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2		-	Union Calendar No. 775
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5		-	DSESSION H. J. RES. 96
6		-	[Report No. 118–785, Part I]
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	4	+	STSESSION H. J. RES. 96
7	5		To approve the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact, and
8	6		related agreements, between the Government of the United States of
9	7		America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia,
10	8		the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact, and certain
11	9		related agreements between the Government of the United States of
12	10		America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
13	11		and the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement between the Gov-
14	12		ernment of the United States of America and the Government of the
15	13		Republic of Palau, to appropriate funds to carry out the agreements,
16	14		and for other purposes.
17	15		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18	16		NOVEMBER2, 2023
19	17		Mr. W
20	18		ESTERMAN(for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. MCCAUL)
21		-	~~introduced~~ the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Com-
	19	+	submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Com-
22	20		mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on For-
23	21		eign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight
24	22		and Accountability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be
25	23		subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
26	24		of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
27	25		cerned
28		-	D
29		-	ECEMBER3, 2024
30		-	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources
31		-	D
32		-	ECEMBER3, 2024
33		-	Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce discharged
34		-	D
35		-	ECEMBER3, 2024
36		-	Referral to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Account-
37		-	ability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means extended for a period ending
38		-	not later than December 19, 2024
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42		-	DECEMBER19, 2024
43		-	Additional sponsors: Mrs. K
44		-	IMof California, Mr. BERA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr.
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46		-	ASE, Ms. HAGEMAN, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. BARR, Ms. PORTER, Mrs.
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48		-	ADEWAGEN, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. WOMACK, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Mr.
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50		-	OOREof Utah, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. BICE, Mr. LARSENof Washington,
51		-	Mrs. K
52		-	IGGANSof Virginia, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr.
53		-	M
54		-	OULTON, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. HINSON, Ms. LEGER
55		-	F
56		-	ERNANDEZ, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. LIEU, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. JOYCEof
57		-	Ohio, Mr. F
58		-	ITZGERALD, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MCCORMICK,
59		-	Mr. B
60		-	URCHETT, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Ms.
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62		-	ASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. STANSBURY and Ms.
63		-	V
64		-	ELA´ZQUEZ
65		-	D
66		-	ECEMBER19, 2024
67		-	Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Agriculture,
68		-	and Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the
69		-	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
70	26		JOINT RESOLUTION
71	27		To approve the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM
72	28		Compact, and related agreements, between the Govern-
73	29		ment of the United States of America and the Govern-
74	30		ment of the Federated States of Micronesia, the 2023
75	31		Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact, and cer-
76	32		tain related agreements between the Government of the
77	33		United States of America and the Government of the
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78	37		Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 2023 U.S.-
79	38		Palau Compact Review Agreement between the Govern-
80	39		ment of the United States of America and the Govern-
81	40		ment of the Republic of Palau, to appropriate funds
82	41		to carry out the agreements, and for other purposes.
83	42		Whereas the United States (in accordance with the Trustee-
84	43		ship Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
85	44		lands, the United Nations Charter, and the objectives of
86	45		the international trusteeship system of the United Na-
87	46		tions) fulfilled its obligations to promote the development
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91	47		of the people of the Trust Territory toward self-govern-
92	48		ment or independence, as appropriate, to the particular
93	49		circumstances of the Trust Territory and the people of
94	50		the Trust Territory and the freely expressed wishes of
95	51		the people concerned;
96	52		Whereas the United States, the Federated States of Micro-
97	53		nesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands entered
98	54		into the Compact of Free Association set forth in section
99	55		201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48
100	56		U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99–239) and the United
101	57		States and the Republic of Palau entered into the Com-
102	58		pact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of Pub-
103	59		lic Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) to create and
104	60		maintain a close and mutually beneficial relationship;
105	61		Whereas the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as amended, be-
106	62		tween the Government of the United States of America
107	63		and the Government of the Federated States of Micro-
108	64		nesia’’, the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as amended,
109	65		between the Government of the United States of America
110	66		and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Is-
111	67		lands’’, and related agreements were signed by the Gov-
112	68		ernment of the United States and the Governments of
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113	72		the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
114	73		the Marshall Islands and approved, as applicable, by sec-
115	74		tion 201 of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
116	75		ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law
117	76		108–188);
118	77		Whereas the ‘‘Agreement between the Government of the
119	78		United States of America and the Government of the Re-
120	79		public of Palau Following the Compact of Free Associa-
121	80		tion Section 432 Review’’, was signed by the Government
122	81		of the United States and the Government of the Republic
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126	82		of Palau on September 3, 2010, and amended on Sep-
127	83		tember 19, 2018;
128	84		Whereas, on May 22, 2023, the United States signed the
129	85		‘‘Agreement between the Government of the United
130	86		States of America and the Government of the Republic
131	87		of Palau Resulting From the 2023 Compact of Free As-
132	88		sociation Section 432 Review’’;
133	89		Whereas, on May 23, 2023, the United States signed 3
134	90		agreements related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free
135	91		Association, including an Agreement to Amend the Com-
136	92		pact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures agreement,
137	93		and a new trust fund agreement and on September 28,
138	94		2023, the United States signed a Federal Programs and
139	95		Services agreement related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of
140	96		Free Association; and
141	97		Whereas, on October 16, 2023, the United States signed 3
142	98		agreements relating to the U.S.-RMI Compact of Free
143	99		Association, including an Agreement to Amend the Com-
144	100		pact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures agreement,
145	101		and a new trust fund agreement: Now, therefore, be it
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146	105		Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives1
147	106		of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
148	107		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
149	108		This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Compact 4
150	109		of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023’’. 5
151	110		SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
152	111		In this joint resolution: 7
153	112		(1) 1986
154	113		COMPACT.—The term ‘‘1986 Com-8
155	114		pact’’ means the Compact of Free Association be-9
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	115	+	tween the Government of the United States and the 10
	116	+	Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Fed-11
	117	+	erated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201 12
	118	+	of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 13
	119	+	U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99–239). 14
	120	+	(2) 2003
	121	+	AMENDED U.S.-FSM COMPACT.—The 15
	122	+	term ‘‘2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means 16
	123	+	the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 17
	124	+	Compact entitled the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, 18
	125	+	as amended, between the Government of the United 19
	126	+	States of America and the Government of the Fed-20
	127	+	erated States of Micronesia’’ set forth in section 21
	128	+	201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-22
	129	+	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public 23
	130	+	Law 108–188). 24
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159		-	tween the Government of the United States and the 1
160		-	Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Fed-2
161		-	erated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201 3
162		-	of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 4
163		-	U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99–239). 5
164		-	(2) 2003
165		-	AMENDED U.S.-FSM COMPACT.—The 6
166		-	term ‘‘2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means 7
167		-	the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 8
168		-	Compact entitled the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, 9
169		-	as amended, between the Government of the United 10
170		-	States of America and the Government of the Fed-11
171		-	erated States of Micronesia’’ set forth in section 12
172		-	201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-13
173		-	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public 14
174		-	Law 108–188). 15
175		-	(3) 2003
176		-	AMENDED U.S.-RMI COMPACT.—The 16
177		-	term ‘‘2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means 17
178		-	the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 18
179		-	Compact entitled ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as 19
180		-	amended, between the Government of the United 20
181		-	States of America and the Government of the Re-21
182		-	public of the Marshall Islands’’ set forth in section 22
183		-	201(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-23
184		-	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public 24
185		-	Law 108–188). 25
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	134	+	(3) 2003 AMENDED U.S.-RMI COMPACT.—The 1
	135	+	term ‘‘2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means 2
	136	+	the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 3
	137	+	Compact entitled ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as 4
	138	+	amended, between the Government of the United 5
	139	+	States of America and the Government of the Re-6
	140	+	public of the Marshall Islands’’ set forth in section 7
	141	+	201(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-8
	142	+	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public 9
	143	+	Law 108–188). 10
	144	+	(4) 2023
	145	+	AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U .S.-FSM 11
	146	+	COMPACT.—The term ‘‘2023 Agreement to Amend 12
	147	+	the U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means the Agreement be-13
	148	+	tween the Government of the United States of 14
	149	+	America and the Government of the Federated 15
	150	+	States of Micronesia to Amend the Compact of Free 16
	151	+	Association, as Amended, done at Palikir May 23, 17
	152	+	2023. 18
	153	+	(5) 2023
	154	+	AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U .S.-RMI 19
	155	+	COMPACT.—The term ‘‘2023 Agreement to Amend 20
	156	+	the U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means the Agreement be-21
	157	+	tween the Government of the United States of 22
	158	+	America and the Government of the Republic of the 23
	159	+	Marshall Islands to Amend the Compact of Free As-24
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189		-	(4) 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U .S.-FSM 1
190		-	COMPACT.—The term ‘‘2023 Agreement to Amend 2
191		-	the U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means the Agreement be-3
192		-	tween the Government of the United States of 4
193		-	America and the Government of the Federated 5
194		-	States of Micronesia to Amend the Compact of Free 6
195		-	Association, as Amended, done at Palikir May 23, 7
196		-	2023. 8
197		-	(5) 2023
198		-	AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U .S.-RMI 9
199		-	COMPACT.—The term ‘‘2023 Agreement to Amend 10
200		-	the U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means the Agreement be-11
201		-	tween the Government of the United States of 12
202		-	America and the Government of the Republic of the 13
203		-	Marshall Islands to Amend the Compact of Free As-14
204		-	sociation, as Amended, done at Honolulu October 15
205		-	16, 2023. 16
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	163	+	sociation, as Amended, done at Honolulu October 1
	164	+	16, 2023. 2
206	165		(6) 2023
207		-	AMENDED U.S.-FSM COMPACT.—The 17
208		-	term ‘‘2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means 18
209		-	the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, as amended 19
210		-	by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM 20
211		-	Compact. 21
	166	+	AMENDED U.S.-FSM COMPACT.—The 3
	167	+	term ‘‘2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact’’ means 4
	168	+	the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, as amended 5
	169	+	by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM 6
	170	+	Compact. 7
212	171		(7) 2023
213		-	AMENDED U.S.-RMI COMPACT.—The 22
214		-	term ‘‘2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means 23
215		-	the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, as amended 24
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	172	+	AMENDED U.S.-RMI COMPACT.—The 8
	173	+	term ‘‘2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact’’ means 9
	174	+	the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, as amended 10
	175	+	by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI 11
	176	+	Compact. 12
	177	+	(8) 2023
	178	+	U.S.-FSM FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND 13
	179	+	SERVICES AGREEMENT .—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM 14
	180	+	Federal Programs and Services Agreement’’ means 15
	181	+	the 2023 Federal Programs and Services Agreement 16
	182	+	between the Government of the United States of 17
	183	+	America and the Government of the Federated 18
	184	+	States of Micronesia, done at Washington September 19
	185	+	28, 2023. 20
	186	+	(9) 2023
	187	+	U.S.-FSM FISCAL PROCEDURES AGREE -21
	188	+	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Proce-22
	189	+	dures Agreement’’ means the Agreement Concerning 23
	190	+	Procedures for the Implementation of United States 24
	191	+	Economic Assistance provided in the 2023 Amended 25
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219		-	by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI 1
220		-	Compact. 2
221		-	(8) 2023
222		-	U.S.-FSM FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND 3
223		-	SERVICES AGREEMENT .—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM 4
224		-	Federal Programs and Services Agreement’’ means 5
225		-	the 2023 Federal Programs and Services Agreement 6
226		-	between the Government of the United States of 7
227		-	America and the Government of the Federated 8
228		-	States of Micronesia, done at Washington September 9
229		-	28, 2023. 10
230		-	(9) 2023
231		-	U.S.-FSM FISCAL PROCEDURES AGREE -11
232		-	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Proce-12
233		-	dures Agreement’’ means the Agreement Concerning 13
234		-	Procedures for the Implementation of United States 14
235		-	Economic Assistance provided in the 2023 Amended 15
236		-	U.S.-FSM Compact between the Government of the 16
237		-	United States of America and the Government of 17
238		-	the Federated States of Micronesia, done at Palikir 18
239		-	May 23, 2023. 19
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	195	+	U.S.-FSM Compact between the Government of the 1
	196	+	United States of America and the Government of 2
	197	+	the Federated States of Micronesia, done at Palikir 3
	198	+	May 23, 2023. 4
240	199		(10) 2023
241		-	U.S.-FSM TRUST FUND AGREE -20
242		-	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund 21
243		-	Agreement’’ means the Agreement between the Gov-22
244		-	ernment of the United States of America and the 23
245		-	Government of the Federated States of Micronesia 24
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	200	+	U.S.-FSM TRUST FUND AGREE -5
	201	+	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund 6
	202	+	Agreement’’ means the Agreement between the Gov-7
	203	+	ernment of the United States of America and the 8
	204	+	Government of the Federated States of Micronesia 9
	205	+	Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Palikir 10
	206	+	May 23, 2023. 11
	207	+	(11) 2023
	208	+	U.S.-PALAU COMPACT REVIEW 12
	209	+	AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 13
	210	+	Review Agreement’’ means the Agreement between 14
	211	+	the Government of the United States of America 15
	212	+	and the Government of the Republic of Palau Re-16
	213	+	sulting From the 2023 Compact of Free Association 17
	214	+	Section 432 Review, done at Port Moresby May 22, 18
	215	+	2023. 19
	216	+	(12) 2023
	217	+	U.S.-RMI FISCAL PROCEDURES 20
	218	+	AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal 21
	219	+	Procedures Agreement’’ means the Agreement Con-22
	220	+	cerning Procedures for the Implementation of 23
	221	+	United States Economic Assistance Provided in the 24
	222	+	2023 Amended Compact Between the Government of 25
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249		-	Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Palikir 1
250		-	May 23, 2023. 2
251		-	(11) 2023
252		-	U.S.-PALAU COMPACT REVIEW 3
253		-	AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 4
254		-	Review Agreement’’ means the Agreement between 5
255		-	the Government of the United States of America 6
256		-	and the Government of the Republic of Palau Re-7
257		-	sulting From the 2023 Compact of Free Association 8
258		-	Section 432 Review, done at Port Moresby May 22, 9
259		-	2023. 10
260		-	(12) 2023
261		-	U.S.-RMI FISCAL PROCEDURES 11
