An Act to implement section 25 (b) of the Organic Act of Guam by carrying out the recommendations of the Commission on the Application of Federal Laws to Guam, and for other purposes.
PL 84-896 (H.R.11522), enacted 08/01/1956

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S T A T . 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 11522] 
Public Law 896 
CHAPTER 852 
AN ACT 
To implement section 25 (b) of the Organic Act of Guam by carrying out the 
recommendations of the Commission on the Application of Federal Laws to 
Guam, and for other purposes. 
Guam. 
A p p l i c a t i o n of 
Federal laws. 
F e d e r a l 
S e e d 
Act. 
National banks. 
13 Stat. 99. 
12 u s e 
38 and 
note. 
Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act. 
Insurance b u s i -
ness. 
Roads to histori-
cal areas. 
Park programs. 
Wildlife restora 
tlon. 
55 Stat. 63Z 
16 u s e 669g-1. 
Fish restoration. 
16 u s e 777k. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 101 
(a) (8) (A) (ii) of the Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 1275, 1277; 7 
U. S. C. 1561 (a) (8) (A) (ii)), is amended by inserting immediately 
after the words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
(b) Section 101 (a) (9) (A) (ii) of the Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 
1275,1277; 7 U. S. C. 1561 (a) (9) (A) (ii)), is amended by inserting 
immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 2. The National Bank Act, and all other Acts of Congress 
relating to national banks, shall, insofar as not locally inapplicable 
hereafter, apply to Guam. 
SEC. 3. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (64 Stat. 873; 12 U. S. C , 
sees. 1811-1831), is amended— 
(a) by inserting the word "Guam," after the words "Puerto 
Rico," in subsection (a) of section 3, and by substituting a comma 
for the period at the end of such subsection (a) and adding the 
following words "and the word 'State' means any State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, any Territory of the 
United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands."; 
(b) by inserting the word "Guam," after the words "Puerto 
Rico," in each place where they appear in subsections (d), (e), 
and (o) of section 3; 
(c) by inserting the word "Guam," after the words "Puerto 
Rico," in the first proviso of subsection (1) of section 3; and 
(d) by inserting the words "of Guam," after the words "of 
Puerto Rico," where they appear in subsection (m) of section 3. 
SEC. 4. Section 5 of the Act of March 9^ 1945 (59 Stat. 33, 34; 15 
U. S. C , sec. 1015), is amended by inserting immediately after the 
words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 5. Section 2 of the Act of June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 334; 16 
U. S. C , sec. 8f), is amended by inserting immediately after the words 
"Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 6. Section 4 of the Act of June 23, 1936 (49 Stat. 1894, 1895; 
16 U. S. C , sec. I7n), is amended by inserting immediately after the 
words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 7. Subsection (a) of section 8 of the Act of September 2,1937 
(50 Stat. 917), as amended, is further amended (i) by inserting the 
words "the Governor of Guam," immediately following the words 
"the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto Rico,", 
(ii) by inserting the word "Guam," immediately following the words 
"Puerto Rico," where such words appear for the second time in such 
subsection, (iii) by inserting the word ", Guam," immediately follow-
ing the words "not exceeding $10,000 each for Puerto Rico", and 
(iv) by inserting by the word "Guam," immediately following the 
words "Puerto Rico," in the second sentence of such subsection. 
SEC. 8. Section 12 of the Act of August 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 434), as 
amended, is further amended (i) by inserting the words "the Governor 
of Guam," immediately following the words "the Commissioner of 
Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto Rico,", (ii) by inserting the 
word "Guam," immediately following the words "Puerto Rico," where 
such words appear for the second time in such subsection, (iii) by 
inserting the word "Guam," immediately following the words "not 
exceeding $10,000 each for Puerto Rico,", and (iv) by inserting the 
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word "Guam," immediately following the words "Puerto Kico," in 
the second sentence of such subsection. 
SEC. 9. (a) Guam shall be entitled to share in the benefits of the 
Vocational Education Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 775), and any Act amend-
atory thereof or supplementary thereto, upon the same terms and con-
ditions as any of the several States. There is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, and annually 
thereafter, the sum of $80,000, to be available for allotment to Guam 
under such Act and the modifications hereinafter provided. 
(b) Sums appropriated under the authority of subsection (a) of 
this section shall be allocated for vocational education in (1) agri-
culture, (2) home economics, (3) trades and industries, and (4) 
distributive occupations, in the proportion which the amount author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), 
respectively, of section 3 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, 
bears to the sum of such amounts except insofar as the Commissioner 
of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare, deems it necessary to modify said proportions to meet 
special conditions existing in Guam. 
