H.R. 1460 (ih) To allow for election of the Delegate from Guam by other than separate ballot, and for other purposes. ...

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        H.R.1460

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
 To allow for election of the Delegate from Guam by other than separate 
                     ballot, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BALLOT REQUIREMENT FOR DELEGATE.

    Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the 
unincorporated territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands shall each be 
represented in Congress by a Delegate to the House of Representatives'' 
approved April 10, 1972 (48 U.S.C. 1712(a)), is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``from the Virgin Islands'' before ``shall be 
    elected at large''; and
        (2) by inserting ``The Delegate from Guam shall be elected at 
    large and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of 
    Delegate.'' before ``If no candidate''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE FORMER UNITED STATES 
              TRUST TERRITORY.

    Section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
(48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``ten'' and inserting ``fifteen''; and
        (2) by adding at the end of subparagraph (B) the following: 
    ``The President shall ensure the assistance provided under these 
    programs reflects the changes in the population since the inception 
    of such programs.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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