262		-	AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal 12
263		-	Procedures Agreement’’ means the Agreement Con-13
264		-	cerning Procedures for the Implementation of 14
265		-	United States Economic Assistance Provided in the 15
266		-	2023 Amended Compact Between the Government of 16
267		-	the United States of America and the Government 17
268		-	of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, done at 18
269		-	Honolulu October 16, 2023. 19
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	226	+	the United States of America and the Government 1
	227	+	of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, done at 2
	228	+	Honolulu October 16, 2023. 3
270	229		(13) 2023
271		-	U.S.-RMI TRUST FUND AGREE -20
272		-	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund 21
273		-	Agreement’’ means the Agreement between the Gov-22
274		-	ernment of the United States of America and the 23
275		-	Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 24
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	230	+	U.S.-RMI TRUST FUND AGREE -4
	231	+	MENT.—The term ‘‘2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund 5
	232	+	Agreement’’ means the Agreement between the Gov-6
	233	+	ernment of the United States of America and the 7
	234	+	Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 8
	235	+	Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Hono-9
	236	+	lulu October 16, 2023. 10
	237	+	(14) A
	238	+	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -11
	239	+	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-12
	240	+	gress’’ means— 13
	241	+	(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 14
	242	+	Resources of the Senate; 15
	243	+	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 16
	244	+	the Senate; 17
	245	+	(C) the Committee on Natural Resources 18
	246	+	of the House of Representatives; and 19
	247	+	(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 20
	248	+	the House of Representatives. 21
	249	+	(15) F
	250	+	REELY ASSOCIATED STATES .—The term 22
	251	+	‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means— 23
	252	+	(A) the Federated States of Micronesia; 24
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279		-	Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Hono-1
280		-	lulu October 16, 2023. 2
281		-	(14) A
282		-	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -3
283		-	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-4
284		-	gress’’ means— 5
285		-	(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 6
286		-	Resources of the Senate; 7
287		-	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 8
288		-	the Senate; 9
289		-	(C) the Committee on Natural Resources 10
290		-	of the House of Representatives; and 11
291		-	(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 12
292		-	the House of Representatives. 13
293		-	(15) F
294		-	REELY ASSOCIATED STATES .—The term 14
295		-	‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means— 15
296		-	(A) the Federated States of Micronesia; 16
297		-	(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 17
298		-	and 18
299		-	(C) the Republic of Palau. 19
	255	+	•HJ 96 IH
	256	+	(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 1
	257	+	and 2
	258	+	(C) the Republic of Palau. 3
300	259		(16) S
301		-	UBSIDIARY AGREEMENT .—The term 20
302		-	‘‘subsidiary agreement’’ means any of the following: 21
303		-	(A) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Pro-22
304		-	grams and Services Agreement. 23
305		-	(B) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Proce-24
306		-	dures Agreement. 25
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	260	+	UBSIDIARY AGREEMENT .—The term 4
	261	+	‘‘subsidiary agreement’’ means any of the following: 5
	262	+	(A) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Pro-6
	263	+	grams and Services Agreement. 7
	264	+	(B) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Proce-8
	265	+	dures Agreement. 9
	266	+	(C) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund 10
	267	+	Agreement. 11
	268	+	(D) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 12
	269	+	Agreement. 13
	270	+	(E) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund 14
	271	+	Agreement. 15
	272	+	(F) Any Federal Programs and Services 16
	273	+	Agreement in force between the United States 17
	274	+	and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 18
	275	+	(G) Any Federal Programs and Services 19
	276	+	Agreement in force between the United States 20
	277	+	and the Republic of Palau. 21
	278	+	(H) Any other agreements that the United 22
	279	+	States may from time-to-time enter into with 23
	280	+	the Government of the Federated States of Mi-24
	281	+	cronesia, the Government of the Republic of 25
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310		-	(C) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund 1
311		-	Agreement. 2
312		-	(D) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 3
313		-	Agreement. 4
314		-	(E) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund 5
315		-	Agreement. 6
316		-	(F) Any Federal Programs and Services 7
317		-	Agreement in force between the United States 8
318		-	and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 9
319		-	(G) Any Federal Programs and Services 10
320		-	Agreement in force between the United States 11
321		-	and the Republic of Palau. 12
322		-	(H) Any other agreements that the United 13
323		-	States may from time-to-time enter into with 14
324		-	the Government of the Federated States of Mi-15
325		-	cronesia, the Government of the Republic of 16
326		-	Palau, or the Government of the Republic of 17
327		-	the Marshall Islands, in accordance with— 18
328		-	(i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 19
329		-	Compact; 20
330		-	(ii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Re-21
331		-	view Agreement; or 22
332		-	(iii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 23
333		-	Compact. 24
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	285	+	Palau, or the Government of the Republic of 1
	286	+	the Marshall Islands, in accordance with— 2
	287	+	(i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 3
	288	+	Compact; 4
	289	+	(ii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Re-5
	290	+	view Agreement; or 6
	291	+	(iii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 7
	292	+	Compact. 8
	293	+	(17) U.S.-
	294	+	PALAU COMPACT.—The term ‘‘U.S.- 9
	295	+	Palau Compact’’ means the Compact of Free Asso-10
	296	+	ciation between the United States and the Govern-11
	297	+	ment of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public 12
	298	+	Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note). 13
	299	+	SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE 14
	300	+	U.S.-FSM COMPACT, 2023 AGREEMENT TO 15
	301	+	AMEND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT, 2023 U.S.- 16
	302	+	PALAU COMPACT REVIEW AGREEMENT, AND 17
	303	+	SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS. 18
	304	+	(a) F
	305	+	EDERATEDSTATES OFMICRONESIA.— 19
	306	+	(1) A
	307	+	PPROVAL.—The 2023 Agreement to 20
	308	+	Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 U.S.- 21
	309	+	FSM Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Con-22
	310	+	gress on June 15, 2023, are approved and incor-23
	311	+	porated by reference. 24
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337		-	(17) U.S.-PALAU COMPACT.—The term ‘‘U.S.- 1
338		-	Palau Compact’’ means the Compact of Free Asso-2
339		-	ciation between the United States and the Govern-3
340		-	ment of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public 4
341		-	Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note). 5
342		-	SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE 6
343		-	U.S.-FSM COMPACT, 2023 AGREEMENT TO 7
344		-	AMEND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT, 2023 U.S.- 8
345		-	PALAU COMPACT REVIEW AGREEMENT, AND 9
346		-	SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS. 10
347		-	(a) F
348		-	EDERATEDSTATES OFMICRONESIA.— 11
	314	+	•HJ 96 IH
	315	+	(2) CONSENT OF CONGRESS .—Congress con-1
	316	+	sents to— 2
	317	+	(A) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 3
	318	+	Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 4
	319	+	15, 2023; and 5
	320	+	(B) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs 6
	321	+	and Services Agreement. 7
	322	+	(3) A
	323	+	UTHORITY OF PRESIDENT .—Notwith-8
	324	+	standing section 101(f) of the Compact of Free As-9
	325	+	sociation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 10
	326	+	1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into 11
	327	+	force and implement the agreements described in 12
	328	+	paragraphs (1) and (2). 13
	329	+	(b) R
	330	+	EPUBLIC OF THEMARSHALLISLANDS.— 14
349	331		(1) A
350		-	PPROVAL.—The 2023 Agreement to 12
351		-	Amend the U.S.-~~FSM~~ Compact and the 2023 U.S.- 13
352		-	~~FSM~~ Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Con-14
353		-	gress on ~~June 15~~, 2023, are approved and incor-15
354		-	porated by reference. 16
	332	+	PPROVAL.—The 2023 Agreement to 15
	333	+	Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact and the 2023 U.S.- 16
	334	+	RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Con-17
	335	+	gress on October 17, 2023, are approved and incor-18
	336	+	porated by reference. 19
355	337		(2) C
356		-	ONSENT OF CONGRESS .—Congress con-17
357		-	sents to— 18
358		-	(A) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 19
359		-	Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 20
360		-	15, 2023; and 21
361		-	(B) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs 22
362		-	and Services Agreement. 23
	338	+	ONSENT OF CONGRESS .—Congress con-20
	339	+	sents to the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 21
	340	+	Agreement as submitted to Congress on October 17, 22
	341	+	2023. 23
363	342		(3) A
364	343		UTHORITY OF PRESIDENT .—Notwith-24
365	344		standing section 101(f) of the Compact of Free As-25
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368		-	•HJ 96 RH
	347	+	•HJ 96 IH
369	348		sociation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1
370	349		1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into 2
371	350		force and implement the agreements described in 3
372	351		paragraphs (1) and (2). 4
373		-	(b) R
374		-	EPUBLIC ~~OF THEMARSHALLISLANDS~~.— 5
	352	+	(c) R
	353	+	EPUBLIC OFPALAU.— 5
375	354		(1) A
376		-	PPROVAL.—The 2023 Agreement to 6
377		-	Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact and the 2023 U.S.- 7
378		-	RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Con-8
379		-	gress on October 17, 2023, are approved and incor-9
380		-	porated by reference. 10
381		-	(2) C
382		-	ONSENT OF CONGRESS .—Congress con-11
383		-	sents to the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 12
384		-	Agreement as submitted to Congress on October 17, 13
385		-	2023. 14
386		-	(3) A
387		-	UTHORITY OF PRESIDENT .—Notwith-15
388		-	standing section 101(f) of the Compact of Free As-16
389		-	sociation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 17
390		-	1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into 18
391		-	force and implement the agreements described in 19
392		-	paragraphs (1) and (2). 20
393		-	(c) R
394		-	EPUBLIC OFPALAU.— 21
395		-	(1) A
396		-	PPROVAL.—The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 22
397		-	Review Agreement, as submitted to Congress on 23
398		-	June 15, 2023, is approved. 24
399		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
	355	+	PPROVAL.—The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 6
	356	+	Review Agreement, as submitted to Congress on 7
	357	+	June 15, 2023, is approved. 8
	358	+	(2) A
	359	+	UTHORITY OF PRESIDENT .—The President 9
	360	+	is authorized to bring into force and implement the 10
	361	+	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement. 11
	362	+	(d) A
	363	+	MENDMENTS, CHANGES, ORTERMINATION TO 12
	364	+	C
	365	+	OMPACTS ANDCERTAINAGREEMENTS.— 13
	366	+	(1) I
	367	+	N GENERAL.—Any amendment to, change 14
	368	+	to, or termination of all or any part of the 2023 15
	369	+	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.- 16
	370	+	RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact, by mu-17
	371	+	tual agreement or unilateral action of the Govern-18
	372	+	ment of the United States, shall not enter into force 19
	373	+	until the date on which Congress has incorporated 20
	374	+	the applicable amendment, change, or termination 21
	375	+	into an Act of Congress. 22
	376	+	(2) A
	377	+	DDITIONAL ACTIONS AND AGREEMENTS .— 23
	378	+	In addition to the Compacts described in paragraph 24
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402		-	(2) AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT .—The President 1
403		-	is authorized to bring into force and implement the 2
404		-	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement. 3
405		-	(d) A
406		-	MENDMENTS, CHANGES, ORTERMINATION TO 4
407		-	C
408		-	OMPACTS ANDCERTAINAGREEMENTS.— 5
	381	+	•HJ 96 IH
	382	+	(1), the requirements of that paragraph shall apply 1
	383	+	to— 2
	384	+	(A) any action of the Government of the 3
	385	+	United States under the 2023 Amended U.S.- 4
	386	+	FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Com-5
	387	+	pact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, including an ac-6
	388	+	tion taken pursuant to section 431, 441, or 442 7
	389	+	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 8
	390	+	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.- 9
	391	+	Palau Compact; 10
	392	+	(B) any amendment to, change to, or ter-11
	393	+	mination of— 12
	394	+	(i) the agreement described in section 13
	395	+	462(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 14
	396	+	Compact; 15
	397	+	(ii) the agreement described in section 16
	398	+	462(a)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 17
	399	+	Compact; 18
	400	+	(iii) an agreement concluded pursuant 19
	401	+	to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 20
	402	+	FSM Compact; 21
	403	+	(iv) an agreement concluded pursuant 22
	404	+	to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 23
	405	+	RMI Compact; 24
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	409	+	(v) an agreement concluded pursuant 1
	410	+	to section 177 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 2
	411	+	RMI Compact; 3
	412	+	(vi) Articles III and IV of the agree-4
	413	+	ment described in section 462(b)(6) of the 5
	414	+	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 6
	415	+	(vii) Articles III, IV, and X of the 7
	416	+	agreement described in section 462(b)(6) 8
	417	+	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 9
	418	+	(viii) the agreement described in sec-10
	419	+	tion 462(h) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; 11
	420	+	and 12
	421	+	(ix) Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the 13
	422	+	agreement described in section 462(b)(7) 14
	423	+	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 15
	424	+	and 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 16
	425	+	and section 462(i) of the U.S.-Palau Com-17
	426	+	pact. 18
	427	+	(e) E
	428	+	NTRYINTOFORCE OFFUTUREAMENDMENTS 19
	429	+	TOSUBSIDIARYAGREEMENTS.—An agreement between 20
	430	+	the United States and the Government of the Federated 21
	431	+	States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of 22
	432	+	the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic 23
	433	+	of Palau that would amend, change, or terminate any sub-24
	434	+	sidiary agreement or portion of a subsidiary agreement 25
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	438	+	(other than an amendment to, change to, or termination 1
	439	+	of an agreement described in subsection (d)) shall not 2
	440	+	enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the 3
	441	+	date on which the President has transmitted to the Presi-4
	442	+	dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-5
	443	+	resentatives— 6
	444	+	(1) the agreement to amend, change, or termi-7
	445	+	nate the subsidiary agreement; 8
	446	+	(2) an explanation of the amendment, change, 9
	447	+	or termination; 10
	448	+	(3) a description of the reasons for the amend-11
	449	+	ment, change, or termination; and 12
	450	+	(4) in the case of an agreement that would 13
	451	+	amend, change, or terminate any agreement de-14
	452	+	scribed in section 462(b)(3) of the 2023 Amended 15
	453	+	U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 16
	454	+	Compact, a statement by the Secretary of Labor 17
	455	+	that describes— 18
	456	+	(A) the necessity of the amendment, 19
	457	+	change, or termination; and 20
	458	+	(B) any impacts of the amendment, 21
	459	+	change, or termination. 22
	460	+	SEC. 4. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO-23
	461	+	NESIA. 24
	462	+	(a) L
	463	+	AWENFORCEMENTASSISTANCE.— 25
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	467	+	(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to sections 222 1
	468	+	and 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2
	469	+	the United States shall provide nonreimbursable 3
	470	+	technical and training assistance, as appropriate, in-4
	471	+	cluding training and equipment for postal inspection 5
	472	+	of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 6
	473	+	Government of the Federated States of Micronesia— 7
	474	+	(A) to develop and adequately enforce laws 8
	475	+	of the Federated States of Micronesia; and 9
	476	+	(B) to cooperate with the United States in 10
	477	+	the enforcement of criminal laws of the United 11
	478	+	States. 12
	479	+	(2) U
	480	+	SE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS .—Funds ap-13
	481	+	propriated pursuant to subsection (j) of section 105 14
	482	+	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 15
	483	+	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by sec-16
	484	+	tion 8(j)) may be used in accordance with section 17
	485	+	102(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-18
	486	+	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(a)). 19
	487	+	(b) U
	488	+	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTECO-20
	489	+	NOMICMANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE.— 21
409	490		(1) I
410		-	N GENERAL.—Any amendment to, change 6
411		-	to, or termination of all or any part of the 2023 7
412		-	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.- 8
413		-	RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact, by mu-9
414		-	tual agreement or unilateral action of the Govern-10
415		-	ment of the United States, shall not enter into force 11
416		-	until the date on which Congress has incorporated 12
417		-	the applicable amendment, change, or termination 13
418		-	into an Act of Congress. 14
419		-	(2) A
420		-	DDITIONAL ACTIONS AND AGREEMENTS .— 15
421		-	In addition to the Compacts described in paragraph 16
422		-	(1), the requirements of that paragraph shall apply 17
423		-	to— 18
424		-	(A) any action of the Government of the 19
425		-	United States under the 2023 Amended U.S.- 20
426		-	FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Com-21
427		-	pact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, including an ac-22
428		-	tion taken pursuant to section 431, 441, or 442 23
429		-	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 24
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433		-	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.- 1
434		-	Palau Compact; 2
435		-	(B) any amendment to, change to, or ter-3
