On behalf of the Government of Guam, Governor Carlos G. Camacho executed a land exchange agreement with the United States of America on April 26, 1972. It called for the exchange of Guamanian public land in the area of Sella Bay for certain land on Guam owned by the United States. Paul Bordallo, a Guam senator, taxpayer and owner of land in the vicinity of Sella Bay, sued to enjoin the exchange until approval by the Guam legislature. 1 The trial court denied the request for preliminary and permanent injunctions and dismissed the action. We reverse.

The land in question was transferred by the United States to Guam in 1952. 2 The transfer document stipulated:

United States. (Emphasis added.) The Governor contended, and the district judge agreed, that the legislature cannot restrict the Governor in making his proposal to the Secretary of the Interior and disposing of the land. This overlooks the fact that the Guam legislature is a part of the “government of Guam,” Organic Act of 1950, 48 U.S.C. § 1421a, and as such can put appropriate conditions on any request to the Secretary of the Interior which the law allows.

Clearly, the Organic Act allows the legislature to act in reference to this land so long as it does not do so inconsistently with acts of Congress. 3 In response to this mandate, the legislature has passed two statutes which require interpretation. In 1953, Guam Government Code § 13524 was adopted; it provides in part:

In 1970, Guam Government Code § 13525(c) was adopted:

The only logical interpretation is that the legislature intended in 1970 to carve out of the general transfer authorization granted to the governor in 1953 those land exchanges specified in § 13525(c).

This proposed exchange falls within the ambit of § 13525(c). Evidence indicated that the lands to be exchanged by the United States were required by Guam for a program or project authorized by law. 5 Therefore, § *715 13525(c) applies, and the exchange must be made by the Director of Land Management subsequent to the approval of the Governor and the concurrence of Guam’s legislature.

This matter is reversed and remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

. We do not deem the United States to he an indispensable party to this litigation. Indeed, the amicus curiae brief filed by the United States in reponse to our request states at page 3:

. Transfer of Land to the Government of Guam, Department of Land Management Document No. 25219.

. 48 U.S.O. § 1421f provides in part:

. § 13524 was amended in 1972 to read as follows:

. The district judge made the following findings: