{"identifier":"/us/usc/t48/s2191","title":48,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2191.","heading":"Rules of construction","text":"\u00a7\u202f2191.\nRules of construction\nNothing in this chapter is intended, or may be construed\u2014\n(1) to limit the authority of Congress to exercise legislative authority over the territories pursuant to Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States;\n(2) to authorize the application of\nsection 2124(f) of this title\n(3) to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (\n48 U.S.C. 1801\n(4) to alter, amend, or abrogate the treaties of cession regarding certain islands of American Samoa (\n48 U.S.C. 1661","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t48/s2191.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t48/s2191","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2191."},{"t":"heading","text":"Rules of construction","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Nothing in this chapter is intended, or may be construed\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t48/s2191/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to limit the authority of Congress to exercise legislative authority over the territories pursuant to Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t48/s2191/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to authorize the application of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2124(f) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t48/s2124/f","tail":" (relating to issuance of subpoenas) to judicial officers or employees of territory courts;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t48/s2191/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"48 U.S.C. 1801","href":"/us/usc/t48/s1801","tail":" et seq.); or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t48/s2191/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to alter, amend, or abrogate the treaties of cession regarding certain islands of American Samoa (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"48 U.S.C. 1661","href":"/us/usc/t48/s1661","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}