436		-	mination of— 4
437		-	(i) the agreement described in section 5
438		-	462(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 6
439		-	Compact; 7
440		-	(ii) the agreement described in section 8
441		-	462(a)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 9
442		-	Compact; 10
443		-	(iii) an agreement concluded pursuant 11
444		-	to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 12
445		-	FSM Compact; 13
446		-	(iv) an agreement concluded pursuant 14
447		-	to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 15
448		-	RMI Compact; 16
449		-	(v) an agreement concluded pursuant 17
450		-	to section 177 of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 18
451		-	RMI Compact; 19
452		-	(vi) Articles III and IV of the agree-20
453		-	ment described in section 462(b)(6) of the 21
454		-	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 22
455		-	(vii) Articles III, IV, and X of the 23
456		-	agreement described in section 462(b)(6) 24
457		-	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 25
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461		-	(viii) the agreement described in sec-1
462		-	tion 462(h) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; 2
463		-	and 3
464		-	(ix) Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the 4
465		-	agreement described in section 462(b)(7) 5
466		-	of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 6
467		-	and 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 7
468		-	and section 462(i) of the U.S.-Palau Com-8
469		-	pact. 9
470		-	(e) E
471		-	NTRYINTOFORCE OFFUTUREAMENDMENTS 10
472		-	TOSUBSIDIARYAGREEMENTS.—An agreement between 11
473		-	the United States and the Government of the Federated 12
474		-	States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of 13
475		-	the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic 14
476		-	of Palau that would amend, change, or terminate any sub-15
477		-	sidiary agreement or portion of a subsidiary agreement 16
478		-	(other than an amendment to, change to, or termination 17
479		-	of an agreement described in subsection (d)) shall not 18
480		-	enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the 19
481		-	date on which the President has transmitted to the Presi-20
482		-	dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-21
483		-	resentatives— 22
484		-	(1) the agreement to amend, change, or termi-23
485		-	nate the subsidiary agreement; 24
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489		-	(2) an explanation of the amendment, change, 1
490		-	or termination; 2
491		-	(3) a description of the reasons for the amend-3
492		-	ment, change, or termination; and 4
493		-	(4) in the case of an agreement that would 5
494		-	amend, change, or terminate any agreement de-6
495		-	scribed in section 462(b)(3) of the 2023 Amended 7
496		-	U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 8
497		-	Compact, a statement by the Secretary of Labor 9
498		-	that describes— 10
499		-	(A) the necessity of the amendment, 11
500		-	change, or termination; and 12
501		-	(B) any impacts of the amendment, 13
502		-	change, or termination. 14
503		-	SEC. 4. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO-15
504		-	NESIA. 16
505		-	(a) L
506		-	AWENFORCEMENTASSISTANCE.— 17
507		-	(1) I
508		-	N GENERAL.—Pursuant to sections 222 18
509		-	and 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 19
510		-	the United States shall provide nonreimbursable 20
511		-	technical and training assistance, as appropriate, in-21
512		-	cluding training and equipment for postal inspection 22
513		-	of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 23
514		-	Government of the Federated States of Micronesia— 24
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	491	+	N GENERAL.—The 3 United States ap-22
	492	+	pointees (which are composed of the United States 23
	493	+	chair and 2 other members from the Government of 24
	494	+	the United States) to the Joint Economic Manage-25
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518		-	(A) to develop and adequately enforce laws 1
519		-	of the Federated States of Micronesia; and 2
520		-	(B) to cooperate with the United States in 3
521		-	the enforcement of criminal laws of the United 4
522		-	States. 5
523		-	(2) U
524		-	SE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS .—Funds ap-6
525		-	propriated pursuant to subsection (j) of section 105 7
526		-	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 8
527		-	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by sec-9
528		-	tion 8(j)) may be used in accordance with section 10
529		-	102(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-11
530		-	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(a)). 12
531		-	(b) U
532		-	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTECO-13
533		-	NOMICMANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE.— 14
534		-	(1) I
535		-	N GENERAL.—The 3 United States ap-15
536		-	pointees (which are composed of the United States 16
537		-	chair and 2 other members from the Government of 17
538		-	the United States) to the Joint Economic Manage-18
539		-	ment Committee established under section 213 of 19
540		-	the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to 20
541		-	in this subsection as the ‘‘Committee’’) shall— 21
542		-	(A) be voting members of the Committee; 22
543		-	and 23
544		-	(B) continue to be officers or employees of 24
545		-	the Federal Government. 25
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	497	+	•HJ 96 IH
	498	+	ment Committee established under section 213 of 1
	499	+	the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to 2
	500	+	in this subsection as the ‘‘Committee’’) shall— 3
	501	+	(A) be voting members of the Committee; 4
	502	+	and 5
	503	+	(B) continue to be officers or employees of 6
	504	+	the Federal Government. 7
	505	+	(2) T
	506	+	ERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 3 United 8
	507	+	States members of the Committee described in para-9
	508	+	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years 10
	509	+	as follows: 11
	510	+	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 12
	511	+	Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-13
	512	+	retary of the Treasury. 14
	513	+	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 15
	514	+	Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 16
	515	+	the Secretary of the Treasury. 17
	516	+	(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 18
	517	+	Interagency Group on Freely Associated States 19
	518	+	established under section 7(d)(1). 20
	519	+	(3) R
	520	+	EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-21
	521	+	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 22
	522	+	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 23
	523	+	2-year terms. 24
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549		-	(2) TERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 3 United 1
550		-	States members of the Committee described in para-2
551		-	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years 3
552		-	as follows: 4
553		-	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 5
554		-	Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-6
555		-	retary of the Treasury. 7
556		-	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 8
557		-	Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 9
558		-	the Secretary of the Treasury. 10
559		-	(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 11
560		-	Interagency Group on Freely Associated States 12
561		-	established under section 7(d)(1). 13
562		-	(3) R
563		-	EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-14
564		-	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 15
565		-	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 16
566		-	2-year terms. 17
567		-	(4) Q
568		-	UALIFICATIONS.—Not fewer than 2 18
569		-	United States members of the Committee appointed 19
570		-	under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who— 20
571		-	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 21
572		-	training, are especially qualified in accounting, 22
573		-	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant ad-23
574		-	ministration, program management, or inter-24
575		-	national economics; and 25
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	526	+	•HJ 96 IH
	527	+	(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—Not fewer than 2 1
	528	+	United States members of the Committee appointed 2
	529	+	under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who— 3
	530	+	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 4
	531	+	training, are especially qualified in accounting, 5
	532	+	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant ad-6
	533	+	ministration, program management, or inter-7
	534	+	national economics; and 8
	535	+	(B) possess not less than 5 years of full- 9
	536	+	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 10
	537	+	analysis, compliance, grant administration, pro-11
	538	+	gram management, or international economics. 12
	539	+	(5) N
	540	+	OTICE.— 13
	541	+	(A) I
	542	+	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 14
	543	+	after the date of appointment of a United 15
	544	+	States member of the Committee under para-16
	545	+	graph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 17
	546	+	notify the appropriate committees of Congress 18
	547	+	that an individual has been appointed as a vot-19
	548	+	ing member of the Committee under that para-20
	549	+	graph, including a statement prepared by the 21
	550	+	Secretary of the Interior attesting to the quali-22
	551	+	fications of the member described in paragraph 23
	552	+	(4), subject to subparagraph (B). 24
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579		-	(B) possess not less than 5 years of full- 1
580		-	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 2
581		-	analysis, compliance, grant administration, pro-3
582		-	gram management, or international economics. 4
583		-	(5) N
584		-	OTICE.— 5
585		-	(A) I
586		-	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 6
587		-	after the date of appointment of a United 7
588		-	States member of the Committee under para-8
589		-	graph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 9
590		-	notify the appropriate committees of Congress 10
591		-	that an individual has been appointed as a vot-11
592		-	ing member of the Committee under that para-12
593		-	graph, including a statement prepared by the 13
594		-	Secretary of the Interior attesting to the quali-14
595		-	fications of the member described in paragraph 15
596		-	(4), subject to subparagraph (B). 16
597		-	(B) R
598		-	EQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 17
599		-	statement required under subparagraph (A)— 18
600		-	(i) in the case of a member appointed 19
601		-	under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 20
602		-	the Interior shall compile information on 21
603		-	the member provided to the Secretary of 22
604		-	the Interior by the Secretary of State on 23
605		-	request of the Secretary of the Interior; 24
606		-	and 25
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	556	+	(B) REQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 1
	557	+	statement required under subparagraph (A)— 2
	558	+	(i) in the case of a member appointed 3
	559	+	under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 4
	560	+	the Interior shall compile information on 5
	561	+	the member provided to the Secretary of 6
	562	+	the Interior by the Secretary of State on 7
	563	+	request of the Secretary of the Interior; 8
	564	+	and 9
	565	+	(ii) in the case of a member appointed 10
	566	+	under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 11
	567	+	the Interior shall compile information on 12
	568	+	the member provided to the Secretary of 13
	569	+	the Interior by the Interagency Group on 14
	570	+	Freely Associated States established under 15
	571	+	section 7(d)(1) on request of the Secretary 16
	572	+	of the Interior. 17
	573	+	(6) R
	574	+	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 18
	575	+	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-19
	576	+	ceives or completes any report required under the 20
	577	+	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related 21
	578	+	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 22
	579	+	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-23
	580	+	tees of Congress. 24
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610		-	(ii) in the case of a member appointed 1
611		-	under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 2
612		-	the Interior shall compile information on 3
613		-	the member provided to the Secretary of 4
614		-	the Interior by the Interagency Group on 5
615		-	Freely Associated States established under 6
616		-	section 7(d)(1) on request of the Secretary 7
617		-	of the Interior. 8
618		-	(6) R
619		-	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 9
620		-	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-10
621		-	ceives or completes any report required under the 11
622		-	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related 12
623		-	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 13
624		-	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-14
625		-	tees of Congress. 15
626		-	(7) N
627		-	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 16
628		-	days after the date on which the Government of the 17
629		-	Federated States of Micronesia submits to the Com-18
630		-	mittee a report required under the 2023 Amended 19
631		-	U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agree-20
632		-	ment, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 21
633		-	the appropriate committees of Congress— 22
634		-	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-23
635		-	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 24
636		-	report is complete and accurate; or 25
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640		-	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 1
641		-	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-2
642		-	port has not been timely submitted. 3
643		-	(c) U
644		-	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTTRUST 4
645		-	F
646		-	UNDCOMMITTEE.— 5
647		-	(1) I
648		-	N GENERAL.—The 3 United States voting 6
649		-	members (which are composed of the United States 7
650		-	chair and 2 other members from the Government of 8
651		-	the United States) to the Joint Trust Fund Com-9
652		-	mittee established pursuant to the agreement de-10
653		-	scribed in section 462(b)(5) of the 2023 Amended 11
654		-	U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to in this subsection as 12
655		-	the ‘‘Committee’’) shall continue to be officers or 13
656		-	employees of the Federal Government. 14
657		-	(2) T
658		-	ERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 3 United 15
659		-	States members of the Committee described in para-16
660		-	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term not more 17
661		-	than 2 years as follows: 18
662		-	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 19
663		-	Secretary of State. 20
664		-	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 21
665		-	Secretary of the Interior. 22
666		-	(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 23
667		-	Secretary of the Treasury. 24
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671		-	(3) REAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-1
672		-	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 2
673		-	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 3
674		-	2-year terms. 4
675		-	(4) Q
676		-	UALIFICATIONS.—Not fewer than 2 mem-5
677		-	bers of the Committee appointed under paragraph 6
678		-	(2) shall be individuals who— 7
679		-	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 8
680		-	training, are especially qualified in accounting, 9
681		-	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 10
682		-	investment, grant administration, program 11
683		-	management, or international economics; and 12
684		-	(B) possess not less than 5 years of full- 13
685		-	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 14
686		-	analysis, compliance, financial investment, 15
687		-	grant administration, program management, or 16
688		-	international economics. 17
689		-	(5) N
690		-	OTICE.— 18
691		-	(A) I
692		-	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 19
693		-	after the date of appointment of a United 20
694		-	States member to the Committee under para-21
695		-	graph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 22
696		-	notify the appropriate committees of Congress 23
697		-	that an individual has been appointed as a vot-24
698		-	ing member of the Committee under that para-25
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702		-	graph, including a statement attesting to the 1
703		-	qualifications of the member described in para-2
704		-	graph (4), subject to subparagraph (B). 3
705		-	(B) R
706		-	EQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 4
707		-	statement required under subparagraph (A)— 5
708		-	(i) in the case of a member appointed 6
709		-	under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 7
710		-	the Interior shall compile information on 8
711		-	the member provided to the Secretary of 9
712		-	the Interior by the Secretary of State on 10
713		-	request of the Secretary of the Interior; 11
714		-	and 12
715		-	(ii) in the case of a member appointed 13
716		-	under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 14
717		-	the Interior shall compile information on 15
718		-	the member provided to the Secretary of 16
719		-	the Interior by the Secretary of the Treas-17
720		-	ury on request of the Secretary of the Inte-18
721		-	rior. 19
722		-	(6) R
723		-	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 20
724		-	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-21
725		-	ceives or completes any report required under the 22
726		-	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related 23
727		-	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 24
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731		-	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-1
732		-	tees of Congress. 2
733		-	(7) N
734		-	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 3
735		-	days after the date on which the Government of the 4
736		-	Federated States of Micronesia submits to the Com-5
737		-	mittee a report required under the 2023 Amended 6
738		-	U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agree-7
739		-	ment, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 8
740		-	the appropriate committees of Congress— 9
741		-	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-10
742		-	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 11
743		-	report is complete and accurate; or 12
744		-	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 13
745		-	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-14
746		-	port has not been timely submitted. 15
747		-	SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RE-16
748		-	LATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL 17
749		-	ISLANDS. 18
750		-	(a) L
751		-	AWENFORCEMENTASSISTANCE.— 19
752		-	(1) I
753		-	N GENERAL.—Pursuant to sections 222 20
754		-	and 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, 21
755		-	the United States shall provide nonreimbursable 22
756		-	technical and training assistance, as appropriate, in-23
757		-	cluding training and equipment for postal inspection 24
