(a) The Office of Lieutenant Governor shall be designated the clearinghouse for all programs or projects directly or indirectly related to the Territory’s recovery, reconstruction and general public services rehabilitation resulting from the ravages of typhoons, tropical storms, earthquakes, tidal waves and territorial disasters as they may occur.
(b) All related construction projects must have the initial review of the Bureau of Planning and the Bureau of Budget and Management Research prior to submission to the Lieutenant Governor for approval, and must be submitted by the Lieutenant Governor to the Speaker for Legislative review and approval prior to implementation.

(c) Exceptions to this provision include projects of an emergency nature relating to the preservation of life and property.

SOURCE: GC § 5602 added by P.L. 13-149:V:1; repealed/reenacted by
P.L. 17-025:III:2.

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations added pursuant to the authority of
1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

COMMENT: The Organic Act, § 20, provides that the Legislature does not have the power to appropriate funds which have been appropriated already by the United States Congress. See Wong v. Camina, 2 Guam Rep. 132 (1978).

The Legislature does not have the power to approve, with binding effect, by resolution any matter which will have the force and effect of law. See Attorney General Opinion PCF #85-1031; see also INS v. Chada, 103
S.Ct. 2754 (1983). Since this section does not specify the type of legislative approval required, the Compiler assumes that such approval will be given or withheld in conformity with the Organic Act.