‘‘(3) In applying as the Guam Territorial income tax
the income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to sub-
section (a) of this section, the rate of tax under sections
871, 881, 884, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1445, and 1446 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on any item of income
from sources within Guam shall be the same as the rate
which would apply with respect to such item were Guam
treated as part of the United States for purposes of the
treaty obligations of the United States.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (b) shall apply to amounts paid after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. BETEL NUTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sections 402 and
801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 342 and 381), betel nuts (also known as ‘‘areca
nuts’’) shall not be considered to be adulterated if pos-
sessed by an individual for personal consumption by the
individual.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘betel
nuts’’ means husked betel nuts.
SEC. 5. HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
Section 214(a) of the Housing Community Develop-
ment Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(7) an alien who is lawfully resident in the
United States and its territories and possessions
under section 141 of the Compacts of Free Associa-
tion between the Government of the United States
and the Governments of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia (48 U.S.C. 1901
note) and Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) while the ap-
plicable section is in effect: Provided, That, within
Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands any such alien shall not be entitled to
a preference in receiving assistance under this Act
over any United States citizen or national resident
therein who is otherwise eligible for such assist-
ance.’’.
SEC. 6. COMPACT IMPACT REPORTS.
Paragraph 104(e)(2) of Public Law 99–239 (99 Stat.
1770, 1788) is amended by deleting ‘‘President shall re-
port to the Congress with respect to the impact of the
Compact on the United States territories and common-
wealths and on the State of Hawaii.’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘Governor of any of the United
States territories or commonwealths or the State of Ha-
waii may report to the Secretary of the Interior by Feb-
ruary 1 of each year with respect to the financial and so-
cial impacts of the compacts of free association on the
Governor’s respective jurisdiction. The Secretary of the
Interior shall review and forward any such reports to the
Congress with the comments and recommendations of the
Administration. The Secretary of the Interior shall, either
directly or, subject to available technical assistance funds,
through a grant to the affected jurisdiction, provide for
a census of Micronesians at intervals no greater than five
years from each decennial United States census using gen-
erally acceptable statistical methodologies for each of the
impact jurisdictions where the Governor requests such as-
sistance, except that the total expenditures to carry out
this sentence may not exceed $300,000 in any year.’’.
SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS.
The matter set forth under the heading ‘‘VIOLENT
CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ in Public Law 105–277 is
amended—
(1) in the matter before the first proviso by in-
serting ‘‘Guam shall be considered a ‘State’ and’’ be-
fore ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’’; and
(2) in the antepenultimate proviso by inserting
‘‘and Guam shall be considered a ‘State’ for the pur-
poses of title III of H.R. 3 as passed by the House
of Representatives on May 8, 1997’’ after ‘‘instead
to 1999’’.
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