758		-	of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 25
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762		-	Government of the Republic of the Marshall Is-1
763		-	lands— 2
764		-	(A) to develop and adequately enforce laws 3
765		-	of the Marshall Islands; and 4
766		-	(B) to cooperate with the United States in 5
767		-	the enforcement of criminal laws of the United 6
768		-	States. 7
769		-	(2) U
770		-	SE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS .—Funds ap-8
771		-	propriated pursuant to subsection (j) of section 105 9
772		-	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 10
773		-	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by sec-11
774		-	tion 8(j)) may be used in accordance with section 12
775		-	103(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-13
776		-	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(a)). 14
777		-	(b) E
778		-	SPOUSALPROVISIONS.— 15
779		-	(1) I
780		-	N GENERAL.—Congress reaffirms that— 16
781		-	(A) section 103(g)(1) of the Compact of 17
782		-	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 18
783		-	1903(g)(1)) and section 103(e)(1) of the Com-19
784		-	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 20
785		-	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(1)) provided that ‘‘It 21
786		-	is the intention of the Congress of the United 22
787		-	States that the provisions of section 177 of the 23
788		-	Compact of Free Association and the Agree-24
789		-	ment between the Government of the United 25
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793		-	States and the Government of the Marshall Is-1
794		-	lands for the Implementation of Section 177 of 2
795		-	the Compact (hereafter in this subsection re-3
796		-	ferred to as the ‘Section 177 Agreement’) con-4
797		-	stitute a full and final settlement of all claims 5
798		-	described in Articles X and XI of the Section 6
799		-	177 Agreement, and that any such claims be 7
800		-	terminated and barred except insofar as pro-8
801		-	vided for in the Section 177 Agreement.’’; and 9
802		-	(B) section 103(g)(2) of the Compact of 10
803		-	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 11
804		-	1903(g)(2)) and section 103(e)(2) of the Com-12
805		-	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 13
806		-	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(2)) provided that 14
807		-	‘‘In furtherance of the intention of Congress as 15
808		-	stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 16
809		-	Section 177 Agreement is hereby ratified and 17
810		-	approved. It is the explicit understanding and 18
811		-	intent of Congress that the jurisdictional limita-19
812		-	tions set forth in Article XII of such Agreement 20
813		-	are enacted solely and exclusively to accomplish 21
814		-	the objective of Article X of such Agreement 22
815		-	and only as a clarification of the effect of Arti-23
816		-	cle X, and are not to be construed or imple-24
817		-	mented separately from Article X.’’. 25
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821		-	(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in the 2023 Agreement 1
822		-	to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact affects the appli-2
823		-	cation of the provisions of law reaffirmed by para-3
824		-	graph (1). 4
825		-	(c) C
826		-	ERTAINSECTION177 AGREEMENT PROVI-5
827		-	SIONS.—Congress reaffirms that— 6
828		-	(1) Article IX of the Agreement Between the 7
829		-	Government of the United States and the Govern-8
830		-	ment of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation 9
831		-	of Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association, 10
832		-	done at Majuro June 25, 1983, provided that ‘‘If 11
833		-	loss or damage to property and person of the citi-12
834		-	zens of the Marshall Islands, resulting from the Nu-13
835		-	clear Testing Program, arises or is discovered after 14
836		-	the effective date of this Agreement, and such inju-15
837		-	ries were not and could not reasonably have been 16
838		-	identified as of the effective date of this Agreement, 17
839		-	and if such injuries render the provisions of this 18
840		-	Agreement manifestly inadequate, the Government 19
841		-	of the Marshall Islands may request that the Gov-20
842		-	ernment of the United States provide for such inju-21
843		-	ries by submitting such a request to the Congress of 22
844		-	the United States for its consideration. It is under-23
845		-	stood that this Article does not commit the Congress 24
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849		-	of the United States to authorize and appropriate 1
850		-	funds.’’; and 2
851		-	(2) section 3(a) of Article XIII of the agree-3
852		-	ment described in paragraph (1) provided that ‘‘The 4
853		-	Government of the United States and the Govern-5
854		-	ment of the Marshall Islands shall consult at the re-6
855		-	quest of either of them on matters relating to the 7
856		-	provisions of this Agreement.’’. 8
857		-	(d) U
858		-	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTECO-9
859		-	NOMICMANAGEMENT AND FINANCIALACCOUNTABILITY 10
860		-	C
861		-	OMMITTEE.— 11
862		-	(1) I
863		-	N GENERAL.—The 2 United States ap-12
864		-	pointees (which are composed of the United States 13
865		-	chair and 1 other member from the Government of 14
866		-	the United States) to the Joint Economic Manage-15
867		-	ment and Financial Accountability Committee estab-16
868		-	lished under section 214 of the 2003 Amended U.S.- 17
869		-	RMI Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 18
870		-	‘‘Committee’’) shall— 19
871		-	(A) be voting members of the Committee; 20
872		-	and 21
873		-	(B) continue to be officers or employees of 22
874		-	the Federal Government. 23
875		-	(2) T
876		-	ERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 2 United 24
877		-	States members of the Committee described in para-25
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881		-	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years 1
882		-	as follows: 2
883		-	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 3
884		-	Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-4
885		-	retary of the Treasury. 5
886		-	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 6
887		-	Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 7
888		-	the Secretary of the Treasury. 8
889		-	(3) R
890		-	EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-9
891		-	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 10
892		-	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 11
893		-	2-year terms. 12
894		-	(4) Q
895		-	UALIFICATIONS.—At least 1 United States 13
896		-	member of the Committee appointed under para-14
897		-	graph (2) shall be an individual who— 15
898		-	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 16
899		-	training, is especially qualified in accounting, 17
900		-	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant ad-18
901		-	ministration, program management, or inter-19
902		-	national economics; and 20
903		-	(B) possesses not less than 5 years of full- 21
904		-	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 22
905		-	analysis, compliance, grant administration, pro-23
906		-	gram management, or international economics. 24
907		-	(5) N
908		-	OTICE.— 25
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912		-	(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 1
913		-	after the date of appointment of a United 2
914		-	States member under paragraph (2), the Sec-3
915		-	retary of the Interior shall notify the appro-4
916		-	priate committees of Congress that an indi-5
917		-	vidual has been appointed as a voting member 6
918		-	of the Committee under that paragraph, includ-7
919		-	ing a statement attesting to the qualifications 8
920		-	of the member described in paragraph (4), sub-9
921		-	ject to subparagraph (B). 10
922		-	(B) R
923		-	EQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 11
924		-	statement required under subparagraph (A), in 12
925		-	the case of a member appointed under para-13
926		-	graph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall 14
927		-	compile information on the member provided to 15
928		-	the Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of 16
929		-	State on request of the Secretary of the Inte-17
930		-	rior. 18
931		-	(6) R
932		-	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 19
933		-	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-20
934		-	ceives or completes any report required under the 21
935		-	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related 22
936		-	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 23
937		-	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-24
938		-	tees of Congress. 25
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	583	+	•HJ 96 IH
942	584		(7) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 1
943	585		days after the date on which the Government of the 2
944		-	~~Republic~~ of ~~the Marshall Islands~~ submits to the 3
945		-	~~Committee~~ a report required under the 2023 4
946		-	~~Amended~~ U.S.-~~RMI~~ Compact, or any related ~~sub~~-5
947		-	~~sidiary agreement~~, the Secretary of the Interior shall 6
948		-	~~submit to~~ the appropriate committees of Congress— 7
	586	+	Federated States of Micronesia submits to the Com-3
	587	+	mittee a report required under the 2023 Amended 4
	588	+	U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agree-5
	589	+	ment, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 6
	590	+	the appropriate committees of Congress— 7
949	591		(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-8
950	592		cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 9
951	593		report is complete and accurate; or 10
952	594		(B) if the report is not submitted by the 11
953	595		applicable deadline, written notice that the re-12
954	596		port has not been timely submitted. 13
955		-	(e) U
956		-	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES ~~TOTRUSTFUND~~ 14
957		-	C
958		-	~~OMMITTEE~~.— 15
	597	+	(c) U
	598	+	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTTRUST 14
	599	+	F
	600	+	UNDCOMMITTEE.— 15
959	601		(1) I
960	602		N GENERAL.—The 3 United States voting 16
961	603		members (which are composed of the United States 17
962	604		chair and 2 other members from the Government of 18
963		-	the United States) to the Trust Fund ~~Committee es~~-19
964		-	~~tablished~~ pursuant to the agreement ~~described in~~ 20
965		-	section 462(b)(5) of the ~~2003~~ Amended ~~U.S.-RMI~~ 21
966		-	Compact (referred to in this subsection as ~~the~~ 22
967		-	‘‘Committee’’) shall continue to be officers or ~~em-~~23
968		-	~~ployees~~ of the Federal Government. 24
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	605	+	the United States) to the Joint Trust Fund Com-19
	606	+	mittee established pursuant to the agreement de-20
	607	+	scribed in section 462(b)(5) of the 2023 Amended 21
	608	+	U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to in this subsection as 22
	609	+	the ‘‘Committee’’) shall continue to be officers or 23
	610	+	employees of the Federal Government. 24
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972	614		(2) TERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 3 United 1
973	615		States members of the Committee described in para-2
974	616		graph (1) shall be appointed for a term not more 3
975		-	than 5 years as follows: 4
	617	+	than 2 years as follows: 4
976	618		(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 5
977	619		Secretary of State. 6
978	620		(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 7
979	621		Secretary of the Interior. 8
980	622		(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 9
981	623		Secretary of the Treasury. 10
982	624		(3) R
983	625		EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-11
984	626		ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 12
985	627		may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 13
986	628		2-year terms. 14
987	629		(4) Q
988	630		UALIFICATIONS.—Not fewer than 2 mem-15
989	631		bers of the Committee appointed under paragraph 16
990	632		(2) shall be individuals who— 17
991	633		(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 18
992	634		training, are especially qualified in accounting, 19
993	635		auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 20
994	636		investment, grant administration, program 21
995	637		management, or international economics; and 22
996	638		(B) possess not less than 5 years of full- 23
997	639		time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 24
998	640		analysis, compliance, financial investment, 25
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1002	644		grant administration, program management, or 1
1003	645		international economics. 2
1004	646		(5) N
1005	647		OTICE.— 3
1006	648		(A) I
1007	649		N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 4
1008	650		after the date of appointment of a United 5
1009		-	States Member ~~under paragraph (2),~~ the ~~Sec~~-6
1010		-	~~retary~~ of the Interior shall ~~notify the appro-~~7
1011		-	~~priate~~ committees of Congress ~~that an indi-~~8
1012		-	~~vidual~~ has been appointed as a ~~voting member~~ 9
1013		-	of the Committee under that ~~paragraph, includ~~-10
1014		-	~~ing~~ a statement attesting to the ~~qualifications~~ 11
1015		-	of the ~~appointee~~ described in ~~paragraph (4),~~ 12
1016		-	subject to subparagraph (B). 13
	651	+	States member to the Committee under para-6
	652	+	graph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 7
	653	+	notify the appropriate committees of Congress 8
	654	+	that an individual has been appointed as a vot-9
	655	+	ing member of the Committee under that para-10
	656	+	graph, including a statement attesting to the 11
	657	+	qualifications of the member described in para-12
	658	+	graph (4), subject to subparagraph (B). 13
1017	659		(B) R
1018	660		EQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 14
1019	661		statement required under subparagraph (A)— 15
1020	662		(i) in the case of a member appointed 16
1021	663		under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 17
1022	664		the Interior shall compile information on 18
1023	665		the member provided to the Secretary of 19
1024	666		the Interior by the Secretary of State on 20
1025	667		request of the Secretary of the Interior; 21
1026	668		and 22
1027	669		(ii) in the case of a member appointed 23
1028	670		under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 24
1029	671		the Interior shall compile information on 25
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1033	675		the member provided to the Secretary of 1
1034	676		the Interior by the Secretary of the Treas-2
1035	677		ury on request of the Secretary of the Inte-3
1036	678		rior. 4
1037	679		(6) R
1038	680		EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 5
1039	681		90 days after the date on which the Committee re-6
1040	682		ceives or completes any report required under the 7
1041		-	2023 Amended U.S.-~~RMI~~ Compact, or any related 8
	683	+	2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related 8
1042	684		subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 9
1043	685		shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-10
1044	686		tees of Congress. 11
1045	687		(7) N
1046	688		OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 12
1047	689		days after the date on which the Government of the 13
1048		-	~~Republic~~ of ~~the Marshall Islands~~ submits to the 14
1049		-	~~Committee~~ a report required under the 2023 15
1050		-	~~Amended~~ U.S.-~~RMI~~ Compact, or any related ~~sub~~-16
1051		-	~~sidiary agreement~~, the Secretary of the Interior shall 17
1052		-	~~submit to~~ the appropriate committees of Congress— 18
	690	+	Federated States of Micronesia submits to the Com-14
	691	+	mittee a report required under the 2023 Amended 15
	692	+	U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agree-16
	693	+	ment, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 17
	694	+	the appropriate committees of Congress— 18
1053	695		(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-19
1054	696		cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 20
1055	697		report is complete and accurate; or 21
1056	698		(B) if the report is not submitted by the 22
1057	699		applicable deadline, written notice that the re-23
1058	700		port has not been timely submitted. 24
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	704	+	SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RE-1
	705	+	LATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL 2
	706	+	ISLANDS. 3
	707	+	(a) L
	708	+	AWENFORCEMENTASSISTANCE.— 4
	709	+	(1) I
	710	+	N GENERAL.—Pursuant to sections 222 5
	711	+	and 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, 6
	712	+	the United States shall provide nonreimbursable 7
	713	+	technical and training assistance, as appropriate, in-8
	714	+	cluding training and equipment for postal inspection 9
	715	+	of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 10
	716	+	Government of the Republic of the Marshall Is-11
	717	+	lands— 12
	718	+	(A) to develop and adequately enforce laws 13
	719	+	of the Marshall Islands; and 14
	720	+	(B) to cooperate with the United States in 15
	721	+	the enforcement of criminal laws of the United 16
	722	+	States. 17
	723	+	(2) U
	724	+	SE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS .—Funds ap-18
	725	+	propriated pursuant to subsection (j) of section 105 19
	726	+	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 20
	727	+	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by sec-21
	728	+	tion 8(j)) may be used in accordance with section 22
	729	+	103(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-23
	730	+	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(a)). 24
	731	+	(b) E
	732	+	SPOUSALPROVISIONS.— 25
	733	+	(1) I
	734	+	N GENERAL.—Congress reaffirms that— 26
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	738	+	(A) section 103(g)(1) of the Compact of 1
	739	+	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 2
	740	+	1903(g)(1)) and section 103(e)(1) of the Com-3
	741	+	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 4
	742	+	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(1)) provided that ‘‘It 5
	743	+	is the intention of the Congress of the United 6
	744	+	States that the provisions of section 177 of the 7
	745	+	Compact of Free Association and the Agree-8
	746	+	ment between the Government of the United 9
	747	+	States and the Government of the Marshall Is-10
	748	+	lands for the Implementation of Section 177 of 11
	749	+	the Compact (hereafter in this subsection re-12
	750	+	ferred to as the ‘Section 177 Agreement’) con-13
	751	+	stitute a full and final settlement of all claims 14
	752	+	described in Articles X and XI of the Section 15
	753	+	177 Agreement, and that any such claims be 16
	754	+	terminated and barred except insofar as pro-17
	755	+	vided for in the Section 177 Agreement.’’; and 18
	756	+	(B) section 103(g)(2) of the Compact of 19
	757	+	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 20
	758	+	1903(g)(2)) and section 103(e)(2) of the Com-21
	759	+	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 22
	760	+	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(2)) provided that 23
	761	+	‘‘In furtherance of the intention of Congress as 24
	762	+	stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 25
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	766	+	Section 177 Agreement is hereby ratified and 1
	767	+	approved. It is the explicit understanding and 2
