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Guam (USA) - Country Profiles

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Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Guam Agricultural Expense Insurance – Chapter 56 of 12 GCA – Autonomous Agencies.
Date of text: 14 April 2006
Act amending Chapter 21 of Title 1 of Guam Code (P.L. 28-144).
Date of text: 2004
Compensation to Farmers for Crop Damages - Chapter 64a of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
Date of text: 1998 (14 April 2006)
Small Business Development Fund – Chapter 54 of 12 GCA - "Autonomous Agencies".
Date of text: 1995 (14 April 2006)
Agricultural Development Fund – Chapter 52 of 12 GCA – Autonomous Agencies.
Date of text: 1994 (18 May 2007)

Cultivated plants

Guam Pesticides Act of 2007 (Public Law 29-26 - An Act to repeal and reenact Chapter 50 of Title 10 Guam Code Annotated, relative to the Guam Pesticides Act).
Date of text: 24 October 2007
Customs and Quarantine Agency - Chapter 73 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
Date of text: 1993 (14 April 2006)
Farms and Extension Services - Chapter 62 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
Date of text: 0000 (09 May 2008)
Pesticides Regulations - Chapter 15 of Title 22 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
Date of text: 1997 (14 April 2004)
Importation of Plant and Plant Products- Chapter 10 of Title 8 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
Date of text: 1997 (01 April 2004)

Disaster risk management

Executive Order relative to Declaring a State of Emergency to Respond to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Executive Order 2020-03 of the Governor of Guam)
Date of text: 14 March 2020

Environment

Environmental Health General Provisions - Chapter 20 of 10 GCA “Health Safety”.
Date of text: 07 September 2007
Air Pollution Control Act - Chapter 49 of 10 GCA "Health and Safety".
Date of text: 1998 (14 April 2006)
Hazardous Substances - Chapter 32 of 10 GCA - Health Safety.
Date of text: 1988 (14 April 2006)
Solid Waste Management and Litter Control – Chapter 51 of 10 GCA - Health Safety.
Date of text: 1995 (14 April 2006)
Public Law 30-138 - An Act to add a new §6233 to Article 2 of Chapter 6, Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the divsion of environmental health of the Department of Public Health Social Services; and to be known as the "Environmental Public Health Modernization and Revitalization Act of 2010".
Date of text: 17 May 2010

Fisheries and aquaculture

Public Law 29-127 - An Act to add a new §63133 to Chapter 63 of Title 5, Guam Code Annotated, relative to indigenous fishing rights.
Date of text: 31 December 2008
Act to amend Chapter 63 of Title 5 of the Guam Code (P.L. 28-30).
Date of text: 2005
Live Coral Fish Nets - Article 6 of Chapter 63 “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation”.
Date of text: 0000 (09 May 2008)
Game Fish - Article 1 of Chapter 63 “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation”.
Date of text: ???? (09 May 2008)
50 CFR § 665.900-665.906 - Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.
Date of text: 03 June 2013 (02 July 2013)

Food and nutrition

Guam Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Date of text: 1980 (14 April 2006)
Environmental Health General Provisions - Chapter 20 of 10 GCA “Health Safety”.
Date of text: 07 September 2007
Sanitation - Chapter 21 of 10 GCA “Health and Safety”.
Date of text: 07 September 2007
Administration - Chapter 1 of 10 GCA “Health Safety”.
Date of text: 07 September 2007
Eating Drinking Establishments – Chapter 23 of 10 GCA "Health Safety".
Date of text: 14 April 2006

Forestry

Forestry - Article 3 of Chapter 63 “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation”.
Date of text: ???? (09 May 2008)

Indigenous peoples

Public Law 29-127 - An Act to add a new §63133 to Chapter 63 of Title 5, Guam Code Annotated, relative to indigenous fishing rights.
Date of text: 31 December 2008

Land and soil

Guam Land Conservation Act - Chapter 65 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
Date of text: ???? (09 May 2008)
Guam Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2010 (Public Law 30-151 - An Act to add a new Article 3 to Chapter 36 of Title 18, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the establishment of a secure and fair enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act).
Date of text: 25 May 2010
Public Law 30-148 - An Act to amend §60112 of Article 1, Division 2 of Chapter 60, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the land for the landless program.
Date of text: 17 May 2010
Public Law 30-142 - An Act to add a new §80105 (c) to Chapter 80 of Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Guam to the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission.
Date of text: 17 May 2010
Public Law 30-96 - An Act to transfer properties under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Guam to the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, by adding a new §80105 (b) to Chapter 80 of Title 21, Guam Code Annotated.
Date of text: 12 March 2010

