature itself for any speech or debate in the
legislature.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 13, 64 Stat. 388.)
§ 1423d. Oath of office
Every member of the legislature and all offi-
cers of the government of Guam shall take the
following oath or affirmation:
‘‘I solemnly swear (or affirm) in the presence
of Almighty God that I will well and faithfully
supp
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