	768	+	intent of Congress that the jurisdictional limita-3
	769	+	tions set forth in Article XII of such Agreement 4
	770	+	are enacted solely and exclusively to accomplish 5
	771	+	the objective of Article X of such Agreement 6
	772	+	and only as a clarification of the effect of Arti-7
	773	+	cle X, and are not to be construed or imple-8
	774	+	mented separately from Article X.’’. 9
	775	+	(2) E
	776	+	FFECT.—Nothing in the 2023 Agreement 10
	777	+	to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact affects the appli-11
	778	+	cation of the provisions of law reaffirmed by para-12
	779	+	graph (1). 13
	780	+	(c) C
	781	+	ERTAINSECTION177 AGREEMENT PROVI-14
	782	+	SIONS.—Congress reaffirms that— 15
	783	+	(1) Article IX of the Agreement Between the 16
	784	+	Government of the United States and the Govern-17
	785	+	ment of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation 18
	786	+	of Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association, 19
	787	+	done at Majuro June 25, 1983, provided that ‘‘If 20
	788	+	loss or damage to property and person of the citi-21
	789	+	zens of the Marshall Islands, resulting from the Nu-22
	790	+	clear Testing Program, arises or is discovered after 23
	791	+	the effective date of this Agreement, and such inju-24
	792	+	ries were not and could not reasonably have been 25
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	796	+	identified as of the effective date of this Agreement, 1
	797	+	and if such injuries render the provisions of this 2
	798	+	Agreement manifestly inadequate, the Government 3
	799	+	of the Marshall Islands may request that the Gov-4
	800	+	ernment of the United States provide for such inju-5
	801	+	ries by submitting such a request to the Congress of 6
	802	+	the United States for its consideration. It is under-7
	803	+	stood that this Article does not commit the Congress 8
	804	+	of the United States to authorize and appropriate 9
	805	+	funds.’’; and 10
	806	+	(2) section 3(a) of Article XIII of the agree-11
	807	+	ment described in paragraph (1) provided that ‘‘The 12
	808	+	Government of the United States and the Govern-13
	809	+	ment of the Marshall Islands shall consult at the re-14
	810	+	quest of either of them on matters relating to the 15
	811	+	provisions of this Agreement.’’. 16
	812	+	(d) U
	813	+	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOJOINTECO-17
	814	+	NOMICMANAGEMENT AND FINANCIALACCOUNTABILITY 18
	815	+	C
	816	+	OMMITTEE.— 19
	817	+	(1) I
	818	+	N GENERAL.—The 2 United States ap-20
	819	+	pointees (which are composed of the United States 21
	820	+	chair and 1 other member from the Government of 22
	821	+	the United States) to the Joint Economic Manage-23
	822	+	ment and Financial Accountability Committee estab-24
	823	+	lished under section 214 of the 2003 Amended U.S.- 25
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	827	+	RMI Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 1
	828	+	‘‘Committee’’) shall— 2
	829	+	(A) be voting members of the Committee; 3
	830	+	and 4
	831	+	(B) continue to be officers or employees of 5
	832	+	the Federal Government. 6
	833	+	(2) T
	834	+	ERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 2 United 7
	835	+	States members of the Committee described in para-8
	836	+	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years 9
	837	+	as follows: 10
	838	+	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 11
	839	+	Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-12
	840	+	retary of the Treasury. 13
	841	+	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 14
	842	+	Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 15
	843	+	the Secretary of the Treasury. 16
	844	+	(3) R
	845	+	EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-17
	846	+	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 18
	847	+	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 19
	848	+	2-year terms. 20
	849	+	(4) Q
	850	+	UALIFICATIONS.—At least 1 United States 21
	851	+	member of the Committee appointed under para-22
	852	+	graph (2) shall be an individual who— 23
	853	+	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 24
	854	+	training, is especially qualified in accounting, 25
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	858	+	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant ad-1
	859	+	ministration, program management, or inter-2
	860	+	national economics; and 3
	861	+	(B) possesses not less than 5 years of full- 4
	862	+	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 5
	863	+	analysis, compliance, grant administration, pro-6
	864	+	gram management, or international economics. 7
	865	+	(5) N
	866	+	OTICE.— 8
	867	+	(A) I
	868	+	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 9
	869	+	after the date of appointment of a United 10
	870	+	States member under paragraph (2), the Sec-11
	871	+	retary of the Interior shall notify the appro-12
	872	+	priate committees of Congress that an indi-13
	873	+	vidual has been appointed as a voting member 14
	874	+	of the Committee under that paragraph, includ-15
	875	+	ing a statement attesting to the qualifications 16
	876	+	of the member described in paragraph (4), sub-17
	877	+	ject to subparagraph (B). 18
	878	+	(B) R
	879	+	EQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 19
	880	+	statement required under subparagraph (A), in 20
	881	+	the case of a member appointed under para-21
	882	+	graph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall 22
	883	+	compile information on the member provided to 23
	884	+	the Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of 24
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	888	+	State on request of the Secretary of the Inte-1
	889	+	rior. 2
	890	+	(6) R
	891	+	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 3
	892	+	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-4
	893	+	ceives or completes any report required under the 5
	894	+	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related 6
	895	+	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 7
	896	+	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-8
	897	+	tees of Congress. 9
	898	+	(7) N
	899	+	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 10
	900	+	days after the date on which the Government of the 11
	901	+	Republic of the Marshall Islands submits to the 12
	902	+	Committee a report required under the 2023 13
	903	+	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related sub-14
	904	+	sidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 15
	905	+	submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— 16
	906	+	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-17
	907	+	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 18
	908	+	report is complete and accurate; or 19
	909	+	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 20
	910	+	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-21
	911	+	port has not been timely submitted. 22
	912	+	(e) U
	913	+	NITEDSTATESAPPOINTEES TOTRUSTFUND 23
	914	+	C
	915	+	OMMITTEE.— 24
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	919	+	(1) IN GENERAL.—The 3 United States voting 1
	920	+	members (which are composed of the United States 2
	921	+	chair and 2 other members from the Government of 3
	922	+	the United States) to the Trust Fund Committee es-4
	923	+	tablished pursuant to the agreement described in 5
	924	+	section 462(b)(5) of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI 6
	925	+	Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 7
	926	+	‘‘Committee’’) shall continue to be officers or em-8
	927	+	ployees of the Federal Government. 9
	928	+	(2) T
	929	+	ERM; APPOINTMENT.—The 3 United 10
	930	+	States members of the Committee described in para-11
	931	+	graph (1) shall be appointed for a term not more 12
	932	+	than 5 years as follows: 13
	933	+	(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 14
	934	+	Secretary of State. 15
	935	+	(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 16
	936	+	Secretary of the Interior. 17
	937	+	(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 18
	938	+	Secretary of the Treasury. 19
	939	+	(3) R
	940	+	EAPPOINTMENT.—A United States mem-20
	941	+	ber of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) 21
	942	+	may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 22
	943	+	2-year terms. 23
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	947	+	(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—Not fewer than 2 mem-1
	948	+	bers of the Committee appointed under paragraph 2
	949	+	(2) shall be individuals who— 3
	950	+	(A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 4
	951	+	training, are especially qualified in accounting, 5
	952	+	auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 6
	953	+	investment, grant administration, program 7
	954	+	management, or international economics; and 8
	955	+	(B) possess not less than 5 years of full- 9
	956	+	time experience in accounting, auditing, budget 10
	957	+	analysis, compliance, financial investment, 11
	958	+	grant administration, program management, or 12
	959	+	international economics. 13
	960	+	(5) N
	961	+	OTICE.— 14
	962	+	(A) I
	963	+	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 15
	964	+	after the date of appointment of a United 16
	965	+	States Member under paragraph (2), the Sec-17
	966	+	retary of the Interior shall notify the appro-18
	967	+	priate committees of Congress that an indi-19
	968	+	vidual has been appointed as a voting member 20
	969	+	of the Committee under that paragraph, includ-21
	970	+	ing a statement attesting to the qualifications 22
	971	+	of the appointee described in paragraph (4), 23
	972	+	subject to subparagraph (B). 24
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	976	+	(B) REQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 1
	977	+	statement required under subparagraph (A)— 2
	978	+	(i) in the case of a member appointed 3
	979	+	under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 4
	980	+	the Interior shall compile information on 5
	981	+	the member provided to the Secretary of 6
	982	+	the Interior by the Secretary of State on 7
	983	+	request of the Secretary of the Interior; 8
	984	+	and 9
	985	+	(ii) in the case of a member appointed 10
	986	+	under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 11
	987	+	the Interior shall compile information on 12
	988	+	the member provided to the Secretary of 13
	989	+	the Interior by the Secretary of the Treas-14
	990	+	ury on request of the Secretary of the Inte-15
	991	+	rior. 16
	992	+	(6) R
	993	+	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 17
	994	+	90 days after the date on which the Committee re-18
	995	+	ceives or completes any report required under the 19
	996	+	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related 20
	997	+	subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 21
	998	+	shall submit the report to the appropriate commit-22
	999	+	tees of Congress. 23
	1000	+	(7) N
	1001	+	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 24
	1002	+	days after the date on which the Government of the 25
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	1005	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1006	+	Republic of the Marshall Islands submits to the 1
	1007	+	Committee a report required under the 2023 2
	1008	+	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related sub-3
	1009	+	sidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 4
	1010	+	submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— 5
	1011	+	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-6
	1012	+	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 7
	1013	+	report is complete and accurate; or 8
	1014	+	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 9
	1015	+	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-10
	1016	+	port has not been timely submitted. 11
	1017	+	(f) F
	1018	+	OURATOLLHEALTHCAREPROGRAM.—Con-12
	1019	+	gress reaffirms that— 13
	1020	+	(1) section 103(j)(1) of the Compact of Free 14
	1021	+	Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(1)) and 15
	1022	+	section 103(h)(1) of the Compact of Free Associa-16
	1023	+	tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 17
	1024	+	1921b(h)(1)) provided that services ‘‘provided by the 18
	1025	+	United States Public Health Service or any other 19
	1026	+	United States agency pursuant to section 1(a) of Ar-20
	1027	+	ticle II of the Agreement for the Implementation of 21
	1028	+	Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter in this sub-22
	1029	+	section referred to as the ‘Section 177 Agreement’) 23
	1030	+	shall be only for services to the people of the Atolls 24
	1031	+	of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik who were 25
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1062		-	~~(f) FOURATOLLHEALTHCAREPROGRAM.—Con-~~1
1063		-	~~gress reaffirms that—~~ 2
1064		-	~~(1) section 103(j)(1) of the Compact of Free~~ 3
1065		-	~~Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(1))~~ and 4
1066		-	~~section 103(h)(1) of the Compact of Free Associa-~~5
1067		-	~~tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48~~ ~~U.S.C.~~ 6
1068		-	~~1921b(h~~)~~(1)) provided that services ‘‘provided by the~~ 7
1069		-	~~United States Public Health Service~~ or ~~any other~~ 8
1070		-	~~United States agency pursuant~~ to ~~section 1(a) of Ar~~-9
1071		-	~~ticle II~~ of the ~~Agreement for the Implementation of~~ 10
1072		-	~~Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter in this sub-~~11
1073		-	section ~~referred to as~~ the ~~‘Section 177 Agreement’)~~ 12
1074		-	~~shall be only for services to the people~~ of ~~the Atolls~~ 13
1075		-	of ~~Bikini, Enewetak,~~ ~~Rongelap, and Utrik who were~~ 14
1076		-	~~affected by the consequences~~ of ~~the United States~~ 15
1077		-	~~nuclear testing program,~~ ~~pursuant to~~ the ~~program~~ 16
1078		-	~~described in Public Law 95–134~~ and ~~Public Law~~ 17
1079		-	~~96–205 and their descendants (and~~ ~~any other per-~~18
1080		-	~~sons identified as having been so affected if such~~ 19
1081		-	~~identification occurs in the manner described in such~~ 20
1082		-	~~public laws). Nothing~~ in ~~this subsection shall be con-~~21
1083		-	~~strued as prejudicial to the views or policies~~ of the 22
1084		-	~~Government of~~ the ~~Marshall Islands as~~ to ~~the per-~~23
1085		-	~~sons affected by the consequences~~ of the ~~United~~ 24
1086		-	~~States nuclear testing program~~.~~’’;~~ 25
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	1035	+	affected by the consequences of the United States 1
	1036	+	nuclear testing program, pursuant to the program 2
	1037	+	described in Public Law 95–134 and Public Law 3
	1038	+	96–205 and their descendants (and any other per-4
	1039	+	sons identified as having been so affected if such 5
	1040	+	identification occurs in the manner described in such 6
	1041	+	public laws). Nothing in this subsection shall be con-7
	1042	+	strued as prejudicial to the views or policies of the 8
	1043	+	Government of the Marshall Islands as to the per-9
	1044	+	sons affected by the consequences of the United 10
	1045	+	States nuclear testing program.’’; 11
	1046	+	(2) section 103(j)(2) of the Compact of Free 12
	1047	+	Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(2)) and 13
	1048	+	section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Associa-14
	1049	+	tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 15
	1050	+	1921b(h)(2)) provided that ‘‘at the end of the first 16
	1051	+	year after the effective date of the Compact and at 17
	1052	+	the end of each year thereafter, the providing agency 18
	1053	+	or agencies shall return to the Government of the 19
	1054	+	Marshall Islands any unexpended funds to be re-20
	1055	+	turned to the Fund Manager (as described in Article 21
	1056	+	I of the Section 177 Agreement) to be covered into 22
	1057	+	the Fund to be available for future use.’’; and 23
	1058	+	(3) section 103(j)(3) of the Compact of Free 24
	1059	+	Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(3)) and 25
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1090		-	~~(2)~~ section 103(j)(2) of the Compact of Free 1
1091		-	~~Association~~ Act of ~~1985~~ (48 U.S.C. ~~1903(j)(~~2~~)) and 2~~
1092		-	~~section 103~~(h)(2) of the ~~Compact of Free Associa-~~3
1093		-	~~tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48~~ ~~U.S.C.~~ 4
1094		-	~~1921b(h)(2)) provided that ‘‘at the end~~ of the ~~first~~ 5
1095		-	~~year after the effective date~~ of ~~the Compact~~ and at 6
1096		-	the end of ~~each year thereafter,~~ the ~~providing agency~~ 7
1097		-	~~or agencies shall return to the Government~~ of the 8
1098		-	~~Marshall Islands any unexpended funds to be re-~~9
1099		-	~~turned~~ to ~~the Fund Manager (as described in Article~~ 10
1100		-	I of ~~the Section 177 Agreement) to be covered into~~ 11
1101		-	~~the Fund~~ to ~~be available for future use.’’; and~~ 12
1102		-	~~(3) section 103(j)(3) of~~ the ~~Compact of Free~~ 13
1103		-	~~Association Act~~ of ~~1985 (48~~ ~~U.S.C. 1903(j)(3))~~ and 14
1104		-	~~section 103(h)(3)~~ of ~~the Compact of Free Associa-~~15
1105		-	~~tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 16~~
1106		-	~~1921b(h)(3)) provided that ‘‘the Fund Manager 17~~
1107		-	~~shall retain~~ the ~~funds returned by the Government 18~~
1108		-	of the Marshall Islands ~~pursuant to paragraph (2) 19~~
1109		-	~~of this subsection,~~ ~~shall invest and manage such 20~~
1110		-	~~funds, and at~~ the ~~end of 15 years after the effective 21~~
1111		-	~~date of~~ the ~~Compact, shall make from the total 22~~
1112		-	~~amount so retained~~ and ~~the proceeds thereof annual 23~~
1113		-	~~disbursements sufficient~~ to ~~continue to make pay-24~~
1114		-	~~ments for the provision of health services as speci-25~~
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	1063	+	section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of Free Associa-1
	1064	+	tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 2
	1065	+	1921b(h)(3)) provided that ‘‘the Fund Manager 3
	1066	+	shall retain the funds returned by the Government 4
	1067	+	of the Marshall Islands pursuant to paragraph (2) 5
	1068	+	of this subsection, shall invest and manage such 6
	1069	+	funds, and at the end of 15 years after the effective 7
	1070	+	date of the Compact, shall make from the total 8
	1071	+	amount so retained and the proceeds thereof annual 9
	1072	+	disbursements sufficient to continue to make pay-10
	1073	+	ments for the provision of health services as speci-11
	1074	+	fied in paragraph (1) of this subsection to such ex-12
	1075	+	tent as may be provided in contracts between the 13
	1076	+	Government of the Marshall Islands and appropriate 14
	1077	+	United States providers of such health services.’’. 15
	1078	+	(g) R
	1079	+	ADIOLOGICALHEALTHCAREPROGRAM.—Not-16
	1080	+	withstanding any other provision of law, on the request 17
	1081	+	of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 18
	1082	+	the President (through an appropriate department or 19
	1083	+	agency of the United States) shall continue to provide spe-20
	1084	+	cial medical care and logistical support for the remaining 21
	1085	+	members of the population of Rongelap and Utrik who 22
	1086	+	were exposed to radiation resulting from the 1954 United 23
	1087	+	States thermonuclear ‘‘Bravo’’ test, pursuant to Public 24
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1118		-	fied in paragraph (1) of this subsection to such ex-1
1119		-	tent as may be provided in contracts between the 2