Livestock

Livestock and Poultry – Chapter 35 of 10 GCA “Health Safety”.
Date of text: 07 September 2007
Keeping of animals - Chapter 34 of 10 GCA "Health and Safety".
Date of text: 14 April 2006
Feedingstuffs - Chapter 67 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
Date of text: 1976 (05 September 2008)
Guam Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Date of text: 0000 (09 May 2008)
Public Law 29-96 - An Act to add a new §70.11 to Chapter 70 of Title 9, Guam Code Annotated, relative to dogfighting; and to amend §34205 of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated, relative to ear cropping and tail docking of animals.
Date of text: 22 June 2008

Mineral resources and energy

Consolidated Commission On Utilities – Chapter 79 Of 12 GCA “Autonomous Agencies.”
Date of text: 1976 (14 April 2006)

Sea

Port Authority of Guam - Chapter 10 of 12 GCA “Autonomous Agencies”.
Date of text: 1975 (14 April 2006)
Guam Oil Spill Responders Act - Chapter 54A of 12 GCA “Public Health Safety”.
Date of text: ???? (09 May 2008)
Operation of Mechanized Watercraft - Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
Date of text: 1997 (01 April 2004)
Agana Boat Basin - Chapter 3 of Title 23 of the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations.
Date of text: 1997 (14 April 2004)
Presidential Proclamation on the Contiguous Zone of the United States.
Date of text: 02 September 1999

Water

Public Law 29-130 - An Act to add a new §14241 to Article 2 of Chapter 14, Title 12 of the Guam Code Annotated, relative to authorizing emergency financing options for the Guam Waterworks Authority in order to provide for efficient and orderly operations and to promote growth on Guam for the betterment of all its residents.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Public Law 29-51 - An Act to amend Article 1, Chapter 14 of Title 12 Guam Code Annotated, relative to declaring the property in and the right to the use of all the water, at any time, in a stream, river, or other surface source and water located beneath the ground and in the Aquifer in Guam are, for all purposes, vested in the Government of Guam.
Date of text: 03 January 2008
Public Law 28-71 - An Act To Repeal And Reenact Article 2 Of Chapter 14 Of Title 12 Of The Guam Code Annotated, Relative To Authorizing Guam Waterworks Authority To Issue Revenue Bonds And To Incur Other Indebtedness For The Purpose Of Financing The Water And Wastewater System Of Guam; And Approving The Terms And Conditions Of The Issuance Of One Or More Series Of Such Bonds Pursuant To Such Article For Such Purposes.
Date of text: 03 November 2005
Act amending the Title 12 of Guam Code. (P.L. 27-155).
Date of text: 2004
Act amending Chapter 21 of Title 1 of Guam Code (P.L. 28-144).
Date of text: 2004

Wild species and ecosystems

Public Law 28-174 - An Act To Amend Title 5 G.C.A. §60107 To Revise Procedures For The Effective Prosecution Of Violations Of Guam's Natural Resource Laws By The Issuance Of Citations And To Provide That Fines And Penalties Collected Thereunder Shall Be Deposited Into The Wildlife Conservation Fund.
Date of text: 29 January 2007
Wildland Fire Protection - Article 7 of Chapter 63 “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation” of Title 5 CGA.
Date of text: 14 April 2006
Act to amend Chapter 63 of Title 5 of the Guam Code (P.L. 28-30).
Date of text: 2005
Parks and Recreation – Chapter 77 of 21 GCA “Real Property”.
Date of text: 1974 (14 April 2006)
Conservation Reserves - Article 4 of Chapter 63 “Fish, Game, Forestry Conservation”.
Date of text: ???? (09 May 2008)

Miscellaneous

Islan Guåhan Emergency Health Powers Act (Guam Code: Title 10 - Health & Safety; Division 1 - Public Health; Chapter 19 - Emergency Health Powers)
Date of text: 0000 (2020)