(c) The provisions of section 3 (60 Stat. 775; 20 U. S. C , sec. 15j), 
section 7 (60 Stat. 775, 777; 20 U. S. C , sec. 15o), and section 8 (b) 
(60 Stat. 775, 777; 20 U. S. C , sec. 15p (b)), of the Vocational Educa-
tion Act of 1946, shall apply to sums appropriated under this section 
with such modifications as the Commissioner of Education, with the 
approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall 
deem necessary to meet special conditions existing in Guam. 
(d) In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated under 
section 9 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 775, 777; 
20 U. S. C , sec. 15q), there are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this section, such sums to be expended for the same purposes and in 
the same manner as provided in section 7 of the Act of February 23, 
1917 (39 Stat. 929, 933), as amended (20 U. S. C , sec. 15). 
SEC. 10. The Act of September 30,1950 (64 Stat. 1100; 20 U. S. C , 
sec. 236 and the following), as amended by Public Law 248, Eighty-
third Congress, 67 Stat. 530); is further amended by adding the 
word "Guam," immediately following the words "Wake Island," 
wherever they appear in such Act. 
SEC. 11. Paragraph (14) of section 210 of the Act of September 23, 
1950 (64 Stat. 967, 977), as amended, is further amended by inserting 
immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 12. (a) The heading of section 4735 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954 is amended by inserting the word "GUAM," immediately 
following the words "THE TRUST TERRITORY OF 
THE 
PACIFIC ISLANDS,''. 
(b) Section 4735 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended 
by adding thereto the following new subsection: 
"(d) GUAM.—In Guam the administration of sections 4701 to 4707, 
inclusive; sections 4721 to 4726, inclusive; sections 4732 to 4734, inclu-
sive; and insofar as they relate to narcotic drugs, sections 4771 to 4776, 
inclusive; the collections of the special tax imposed by section 4721 
and the issuance of the order forms specified in section 4705, shall be 
performed by the appropriate internal revenue officers of Guam, and 
all revenues collected thereunder in Guam shall accrue intact to the 
general government thereof." 
(c) Section 4705 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"For issuance of order forms in Guam, see section 4735 (d)/* 
Vocational edu-
c atlon. 
20 u s e 151 note, 
^proprlatians. 
20 u s e ISJ. 
E d u c a t i o n 
In 
Federally affected 
areas. 
20 u s e 280. 
N a r c o t i c drag 
taxes. 
68A Stat. 559. 
26 u s e 4735. 
26 u s e 
4 7 0 1 -
4776. 
68A Stat. 553. 
26 u s e 4705. 
Supra. 
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Effective date. 
Opium. 
68A Stat. 554. 
26 u s e 4715: 
Marihuana. 
68A Stat. 568. 
26 u s e 4774. 
26 u s e 7651. 
26 u s e 4 7 4 1-
4776. 
26 u s e 4761. 
Penalties. 
V o c a 11 onal re-
habilitation. 
68 Stat. 661. 
29 u s e 42. 
E m p 1 o y m e n t 
service. 
Public health. 
Grants and serv-
ices. 
(d) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 
first day of the third month which begins more than ten days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 13. Subchapter B of part I, subchapter A, chapter 39 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by inserting immediately 
after section 4715, the following new section to be numbered section 
4716: 
"SEC. 4716. APPLICATION TO GUAM. 
"The provisions of this subpart shall be applicable to Guam, and 
in Guam the administration of this subpart shall be performed by the 
appropriate internal revenue officers of the Government of Guam, 
and all revenues collected thereunder in Guam shall accrue intact to 
the government thereof." 
SEC. 14. Section 4774 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is 
amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: ''''Provided^ That (notwithstanding section 
7651), sections 4741 to 4762, inclusive, as amended, and, insofar as 
they relate to marihuana, sections 4771 to 4776, inclusive, shall not 
apply to Guam."' 
SEC. 15. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to produce, manu-
facture, compound, possess, sell, give away, deal in, dispense, admin-
ister, or transport marihuana in Guam, or to import marihuana into 
or export it from Guam. 
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, the term "marihuana" 
shall have the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to it in section 4761 
(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the term "produce" shall mean 
(a) plant, cultivate, or in any way facilitate the natural growth of 
marihuana, or (b) harvest and transfer or make use of marihuana. 
(c) Any person who shall violate subsection (a) of this section shall 
be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $2,000, or 
by imprisonment in jail for not less than two or more than five years, 
or by both, and shall be punished for each subsequent offense by a fine 
of not more than $2,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than 
five years or more than ten years, or by both; and any marihuana 
involved in any violation of subsection (a) of this section may be 
seized, and the court may order its confiscation and destruction. 