1120		-	Government of the Marshall Islands and appropriate 3
1121		-	United States providers of such health services.’’. 4
1122		-	(g) R
1123		-	ADIOLOGICALHEALTHCAREPROGRAM.—Not-5
1124		-	withstanding any other provision of law, on the request 6
1125		-	of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 7
1126		-	the President (through an appropriate department or 8
1127		-	agency of the United States) shall continue to provide spe-9
1128		-	cial medical care and logistical support for the remaining 10
1129		-	members of the population of Rongelap and Utrik who 11
1130		-	were exposed to radiation resulting from the 1954 United 12
1131		-	States thermonuclear ‘‘Bravo’’ test, pursuant to Public 13
1132		-	Law 95–134 (91 Stat. 1159) and Public Law 96–205 (94 14
1133		-	Stat. 84). 15
	1090	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1091	+	Law 95–134 (91 Stat. 1159) and Public Law 96–205 (94 1
	1092	+	Stat. 84). 2
1134	1093		(h) A
1135		-	GRICULTURAL AND FOODPROGRAMS.— 16
	1094	+	GRICULTURAL AND FOODPROGRAMS.— 3
1136	1095		(1) I
1137		-	N GENERAL.—Congress reaffirms that— 17
1138		-	(A) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of 18
1139		-	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 19
1140		-	1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(A) of the 20
1141		-	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 21
1142		-	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(A)) provided 22
1143		-	that notwithstanding ‘‘any other provision of 23
1144		-	law, upon the request of the Government of the 24
1145		-	Marshall Islands, for the first fifteen years 25
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	1096	+	N GENERAL.—Congress reaffirms that— 4
	1097	+	(A) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of 5
	1098	+	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 6
	1099	+	1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(A) of the 7
	1100	+	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 8
	1101	+	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(A)) provided 9
	1102	+	that notwithstanding ‘‘any other provision of 10
	1103	+	law, upon the request of the Government of the 11
	1104	+	Marshall Islands, for the first fifteen years 12
	1105	+	after the effective date of the Compact, the 13
	1106	+	President (either through an appropriate de-14
	1107	+	partment or agency of the United States or by 15
	1108	+	contract with a United States firm or by a 16
	1109	+	grant to the Government of the Republic of the 17
	1110	+	Marshall Islands which may further contract 18
	1111	+	only with a United States firm or a Republic of 19
	1112	+	the Marshall Islands firm, the owners, officers 20
	1113	+	and majority of the employees of which are citi-21
	1114	+	zens of the United States or the Republic of the 22
	1115	+	Marshall Islands) shall provide technical and 23
	1116	+	other assistance without reimbursement, to con-24
	1117	+	tinue the planting and agricultural maintenance 25
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1149		-	~~after the effective date of the Compact~~, ~~the~~ 1
1150		-	~~President (either~~ ~~through an appropriate de-~~2
1151		-	~~partment or agency of the United States or by~~ 3
1152		-	~~contract with a United States firm or by a~~ 4
1153		-	~~grant to~~ the ~~Government~~ of ~~the Republic of the~~ 5
1154		-	~~Marshall Islands which may further contract~~ 6
1155		-	~~only with a United States firm or a Republic~~ of 7
1156		-	~~the Marshall Islands firm,~~ ~~the owners, officers~~ 8
1157		-	~~and majority~~ of the ~~employees of which are citi~~-9
1158		-	~~zens of the United States or the Republic of the~~ 10
1159		-	~~Marshall Islands~~) ~~shall provide technical and~~ 11
1160		-	~~other assistance without reimbursement,~~ ~~to con-~~12
1161		-	~~tinue~~ the ~~planting and agricultural maintenance~~ 13
1162		-	~~program on Enewetak;~~ ~~without reimbursement,~~ 14
1163		-	~~to continue the food programs~~ of ~~the Bikini,~~ 15
1164		-	~~Rongelap, Utrik,~~ ~~and Enewetak people de-~~16
1165		-	~~scribed in section 1(d) of Article II of~~ the ~~Sub-~~17
1166		-	~~sidiary Agreement for~~ the ~~Implementation~~ of 18
1167		-	~~Section 177 of the Compact~~ and ~~for continued~~ 19
1168		-	~~waterborne transportation~~ of ~~agricultural prod-~~20
1169		-	~~ucts to Enewetak including operations and~~ 21
1170		-	~~maintenance~~ of the ~~vessel used for such pur~~-22
1171		-	~~poses.’’;~~ 23
1172		-	(B) ~~section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of~~ 24
1173		-	~~Free Association Act of 1985 (48~~ ~~U.S.C.~~ 25
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	1121	+	program on Enewetak; without reimbursement, 1
	1122	+	to continue the food programs of the Bikini, 2
	1123	+	Rongelap, Utrik, and Enewetak people de-3
	1124	+	scribed in section 1(d) of Article II of the Sub-4
	1125	+	sidiary Agreement for the Implementation of 5
	1126	+	Section 177 of the Compact and for continued 6
	1127	+	waterborne transportation of agricultural prod-7
	1128	+	ucts to Enewetak including operations and 8
	1129	+	maintenance of the vessel used for such pur-9
	1130	+	poses.’’; 10
	1131	+	(B) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of 11
	1132	+	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 12
	1133	+	1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(B) of the 13
	1134	+	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 14
	1135	+	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(B)) provided 15
	1136	+	that ‘‘The President shall ensure the assistance 16
	1137	+	provided under these programs reflects the 17
	1138	+	changes in the population since the inception of 18
	1139	+	such programs.’’; and 19
	1140	+	(C) section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of 20
	1141	+	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 21
	1142	+	1903(h)(3)) and section 103(f)(3) of the Com-22
	1143	+	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 23
	1144	+	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(3)) provided that 24
	1145	+	‘‘payments under this subsection shall be pro-25
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1176		-	•HJ 96 RH
1177		-	1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(B) of the 1
1178		-	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 2
1179		-	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(B)) provided 3
1180		-	that ‘‘The President shall ensure the assistance 4
1181		-	provided under these programs reflects the 5
1182		-	changes in the population since the inception of 6
1183		-	such programs.’’; and 7
1184		-	(C) section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of 8
1185		-	Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 9
1186		-	1903(h)(3)) and section 103(f)(3) of the Com-10
1187		-	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 11
1188		-	2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(3)) provided that 12
1189		-	‘‘payments under this subsection shall be pro-13
1190		-	vided to such extent or in such amounts as are 14
1191		-	necessary for services and other assistance pro-15
1192		-	vided pursuant to this subsection. It is the 16
1193		-	sense of Congress that after the periods of time 17
1194		-	specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this sub-18
1195		-	section, consideration will be given to such addi-19
1196		-	tional funding for these programs as may be 20
1197		-	necessary.’’. 21
	1148	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1149	+	vided to such extent or in such amounts as are 1
	1150	+	necessary for services and other assistance pro-2
	1151	+	vided pursuant to this subsection. It is the 3
	1152	+	sense of Congress that after the periods of time 4
	1153	+	specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this sub-5
	1154	+	section, consideration will be given to such addi-6
	1155	+	tional funding for these programs as may be 7
	1156	+	necessary.’’. 8
1198	1157		(2) P
1199		-	LANTING AND AGRICULTURAL MAINTE -22
1200		-	NANCE PROGRAM .—The Secretary of the Interior 23
1201		-	may provide grants to the Government of the Re-24
1202		-	public of the Marshall Islands to carry out a plant-25
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	1158	+	LANTING AND AGRICULTURAL MAINTE -9
	1159	+	NANCE PROGRAM .—The Secretary of the Interior 10
	1160	+	may provide grants to the Government of the Re-11
	1161	+	public of the Marshall Islands to carry out a plant-12
	1162	+	ing and agricultural maintenance program on Bikini, 13
	1163	+	Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik. 14
	1164	+	(3) F
	1165	+	OOD PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Agri-15
	1166	+	culture may provide, without reimbursement, food 16
	1167	+	programs to the people of the Republic of the Mar-17
	1168	+	shall Islands. 18
	1169	+	SEC. 6. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RE-19
	1170	+	LATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. 20
	1171	+	(a) B
	1172	+	ILATERAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIONS.— 21
	1173	+	United States participation in the annual economic con-22
	1174	+	sultations referred to in Article 8 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 23
	1175	+	Compact Review Agreement shall be by officers or employ-24
	1176	+	ees of the Federal Government. 25
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1206		-	ing and agricultural maintenance program on Bikini, 1
1207		-	Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik. 2
1208		-	(3) F
1209		-	OOD PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Agri-3
1210		-	culture may provide, without reimbursement, food 4
1211		-	programs to the people of the Republic of the Mar-5
1212		-	shall Islands. 6
1213		-	SEC. 6. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RE-7
1214		-	LATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. 8
1215		-	(a) B
1216		-	ILATERAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIONS.— 9
1217		-	United States participation in the annual economic con-10
1218		-	sultations referred to in Article 8 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 11
1219		-	Compact Review Agreement shall be by officers or employ-12
1220		-	ees of the Federal Government. 13
1221		-	(b) E
1222		-	CONOMICADVISORYGROUP.— 14
	1179	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1180	+	(b) ECONOMICADVISORYGROUP.— 1
1223	1181		(1) Q
1224		-	UALIFICATIONS.—A member of the Eco-15
1225		-	nomic Advisory Group described in Article 7 of the 16
1226		-	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement (re-17
1227		-	ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Advisory 18
1228		-	Group’’) who is appointed by the Secretary of the 19
1229		-	Interior shall be an individual who, by reason of 20
1230		-	knowledge, experience, or training, is especially 21
1231		-	qualified in private sector business development, eco-22
1232		-	nomic development, or national development. 23
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	1182	+	UALIFICATIONS.—A member of the Eco-2
	1183	+	nomic Advisory Group described in Article 7 of the 3
	1184	+	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement (re-4
	1185	+	ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Advisory 5
	1186	+	Group’’) who is appointed by the Secretary of the 6
	1187	+	Interior shall be an individual who, by reason of 7
	1188	+	knowledge, experience, or training, is especially 8
	1189	+	qualified in private sector business development, eco-9
	1190	+	nomic development, or national development. 10
	1191	+	(2) F
	1192	+	UNDS.—With respect to the Advisory 11
	1193	+	Group, the Secretary of the Interior may use avail-12
	1194	+	able funds for— 13
	1195	+	(A) the costs of the 2 members of the Ad-14
	1196	+	visory Group designated by the United States 15
	1197	+	in accordance with Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.- 16
	1198	+	Palau Compact Review Agreement; 17
	1199	+	(B) 50 percent of the costs of the 5th 18
	1200	+	member of the Advisory Group designated by 19
	1201	+	the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with 20
	1202	+	the Article described in subparagraph (A); and 21
	1203	+	(C) the costs of— 22
	1204	+	(i) technical and administrative assist-23
	1205	+	ance for the Advisory Group; and 24
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1236		-	(2) FUNDS.—With respect to the Advisory 1
1237		-	Group, the Secretary of the Interior may use avail-2
1238		-	able funds for— 3
1239		-	(A) the costs of the 2 members of the Ad-4
1240		-	visory Group designated by the United States 5
1241		-	in accordance with Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.- 6
1242		-	Palau Compact Review Agreement; 7
1243		-	(B) 50 percent of the costs of the 5th 8
1244		-	member of the Advisory Group designated by 9
1245		-	the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with 10
1246		-	the Article described in subparagraph (A); and 11
1247		-	(C) the costs of— 12
1248		-	(i) technical and administrative assist-13
1249		-	ance for the Advisory Group; and 14
1250		-	(ii) other support necessary for the 15
1251		-	Advisory Group to accomplish the purpose 16
1252		-	of the Advisory Group. 17
	1208	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1209	+	(ii) other support necessary for the 1
	1210	+	Advisory Group to accomplish the purpose 2
	1211	+	of the Advisory Group. 3
1253	1212		(3) R
1254		-	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 18
1255		-	90 days after the date on which the Advisory Group 19
1256		-	receives or completes any report required under the 20
1257		-	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 21
1258		-	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 22
1259		-	the Interior shall submit the report to the appro-23
1260		-	priate committees of Congress. 24
	1213	+	EPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 4
	1214	+	90 days after the date on which the Advisory Group 5
	1215	+	receives or completes any report required under the 6
	1216	+	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 7
	1217	+	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 8
	1218	+	the Interior shall submit the report to the appro-9
	1219	+	priate committees of Congress. 10
1261	1220		(c) R
1262		-	EPORTS TOCONGRESS.— 25
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	1221	+	EPORTS TOCONGRESS.— 11
	1222	+	(1) I
	1223	+	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 12
	1224	+	the date on which the Government of the Republic 13
	1225	+	of Palau completes any report required under the 14
	1226	+	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 15
	1227	+	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 16
	1228	+	the Interior shall submit the report to the appro-17
	1229	+	priate committees of Congress. 18
	1230	+	(2) N
	1231	+	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 19
	1232	+	days after the date on which the Government of the 20
	1233	+	Republic of Palau submits a report required under 21
	1234	+	the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 22
	1235	+	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 23
	1236	+	the Interior shall submit to the appropriate commit-24
	1237	+	tees of Congress— 25
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1266		-	(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1
1267		-	the date on which the Government of the Republic 2
1268		-	of Palau completes any report required under the 3
1269		-	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 4
1270		-	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 5
1271		-	the Interior shall submit the report to the appro-6
1272		-	priate committees of Congress. 7
1273		-	(2) N
1274		-	OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 8
1275		-	days after the date on which the Government of the 9
1276		-	Republic of Palau submits a report required under 10
1277		-	the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or 11
1278		-	any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of 12
1279		-	the Interior shall submit to the appropriate commit-13
1280		-	tees of Congress— 14
1281		-	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-15
1282		-	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 16
1283		-	report is complete and accurate; or 17
1284		-	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 18
1285		-	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-19
1286		-	port has not been timely submitted. 20
1287		-	SEC. 7. OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS. 21
	1240	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1241	+	(A) if the report is submitted by the appli-1
	1242	+	cable deadline, written notice attesting that the 2
	1243	+	report is complete and accurate; or 3
	1244	+	(B) if the report is not submitted by the 4
	1245	+	applicable deadline, written notice that the re-5
	1246	+	port has not been timely submitted. 6
	1247	+	SEC. 7. OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS. 7
1288	1248		(a) A
1289		-	UTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE COMP-22
1290		-	TROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES.— 23
	1249	+	UTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE COMP-8
	1250	+	TROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES.— 9
1291	1251		(1) I
1292		-	N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 24
1293		-	the United States (including any duly authorized 25
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	1252	+	N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 10
	1253	+	the United States (including any duly authorized 11
	1254	+	representative of the Comptroller General of the 12
	1255	+	United States) shall have the authorities necessary 13
	1256	+	to carry out the responsibilities of the Comptroller 14
	1257	+	General of the United States under— 15
	1258	+	(A) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Com-16
	1259	+	pact and related subsidiary agreements, includ-17
	1260	+	ing the authorities and privileges described in 18
	1261	+	section 102(b) of the Compact of Free Associa-19
	1262	+	tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 20
	1263	+	1921a(b)); 21
	1264	+	(B) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 22
	1265	+	and related subsidiary agreements, including 23
	1266	+	the authorities and privileges described in sec-24
	1267	+	tion 103(k) of the Compact of Free Association 25
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1297		-	representative of the Comptroller General of the 1
1298		-	United States) shall have the authorities necessary 2
1299		-	to carry out the responsibilities of the Comptroller 3
1300		-	General of the United States under— 4
1301		-	(A) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Com-5
1302		-	pact and related subsidiary agreements, includ-6
1303		-	ing the authorities and privileges described in 7
1304		-	section 102(b) of the Compact of Free Associa-8
1305		-	tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 9
1306		-	1921a(b)); 10
1307		-	(B) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 11
1308		-	and related subsidiary agreements, including 12
1309		-	the authorities and privileges described in sec-13
1310		-	tion 103(k) of the Compact of Free Association 14
1311		-	Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 15
1312		-	1921b(k)); and 16
1313		-	(C) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 17
1314		-	Agreement, related subsidiary agreements, and 18
1315		-	the authorities described in appendix D of the 19
1316		-	‘‘Agreement between the Government of the 20
