48 U.S.C. § 1661 — Islands of eastern Samoa

Page 164 TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § 1645 1 See References in Text note below. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 1301a of title 19, referred to in text, was re- pealed by Pub. L. 87–456, title III, § 301(a), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 75. See General Headnote 3(a) under section 1202 of Title 19, Customs Duties. CODIFICATION Section constitutes subsec. (d) of section 28 of act July 22, 1954. Subsecs. (a) and (c) of section 28 are clas- sified to sections 1642 and 1643, respectively, of this title, and subsec. (b) thereof amended section 3350 of former Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1939. AMENDMENTS 1986—Pub. L. 99–514 substituted ‘‘Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ for ‘‘Internal Revenue Code of 1954’’, which for purposes of codification was translated as ‘‘title 26’’ thus requiring no change in text. 1954—Act Sept. 1, 1954, subjected the Virgin Islands to the general provision for importations from insular possessions contained in section 1301a of Title 19, Cus- toms Duties. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1954 AMENDMENT Amendment by act Sept. 1, 1954, effective on and after the thirtieth day following Sept. 1, 1954, see section 601 of act Sept. 1, 1954, set out as a note under section 1421e of this title. § 1645. Remittance of duties, taxes, and fees to be collected in next fiscal year; authorization, prerequisites, amount, etc. Beginning as soon as the government of the Virgin Islands enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commencement of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of the Virgin Is- lands the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the Governor of the Virgin Islands, with the concurrence of the government comptroller of the Virgin Islands, has estimated will be col- lected in or derived from the Virgin Islands under the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Is- lands [48 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.] during the next fis- cal year, except for those sums covered directly upon collection into the treasury of the Virgin Islands. There shall be deducted from or added to the amounts so remitted, as may be appro- priate, at the beginning of the fiscal year, the difference between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during the prior fis- cal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as estimated and remitted at the begin- ning of that prior fiscal year, including any de- ductions which may be required as a result of the operation of sections 1574a to 1574d 1 of this title. (Pub. L. 95–348, § 4(c)(2), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 490.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, re- ferred to in text, is act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1541 of this title and Tables. Section 1574d of this title, referred to in text, was re- pealed by Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(g), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710. CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Revised Or- ganic Act of the Virgin Islands which comprises this chapter. CHAPTER 13—EASTERN SAMOA Sec. 1661. Islands of eastern Samoa. 1662. Sovereignty of United States extended over Swains Island. 1662a. Repealed. 1663. Acknowledgment of deeds. 1664. Repealed. 1665. Omitted. 1666. Extension of scientific, technical, and other assistance; grant-in-aid program restric- tion; limitations on expenditures. 1667. Repealed. 1668. Reporting duties of Governor and transfer of functions from government comptroller for American Samoa to Inspector General, De- partment of the Interior. 1669. Administration and enforcement of collection of customs duties; employment and train- ing of residents. 1670. Industrial development bonds. § 1661. Islands of eastern Samoa (a) Ceded to and accepted by United States The cessions by certain chiefs of the islands of Tutuila and Manua and certain other islands of the Samoan group lying between the thirteenth and fifteenth degrees of latitude south of the Equator and between the one hundred and sixty- seventh and one hundred and seventy-first de- grees of longitude west of Greenwich, herein re- ferred to as the islands of eastern Samoa, are ac- cepted, ratified, and confirmed, as of April 10, 1900, and July 16, 1904, respectively. (b) Public land laws; revenue The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the said islands of eastern Samoa; but the Con- gress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Pro- vided, That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhab- itants of the said islands of eastern Samoa for educational and other public purposes. (c) Government Until Congress shall provide for the govern- ment of such islands, all civil, judicial, and mili- tary powers shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned. (Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253; May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4.) Page 165 TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § 1664 Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands, referred to in subsec. (b), are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands. CODIFICATION Subsec. (d) of this section, which provided for rec- ommendation of legislation concerning the islands of eastern Samoa by seven commissioners as soon as rea- sonably practicable, was omitted from the Code. Section was formerly classified to section 1431a of this title. AMENDMENTS 1929—Subsec. (d). Act May 22, 1929, substituted ‘‘seven’’ and ‘‘three’’ for ‘‘six’’ and ‘‘two’’, respectively, and inserted ‘‘or high chiefs’’ after ‘‘chiefs’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries AUTHORITY OF GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO ENACT REVENUE LAWS See section 1271 of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 931 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of American Samoa, see section 1701 et seq. of this title. § 1662. Sovereignty of United States extended over Swains Island The sovereignty of the United States over American Samoa is extended over Swains Is- land, which is made a part of American Samoa and placed under the jurisdiction of the adminis- trative and judicial authorities of the govern- ment established therein by the United States. (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 563, 43 Stat. 1357.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1431 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN SAMOA Pub. L. 96–597, title I, § 101, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3477, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the Government of the United States in personal property situated in American Samoa shall be transferred, without reimbursement, to the American Samoa government on October 1, 1981, unless the agen- cy of the Government of the United States having ad- ministrative responsibility for the property advises the Secretary of the Interior in writing before the date of transfer that it has a continuing requirement for such property.’’ TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN SAMOA Pub. L. 87–158, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 392, authorized the Secretary of the Navy to transfer, without reim- bursement or transfer of funds, to the government of American Samoa, within ninety days after August 17, 1961, title to all property, real and personal, located in American Samoa on that date which was owned by the United States and was within the administrative super- vision of the Department of the Navy on such date. SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of American Samoa, see section 1701 et seq. of this title. Executive Documents EX. ORD. NO. 10264. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA Ex. Ord. No. 10264, eff. June 29, 1951, 16 F.R. 6419, pro- vided: 1. The administration of American Samoa is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Navy to the Sec- retary of the Interior, such transfer to become effective on July 1, 1951. 2. The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of administration of American Samoa as em- bodied in the above-mentioned memorandum of under- standing between the two departments. 3. When the transfer of administration made by this order becomes effective, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary and appro- priate, and in harmony with applicable law, for the ad- ministration of civil government in American Samoa. 4. The executive departments and agencies of the Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Departments of the Navy and Interior in the effectuation of the provisions of this order. 5. The said Executive order of February 19, 1900 [Ex. Ord. 125–A], is revoked, effective July 1, 1951. HARRY S. TRUMAN. § 1662a. Repealed. Pub. L. 118–232, § 1, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2834 Section, Pub. L. 98–213, § 12, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1462, provided that amendments or modifications to the con- stitution of American Samoa, as approved pursuant to Executive Order 10264 as in effect Jan. 1, 1983, could be made only by Congress. § 1663. Acknowledgment of deeds Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Terri- tory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting gov- ernor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the of- ficer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so ac- knowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instru- ments hereafter so acknowledged and certified. (June 28, 1906, ch. 3585, 34 Stat. 552.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Inter- course. CODIFICATION Section is also classified to section 1421f–1 of this title. Section was formerly classified to sections 1358 and 1432 of this title. § 1664. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–304, § 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710 Section, act June 14, 1934, ch. 523, 48 Stat. 963, made coastwise shipping laws of United States inapplicable