48 USC § 1756 - Lack of effect on covenant

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1756"
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title: "48 USC § 1756 - Lack of effect on covenant"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1756"
section_name: "Lack of effect on covenant"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "DELEGATES TO CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS DELEGATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–229, title VII, § 716, May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 869.)"
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# § 1756. Lack of effect on covenant

section 1751 of this title

No provision of this subchapter shall be construed to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision of the covenant referred to in  except section 901 of the covenant.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–229, title VII, § 716, May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 869.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 711–718) of title VII of , , , which enacted this subchapter and amended sections 4342, 6954 and 9432 of Title 10, Armed Forces. For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Tables.

The covenant, referred to in text, is the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, which is contained in , set out as a note under .