1317		-	United States of America and the Government 21
1318		-	of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact 22
1319		-	of Free Association Section 432 Review’’ signed 23
1320		-	by the United States and the Republic of Palau 24
1321		-	on September 3, 2010. 25
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	1270	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1271	+	Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1
	1272	+	1921b(k)); and 2
	1273	+	(C) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 3
	1274	+	Agreement, related subsidiary agreements, and 4
	1275	+	the authorities described in appendix D of the 5
	1276	+	‘‘Agreement between the Government of the 6
	1277	+	United States of America and the Government 7
	1278	+	of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact 8
	1279	+	of Free Association Section 432 Review’’ signed 9
	1280	+	by the United States and the Republic of Palau 10
	1281	+	on September 3, 2010. 11
	1282	+	(2) R
	1283	+	EPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after 12
	1284	+	the date of enactment of this Act, and every 4 years 13
	1285	+	thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 14
	1286	+	States shall submit to the appropriate committees of 15
	1287	+	Congress a report with respect to the Freely Associ-16
	1288	+	ated States, including addressing— 17
	1289	+	(A) the topics described in subparagraphs 18
	1290	+	(A) through (E) of section 104(h)(1) of the 19
	1291	+	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 20
	1292	+	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)(1)), except that 21
	1293	+	for purposes of a report submitted under this 22
	1294	+	paragraph, the report shall address those topics 23
	1295	+	with respect to each of the Freely Associated 24
	1296	+	States; and 25
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1325		-	(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after 1
1326		-	the date of enactment of this Act, and every 4 years 2
1327		-	thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 3
1328		-	States shall submit to the appropriate committees of 4
1329		-	Congress a report with respect to the Freely Associ-5
1330		-	ated States, including addressing— 6
1331		-	(A) the topics described in subparagraphs 7
1332		-	(A) through (E) of section 104(h)(1) of the 8
1333		-	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 9
1334		-	of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)(1)), except that 10
1335		-	for purposes of a report submitted under this 11
1336		-	paragraph, the report shall address those topics 12
1337		-	with respect to each of the Freely Associated 13
1338		-	States; and 14
1339		-	(B) the effectiveness of administrative 15
1340		-	oversight by the United States of the Freely As-16
1341		-	sociated States. 17
	1299	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1300	+	(B) the effectiveness of administrative 1
	1301	+	oversight by the United States of the Freely As-2
	1302	+	sociated States. 3
1342	1303		(b) S
1343		-	ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOROVERSIGHTAU-18
1344		-	THORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall have the 19
1345		-	authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for moni-20
1346		-	toring and managing the funds appropriated to the Com-21
1347		-	pact of Free Association account of the Department of the 22
1348		-	Interior by section 10(a) to carry out— 23
1349		-	(1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 24
1350		-	(2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 25
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	1304	+	ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOROVERSIGHTAU-4
	1305	+	THORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall have the 5
	1306	+	authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for moni-6
	1307	+	toring and managing the funds appropriated to the Com-7
	1308	+	pact of Free Association account of the Department of the 8
	1309	+	Interior by section 10(a) to carry out— 9
	1310	+	(1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 10
	1311	+	(2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 11
	1312	+	(3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 12
	1313	+	Agreement; and 13
	1314	+	(4) subsidiary agreements. 14
	1315	+	(c) P
	1316	+	OSTMASTERGENERALOVERSIGHTAUTHOR-15
	1317	+	ITY.—The Postmaster General shall have the authority 16
	1318	+	necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for monitoring and 17
	1319	+	managing the funds appropriated to the United States 18
	1320	+	Postal Service under paragraph (1) of section 10(b) and 19
	1321	+	deposited in the Postal Service Fund under paragraph 20
	1322	+	(2)(A) of that section to carry out— 21
	1323	+	(1) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended 22
	1324	+	U.S.-FSM Compact; 23
	1325	+	(2) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended 24
	1326	+	U.S.-RMI Compact; 25
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1353		-	•HJ 96 RH
1354		-	(3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 1
1355		-	Agreement; and 2
1356		-	(4) subsidiary agreements. 3
1357		-	(c) P
1358		-	OSTMASTERGENERALOVERSIGHTAUTHOR-4
1359		-	ITY.—The Postmaster General shall have the authority 5
1360		-	necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for monitoring and 6
1361		-	managing the funds appropriated to the United States 7
1362		-	Postal Service under paragraph (1) of section 10(b) and 8
1363		-	deposited in the Postal Service Fund under paragraph 9
1364		-	(2)(A) of that section to carry out— 10
1365		-	(1) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended 11
1366		-	U.S.-FSM Compact; 12
1367		-	(2) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended 13
1368		-	U.S.-RMI Compact; 14
1369		-	(3) section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Com-15
1370		-	pact; and 16
1371		-	(4) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Com-17
1372		-	pact Review Agreement. 18
	1329	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1330	+	(3) section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Com-1
	1331	+	pact; and 2
	1332	+	(4) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Com-3
	1333	+	pact Review Agreement. 4
1373	1334		(d) I
1374		-	NTERAGENCYGROUP ONFREELYASSOCIATED 19
	1335	+	NTERAGENCYGROUP ONFREELYASSOCIATED 5
1375	1336		S
1376		-	TATES.— 20
	1337	+	TATES.— 6
1377	1338		(1) E
1378		-	STABLISHMENT.—The President, in con-21
1379		-	sultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary 22
1380		-	of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense, shall 23
1381		-	establish an Interagency Group on Freely Associated 24
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	1339	+	STABLISHMENT.—The President, in con-7
	1340	+	sultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary 8
	1341	+	of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense, shall 9
	1342	+	establish an Interagency Group on Freely Associated 10
	1343	+	States (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Inter-11
	1344	+	agency Group’’). 12
	1345	+	(2) P
	1346	+	URPOSE.—The purposes of the Inter-13
	1347	+	agency Group are— 14
	1348	+	(A) to coordinate development and imple-15
	1349	+	mentation of executive branch policies, pro-16
	1350	+	grams, services, and other activities in or relat-17
	1351	+	ing to the Freely Associated States; and 18
	1352	+	(B) to provide policy guidance, rec-19
	1353	+	ommendations, and oversight to Federal agen-20
	1354	+	cies, departments, and instrumentalities with 21
	1355	+	respect to the implementation of— 22
	1356	+	(i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 23
	1357	+	Compact; 24
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1385		-	States (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Inter-1
1386		-	agency Group’’). 2
1387		-	(2) P
1388		-	URPOSE.—The purposes of the Inter-3
1389		-	agency Group are— 4
1390		-	(A) to coordinate development and imple-5
1391		-	mentation of executive branch policies, pro-6
1392		-	grams, services, and other activities in or relat-7
1393		-	ing to the Freely Associated States; and 8
1394		-	(B) to provide policy guidance, rec-9
1395		-	ommendations, and oversight to Federal agen-10
1396		-	cies, departments, and instrumentalities with 11
1397		-	respect to the implementation of— 12
1398		-	(i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 13
1399		-	Compact; 14
1400		-	(ii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 15
1401		-	Compact; and 16
1402		-	(iii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 17
1403		-	Review Agreement. 18
	1360	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1361	+	(ii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 1
	1362	+	Compact; and 2
	1363	+	(iii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 3
	1364	+	Review Agreement. 4
1404	1365		(3) M
1405		-	EMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Group 19
1406		-	shall consist of— 20
1407		-	(A) the Secretary of State, who shall serve 21
1408		-	as co-chair of the Interagency Group; 22
1409		-	(B) the Secretary of the Interior, who shall 23
1410		-	serve as co-chair of the Interagency Group; 24
1411		-	(C) the Secretary of Defense; 25
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	1366	+	EMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Group 5
	1367	+	shall consist of— 6
	1368	+	(A) the Secretary of State, who shall serve 7
	1369	+	as co-chair of the Interagency Group; 8
	1370	+	(B) the Secretary of the Interior, who shall 9
	1371	+	serve as co-chair of the Interagency Group; 10
	1372	+	(C) the Secretary of Defense; 11
	1373	+	(D) the Secretary of the Treasury; 12
	1374	+	(E) the heads of relevant Federal agencies, 13
	1375	+	departments, and instrumentalities carrying out 14
	1376	+	obligations under— 15
	1377	+	(i) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 16
	1378	+	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and sub-17
	1379	+	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 and sec-18
	1380	+	tion 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 19
	1381	+	Compact; 20
	1382	+	(ii) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 21
	1383	+	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and sub-22
	1384	+	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 and sec-23
	1385	+	tion 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 24
	1386	+	Compact; 25
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1415		-	(D) the Secretary of the Treasury; 1
1416		-	(E) the heads of relevant Federal agencies, 2
1417		-	departments, and instrumentalities carrying out 3
1418		-	obligations under— 4
1419		-	(i) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 5
1420		-	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and sub-6
1421		-	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 and sec-7
1422		-	tion 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 8
1423		-	Compact; 9
1424		-	(ii) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 10
1425		-	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and sub-11
1426		-	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 and sec-12
1427		-	tion 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 13
1428		-	Compact; 14
1429		-	(iii) sections 131 and 132 and sub-15
1430		-	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 of the 16
1431		-	U.S.-Palau Compact; 17
1432		-	(iv) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 18
1433		-	Compact Review Agreement; 19
1434		-	(v) any applicable subsidiary agree-20
1435		-	ment; and 21
1436		-	(vi) section 8; and 22
1437		-	(F) the head of any other Federal agency, 23
1438		-	department, or instrumentality that the Sec-24
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	1389	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1390	+	(iii) sections 131 and 132 and sub-1
	1391	+	sections (a) and (b) of section 221 of the 2
	1392	+	U.S.-Palau Compact; 3
	1393	+	(iv) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 4
	1394	+	Compact Review Agreement; 5
	1395	+	(v) any applicable subsidiary agree-6
	1396	+	ment; and 7
	1397	+	(vi) section 8; and 8
	1398	+	(F) the head of any other Federal agency, 9
	1399	+	department, or instrumentality that the Sec-10
	1400	+	retary of State or the Secretary of the Interior 11
	1401	+	may designate. 12
	1402	+	(4) D
	1403	+	UTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND SEC -13
	1404	+	RETARY OF THE INTERIOR .—The Secretary of State 14
	1405	+	(or a senior official designee of the Secretary of 15
	1406	+	State) and the Secretary of the Interior (or a senior 16
	1407	+	official designee of the Secretary of the Interior) 17
	1408	+	shall— 18
	1409	+	(A) co-lead and preside at a meeting of the 19
	1410	+	Interagency Group not less frequently than an-20
	1411	+	nually; 21
	1412	+	(B) determine, in consultation with the 22
	1413	+	Secretary of Defense, the agenda for meetings 23
	1414	+	of the Interagency Group; and 24
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1442		-	retary of State or the Secretary of the Interior 1
1443		-	may designate. 2
1444		-	(4) D
1445		-	UTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND SEC -3
1446		-	RETARY OF THE INTERIOR .—The Secretary of State 4
1447		-	(or a senior official designee of the Secretary of 5
1448		-	State) and the Secretary of the Interior (or a senior 6
1449		-	official designee of the Secretary of the Interior) 7
1450		-	shall— 8
1451		-	(A) co-lead and preside at a meeting of the 9
1452		-	Interagency Group not less frequently than an-10
1453		-	nually; 11
1454		-	(B) determine, in consultation with the 12
1455		-	Secretary of Defense, the agenda for meetings 13
1456		-	of the Interagency Group; and 14
1457		-	(C) facilitate and coordinate the work of 15
1458		-	the Interagency Group. 16
	1417	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1418	+	(C) facilitate and coordinate the work of 1
	1419	+	the Interagency Group. 2
1459	1420		(5) D
1460		-	UTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY GROUP .— 17
1461		-	The Interagency Group shall— 18
1462		-	(A) provide advice on the establishment or 19
1463		-	implementation of policies relating to the Freely 20
1464		-	Associated States to the President, acting 21
1465		-	through the Office of Intergovernmental Af-22
1466		-	fairs, in the form of a written report not less 23
1467		-	frequently than annually; 24
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	1421	+	UTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY GROUP .— 3
	1422	+	The Interagency Group shall— 4
	1423	+	(A) provide advice on the establishment or 5
	1424	+	implementation of policies relating to the Freely 6
	1425	+	Associated States to the President, acting 7
	1426	+	through the Office of Intergovernmental Af-8
	1427	+	fairs, in the form of a written report not less 9
	1428	+	frequently than annually; 10
	1429	+	(B) obtain information and advice relating 11
	1430	+	to the Freely Associated States from the Presi-12
	1431	+	dents, other elected officials, and members of 13
	1432	+	civil society of the Freely Associated States, in-14
	1433	+	cluding through the members of the Inter-15
	1434	+	agency Group (including senior official des-16
	1435	+	ignees of the members) meeting not less fre-17
	1436	+	quently than annually with any Presidents of 18
	1437	+	the Freely Associated States who elect to par-19
	1438	+	ticipate; 20
	1439	+	(C) at the request of the head of any Fed-21
	1440	+	eral agency (or a senior official designee of the 22
	1441	+	head of a Federal agency) who is a member of 23
	1442	+	the Interagency Group, promptly review and 24
	1443	+	provide advice on a policy or policy implementa-25
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1471		-	(B) obtain information and advice relating 1
1472		-	to the Freely Associated States from the Presi-2
1473		-	dents, other elected officials, and members of 3
1474		-	civil society of the Freely Associated States, in-4
1475		-	cluding through the members of the Inter-5
1476		-	agency Group (including senior official des-6
1477		-	ignees of the members) meeting not less fre-7
1478		-	quently than annually with any Presidents of 8
1479		-	the Freely Associated States who elect to par-9
1480		-	ticipate; 10
1481		-	(C) at the request of the head of any Fed-11
1482		-	eral agency (or a senior official designee of the 12
1483		-	head of a Federal agency) who is a member of 13
1484		-	the Interagency Group, promptly review and 14
1485		-	provide advice on a policy or policy implementa-15
1486		-	tion action affecting 1 or more of the Freely 16
1487		-	Associated States proposed by the Federal 17
1488		-	agency, department, or instrumentality; and 18
1489		-	(D) facilitate coordination of relevant poli-19
1490		-	cies, programs, initiatives, and activities involv-20
1491		-	ing 1 or more of the Freely Associated States, 21
1492		-	including ensuring coherence and avoiding du-22
1493		-	plication between programs, initiatives, and ac-23
1494		-	tivities conducted pursuant to a Compact with 24
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	1446	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1447	+	tion action affecting 1 or more of the Freely 1
	1448	+	Associated States proposed by the Federal 2
	1449	+	agency, department, or instrumentality; and 3
	1450	+	(D) facilitate coordination of relevant poli-4
	1451	+	cies, programs, initiatives, and activities involv-5
	1452	+	ing 1 or more of the Freely Associated States, 6
	1453	+	including ensuring coherence and avoiding du-7
	1454	+	plication between programs, initiatives, and ac-8
	1455	+	tivities conducted pursuant to a Compact with 9
	1456	+	a Freely Associated State and non-Compact 10
	1457	+	programs, initiatives, and activities. 11
	1458	+	(6) R
	1459	+	EPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 12
	1460	+	date of enactment of this joint resolution and each 13
	1461	+	year thereafter in which a Compact of Free Associa-14
	1462	+	tion with a Freely Associated State is in effect, the 15
	1463	+	President shall submit to the majority leader and 16
	1464	+	minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker and mi-17
	1465	+	nority leader of the House of Representatives, and 18
	1466	+	the appropriate committees of Congress a report 19
	1467	+	that describes the activities and recommendations of 20
	1468	+	the Interagency Group during the applicable year. 21
	1469	+	(e) F
	1470	+	EDERALAGENCYCOORDINATION.—The head of 22
	1471	+	any Federal agency providing programs and services to 23
	1472	+	the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 24
	1473	+	Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau shall coordinate 25
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1498		-	a Freely Associated State and non-Compact 1
1499		-	programs, initiatives, and activities. 2
1500		-	(6) R
1501		-	EPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 3
1502		-	date of enactment of this joint resolution and each 4
1503		-	year thereafter in which a Compact of Free Associa-5
1504		-	tion with a Freely Associated State is in effect, the 6
1505		-	President shall submit to the majority leader and 7
1506		-	minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker and mi-8
1507		-	nority leader of the House of Representatives, and 9
1508		-	the appropriate committees of Congress a report 10
1509		-	that describes the activities and recommendations of 11
1510		-	the Interagency Group during the applicable year. 12
1511		-	(e) F
