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Laws of the United States on the U.S. territories and commonwealths, from title 48 of the United States Code. United States laws affecting the territories and commonwealths are scattered throughout the 50 titles of the United States. The laws focused specifically on territories and commonwealths are collected in title 48.

U.S. General Accounting Office, U.S. Insular Areas: Application of the Constitution (GAO/OGC 98-5; November 1997) (PDF 864K)

U.S. General Accounting Office, U.S. Insular Areas: Applicability of Relevant Provisions of the U.S. Constitution (GAO/HRD-91-18; June 1991) (PDF 9995K)

Tax Guide for Individuals With Income from U.S. Possessions, from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, in PDF format (126K). This is Publication 570, describing the tax treatment of income from American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

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United States islands of the Pacific

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

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The Freely Associated States of Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Republic of Palau

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