SEC. 16. (a) Subsection (g) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by striking the words "and 
for the purposes of section 4, includes also Guam" and inserting the 
words "and Guam". 
(b) Subsection (h) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation 
Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by inserting immediately after 
the words "Puerto Rico" the word "Guam,". 
(c) Subsection (i) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation 
Act (68 Stat. 652, 662), is amended by inserting immediately after 
the words "Puerto Rico" the word ", Guam,". 
SEC. 17. (a) Subsection (b) of section 3 of the Act of June 6, 1933 
(48 Stat. 113,114), as amended (29 U. S. C , sec. 49b (b)), is further 
amended by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the 
word ' Guam,". 
(b) Subjection (b) of section 5 of the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 
113, 115), as amended (29 U. S. C, sec. 49d (b)), is further amended 
by inserting immediately after the words "Puerto Rico," the word 
"Guam,". 
SEC. 18. Effective July 1, 1956, section 314 of the Public Health 
Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 693), as amended (42 U. S. C , sec. 246), is 
further amended by adding the following new subsection: 
"(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions 
of this section shall be applicable to Guam in the same manner in 
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which they apply to the States. Amounts paid to Guam from its 
allotment under subsections (a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section, to-
gether with matching funds of Guam, may, with the approval of the 
Surgeon General, be expended in carrying out the purposes specified 
in any such subsection or subsections other than the one under which 
the allotment was made. 
SEC. 19. (a) Subsection (a) of section 6.31 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U. S. C , sec. 291i (a)), is amended by inserting 
immediately after the words "Puerto Rico" the word ", Guam,". 
(b) Subsection (d) of section 631 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U. S. C , sec. 291i (d)), is amended by inserting immediately 
after "Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
(c) Sections 624 and 652 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U. S. C , sec. 291g and 291t), are each amended by inserting imme-
diately after the words "the Virgin Islands" the words "or Guam". 
SEC. 20. Section 73 of the Act of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 601, 
612), as amended (44 U. S. C , sec. 183), is further amended by in-
serting the word "Guam," immediately after the words "Puerto 
Rico,". 
SEC. 21. The language preceding the proviso in subsection (a) of 
section 26 (64 Stat. 384, 391; 48 U. S. C , sec. 1421d (a)), of the 
Organic Act of Guam is amended to read as follows: "The Governor 
shall receive an annual salary at the rate provided for the Governor 
of the Virgin Islands in the Executive Pay Act of 1949, as heretofore 
or hereafter amended, to be paid by the United States." 
SEC. 22. The Act of August 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1291), as amended 
(49 U. S. C , sees. 781-788), is further amended by adding at the 
end of section 8 the following new section 9: 
"SEC. 9. (a) In Guam the enforcement and administration of this 
Act shall be performed by the Governor of Guam, acting through 
such officers of the Government of Guam as he may designate. 
"(b) The Governor of Guam is authorized to carry out the pro-
visions of the related laws set forth in section 4 of this Act, with such 
modifications as he shall deem necessary to meet special conditions on 
Guam; and the Governor is further authorized to make such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act on Guam." 
SEC. 23. Paragraphs (11) and (12) of article 2 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice (64 Stat. 108, 109; 50 IT. S. C , sec. 552 (11) 
and (12)), are amended by inserting immediately after the words 
"Puerto Rico," the word "Guam,". 
SEC. 24. The laws of the United States relating to copyrights, and 
to the enforcement of rights arising thereunder, shall have the same 
force and effect in Guam as in the continental United States. 
SEC. 25. The Library Services Act (Public Law 597, Eighty-fourth 
Congress, second session; 70 Stat. 293) is amended— 
(a) in subsection (a) of section 4 by inserting "each to Guam 
and" after "$10,000"; 
(b) in subsection (a) of section 6 by inserting "and of Guam" 
after "Virgin Islands"; 
(c) in subsection (c) of section 6 by inserting "Guam," after 
"Puerto Rico,"; and 
(d) in subsection (a) of section 9 by inserting "Guam," after 
"Puerto Rico,". 
Approved August 1, 1966. 
H o s p i t a l 
con-
struction. 
60 Stat. 1046. 
62 Stat. 1103; 68 
Stat. 462. 
C o n g f Asslonal 
Record. 
Fre« copies. 
49 Stat. 1547. 
Governor's s a 1-
ary. 
63 Stat. 880. 
48 u s e 1405s-1. 
Ante, p. 739. 
Carriers of con^ 
traband articles. 
Uniform Code of 
Military Justice. 
Copjrrights. 
Library Servicos 
Act, amendmentii.