1512		-	EDERALAGENCYCOORDINATION.—The head of 13
1513		-	any Federal agency providing programs and services to 14
1514		-	the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 15
1515		-	Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau shall coordinate 16
1516		-	with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 17
1517		-	State regarding the provision of the programs and serv-18
1518		-	ices. 19
	1476	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1477	+	with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 1
	1478	+	State regarding the provision of the programs and serv-2
	1479	+	ices. 3
1519	1480		(f) F
1520		-	OREIGNLOANS ORDEBT.—Congress reaffirms 20
1521		-	that— 21
1522		-	(1) the foreign loans or debt of the Government 22
1523		-	of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Govern-23
1524		-	ment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the 24
1525		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
	1481	+	OREIGNLOANS ORDEBT.—Congress reaffirms 4
	1482	+	that— 5
	1483	+	(1) the foreign loans or debt of the Government 6
	1484	+	of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Govern-7
	1485	+	ment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the 8
	1486	+	Government of the Republic of Palau shall not con-9
	1487	+	stitute an obligation of the United States; and 10
	1488	+	(2) the full faith and credit of the United 11
	1489	+	States Government shall not be pledged for the pay-12
	1490	+	ment and performance of any foreign loan or debt 13
	1491	+	referred to in paragraph (1) without specific further 14
	1492	+	authorization. 15
	1493	+	(g) C
	1494	+	OMPACTCOMPILATION.—Not later than 180 16
	1495	+	days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution, 17
	1496	+	the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appro-18
	1497	+	priate committees of Congress a report that includes a 19
	1498	+	compilation of the Compact of Free Association with the 20
	1499	+	Federated State of Micronesia, the Compact of Free Asso-21
	1500	+	ciation with the Republic of Palau, and the Compact of 22
	1501	+	Free Association with Republic of the Marshall Islands. 23
	1502	+	(h) P
	1503	+	UBLICATION; REVISION BY THEOFFICE OF THE 24
	1504	+	L
	1505	+	AWREVISIONCOUNSEL.— 25
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1528		-	Government of the Republic of Palau shall not con-1
1529		-	stitute an obligation of the United States; and 2
1530		-	(2) the full faith and credit of the United 3
1531		-	States Government shall not be pledged for the pay-4
1532		-	ment and performance of any foreign loan or debt 5
1533		-	referred to in paragraph (1) without specific further 6
1534		-	authorization. 7
1535		-	(g) C
1536		-	OMPACTCOMPILATION.—Not later than 180 8
1537		-	days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution, 9
1538		-	the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appro-10
1539		-	priate committees of Congress a report that includes a 11
1540		-	compilation of the Compact of Free Association with the 12
1541		-	Federated State of Micronesia, the Compact of Free Asso-13
1542		-	ciation with the Republic of Palau, and the Compact of 14
1543		-	Free Association with Republic of the Marshall Islands. 15
1544		-	(h) P
1545		-	UBLICATION; REVISION BY THEOFFICE OF THE 16
1546		-	L
1547		-	AWREVISIONCOUNSEL.— 17
1548		-	(1) P
1549		-	UBLICATION.—In publishing this joint res-18
1550		-	olution in slip form and in the United States Stat-19
1551		-	utes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, 20
1552		-	United States Code, the Archivist of the United 21
1553		-	States shall include after the date of approval at the 22
1554		-	end an appendix setting forth the text of— 23
1555		-	(A) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the 24
1556		-	U.S.-FSM Compact; and 25
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	1508	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1509	+	(1) PUBLICATION.—In publishing this joint res-1
	1510	+	olution in slip form and in the United States Stat-2
	1511	+	utes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, 3
	1512	+	United States Code, the Archivist of the United 4
	1513	+	States shall include after the date of approval at the 5
	1514	+	end an appendix setting forth the text of— 6
	1515	+	(A) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the 7
	1516	+	U.S.-FSM Compact; and 8
	1517	+	(B) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the 9
	1518	+	U.S.-RMI Compact. 10
	1519	+	(2) R
	1520	+	EVISION BY THE OFFICE OF THE LAW RE -11
	1521	+	VISION COUNSEL.—The Office of the Law Revision 12
	1522	+	Counsel is directed to revise— 13
	1523	+	(A) the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Com-14
	1524	+	pact set forth in the note following section 1921 15
	1525	+	of title 48, United States Code, to reflect the 16
	1526	+	amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM 17
	1527	+	Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 18
	1528	+	Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and 19
	1529	+	(B) the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 20
	1530	+	set forth in the note following section 1921 of 21
	1531	+	title 48, United States Code, to reflect the 22
	1532	+	amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI 23
	1533	+	Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 24
	1534	+	Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact. 25
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1560		-	(B) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the 1
1561		-	U.S.-RMI Compact. 2
1562		-	(2) R
1563		-	EVISION BY THE OFFICE OF THE LAW RE -3
1564		-	VISION COUNSEL.—The Office of the Law Revision 4
1565		-	Counsel is directed to revise— 5
1566		-	(A) the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Com-6
1567		-	pact set forth in the note following section 1921 7
1568		-	of title 48, United States Code, to reflect the 8
1569		-	amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM 9
1570		-	Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 10
1571		-	Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and 11
1572		-	(B) the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 12
1573		-	set forth in the note following section 1921 of 13
1574		-	title 48, United States Code, to reflect the 14
1575		-	amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI 15
1576		-	Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 16
1577		-	Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact. 17
1578		-	SEC. 8. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE FREELY 18
1579		-	ASSOCIATED STATES. 19
	1537	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1538	+	SEC. 8. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE FREELY 1
	1539	+	ASSOCIATED STATES. 2
1580	1540		(a) A
1581		-	UTHORIZATION FORVETERANS’ SERVICES.— 20
	1541	+	UTHORIZATION FORVETERANS’ SERVICES.— 3
1582	1542		(1) D
1583		-	EFINITION OF FREELY ASSOCIATED 21
1584		-	STATES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Freely Asso-22
1585		-	ciated States’’ means— 23
1586		-	(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, 24
1587		-	during such time as it is a party to the Com-25
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	1543	+	EFINITION OF FREELY ASSOCIATED 4
	1544	+	STATES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Freely Asso-5
	1545	+	ciated States’’ means— 6
	1546	+	(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, 7
	1547	+	during such time as it is a party to the Com-8
	1548	+	pact of Free Association set forth in section 9
	1549	+	201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 10
	1550	+	1985 (Public Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 11
	1551	+	note); 12
	1552	+	(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 13
	1553	+	during such time as it is a party to the Com-14
	1554	+	pact of Free Association set forth in section 15
	1555	+	201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 16
	1556	+	1985 (Public Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 17
	1557	+	note); and 18
	1558	+	(C) the Republic of Palau, during such 19
	1559	+	time as it is a party to the Compact of Free As-20
	1560	+	sociation between the United States and the 21
	1561	+	Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of 22
	1562	+	Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to 23
	1563	+	approve the ‘Compact of Free Association’ be-24
	1564	+	tween the United States and the Government of 25
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1590		-	•HJ 96 RH
1591		-	pact of Free Association set forth in section 1
1592		-	201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 2
1593		-	1985 (Public Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 3
1594		-	note); 4
1595		-	(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 5
1596		-	during such time as it is a party to the Com-6
1597		-	pact of Free Association set forth in section 7
1598		-	201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 8
1599		-	1985 (Public Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 9
1600		-	note); and 10
1601		-	(C) the Republic of Palau, during such 11
1602		-	time as it is a party to the Compact of Free As-12
1603		-	sociation between the United States and the 13
1604		-	Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of 14
1605		-	Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to 15
1606		-	approve the ‘Compact of Free Association’ be-16
	1567	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1568	+	Palau, and for other purposes’’ (Public Law 1
	1569	+	99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note). 2
	1570	+	(2) H
	1571	+	OSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND 3
	1572	+	NURSING HOME CARE ABROAD .—Section 1724 of 4
	1573	+	title 38, United States Code, is amended— 5
	1574	+	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-6
	1575	+	sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 7
	1576	+	(b), (c), and (f)’’; and 8
	1577	+	(B) by adding at the end the following: 9
	1578	+	‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary may furnish hospital care and 10
	1579	+	medical services in the Freely Associated States to a vet-11
	1580	+	eran who is otherwise eligible to receive hospital care and 12
	1581	+	medical services. 13
	1582	+	‘‘(2) In furnishing hospital care and medical services 14
	1583	+	under paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital 15
	1584	+	care and medical services through— 16
	1585	+	‘‘(A) contracts or other agreements; 17
	1586	+	‘‘(B) reimbursement; or 18
	1587	+	‘‘(C) the direct provision of care by health care 19
	1588	+	personnel of the Department. 20
	1589	+	‘‘(3) In furnishing hospital care and medical services 21
	1590	+	under paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital 22
	1591	+	care and medical services for any condition regardless of 23
	1592	+	whether the condition is connected to the service of the 24
	1593	+	veteran in the Armed Forces. 25
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	1596	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1597	+	‘‘(4)(A) A veteran who has received hospital care or 1
	1598	+	medical services in a country pursuant to this subsection 2
	1599	+	shall remain eligible, to the extent determined advisable 3
	1600	+	and practicable by the Secretary, for hospital care or med-4
	1601	+	ical services in that country regardless of whether the 5
	1602	+	country continues to qualify as a Freely Associated State 6
	1603	+	for purposes of this subsection. 7
	1604	+	‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines it is no longer advis-8
	1605	+	able or practicable to allow veterans described in subpara-9
	1606	+	graph (A) to remain eligible for hospital care or medical 10
	1607	+	services pursuant to such subparagraph, the Secretary 11
	1608	+	shall— 12
	1609	+	‘‘(i) provide direct notice of that determination 13
	1610	+	to such veterans; and 14
	1611	+	‘‘(ii) publish that determination and the reasons 15
	1612	+	for that determination in the Federal Register. 16
	1613	+	‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘Freely Associated 17
	1614	+	States’ means— 18
	1615	+	‘‘(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, dur-19
	1616	+	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 20
	1617	+	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 21
	1618	+	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 22
	1619	+	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); 23
	1620	+	‘‘(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, dur-24
	1621	+	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 25
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	1624	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1625	+	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 1
	1626	+	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 2
	1627	+	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and 3
	1628	+	‘‘(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as 4
	1629	+	it is a party to the Compact of Free Association be-5
	1630	+	tween the United States and the Government of 6
	1631	+	Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 7
	1632	+	entitled ‘Joint Resolution to approve the ‘‘Compact 8
	1633	+	of Free Association’’ between the United States and 9
	1634	+	the Government of Palau, and for other purposes’ 10
	1635	+	(Public Law 99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).’’. 11
	1636	+	(3) B
	1637	+	ENEFICIARY TRAVEL.—Section 111 of title 12
	1638	+	38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 13
	1639	+	the end the following: 14
	1640	+	‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 15
	1641	+	the Secretary may make payments to or for any person 16
	1642	+	traveling in, to, or from the Freely Associated States for 17
	1643	+	receipt of care or services authorized under section 18
	1644	+	1724(f) of this title. 19
	1645	+	‘‘(2) A person who has received payment for travel 20
	1646	+	in a country pursuant to this subsection shall remain eligi-21
	1647	+	ble for payment for such travel in that country regardless 22
	1648	+	of whether the country continues to qualify as a Freely 23
	1649	+	Associated State for purposes of this subsection. 24
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	1652	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1653	+	‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 1
	1654	+	carry out this subsection. 2
	1655	+	‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘Freely Associated 3
	1656	+	States’ means— 4
	1657	+	‘‘(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, dur-5
	1658	+	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 6
	1659	+	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 7
	1660	+	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 8
	1661	+	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); 9
	1662	+	‘‘(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, dur-10
	1663	+	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 11
	1664	+	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 12
	1665	+	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 13
	1666	+	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and 14
	1667	+	‘‘(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as 15
	1668	+	it is a party to the Compact of Free Association be-16
1607	1669		tween the United States and the Government of 17
1608		-	Palau, and for other purposes’’ (Public Law 18
1609		-	99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note). 19
1610		-	(2) H
1611		-	OSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND 20
1612		-	NURSING HOME CARE ABROAD .—Section 1724 of 21
1613		-	title 38, United States Code, is amended— 22
1614		-	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-23
1615		-	sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 24
1616		-	(b), (c), and (f)’’; and 25
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1620		-	(B) by adding at the end the following: 1
1621		-	‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary may furnish hospital care and 2
1622		-	medical services in the Freely Associated States to a vet-3
1623		-	eran who is otherwise eligible to receive hospital care and 4
1624		-	medical services. 5
1625		-	‘‘(2) In furnishing hospital care and medical services 6
1626		-	under paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital 7
1627		-	care and medical services through— 8
1628		-	‘‘(A) contracts or other agreements; 9
1629		-	‘‘(B) reimbursement; or 10
1630		-	‘‘(C) the direct provision of care by health care 11
1631		-	personnel of the Department. 12
1632		-	‘‘(3) In furnishing hospital care and medical services 13
1633		-	under paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital 14
1634		-	care and medical services for any condition regardless of 15
1635		-	whether the condition is connected to the service of the 16
1636		-	veteran in the Armed Forces. 17
1637		-	‘‘(4)(A) A veteran who has received hospital care or 18
1638		-	medical services in a country pursuant to this subsection 19
1639		-	shall remain eligible, to the extent determined advisable 20
1640		-	and practicable by the Secretary, for hospital care or med-21
1641		-	ical services in that country regardless of whether the 22
1642		-	country continues to qualify as a Freely Associated State 23
1643		-	for purposes of this subsection. 24
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1647		-	‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines it is no longer advis-1
1648		-	able or practicable to allow veterans described in subpara-2
1649		-	graph (A) to remain eligible for hospital care or medical 3
1650		-	services pursuant to such subparagraph, the Secretary 4
1651		-	shall— 5
1652		-	‘‘(i) provide direct notice of that determination 6
1653		-	to such veterans; and 7
1654		-	‘‘(ii) publish that determination and the reasons 8
1655		-	for that determination in the Federal Register. 9
1656		-	‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘Freely Associated 10
1657		-	States’ means— 11
1658		-	‘‘(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, dur-12
1659		-	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 13
1660		-	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 14
1661		-	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 15
1662		-	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); 16
1663		-	‘‘(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, dur-17
1664		-	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 18
1665		-	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 19
1666		-	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 20
1667		-	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and 21
1668		-	‘‘(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as 22
1669		-	it is a party to the Compact of Free Association be-23
1670		-	tween the United States and the Government of 24
1671		-	Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 25
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1674		-	•HJ 96 RH
1675		-	entitled ‘Joint Resolution to approve the ‘‘Compact 1
1676		-	of Free Association’’ between the United States and 2
1677		-	the Government of Palau, and for other purposes’ 3
1678		-	(Public Law 99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).’’. 4
1679		-	(3) B
1680		-	ENEFICIARY TRAVEL.—Section 111 of title 5
1681		-	38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 6
1682		-	the end the following: 7
1683		-	‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 8
1684		-	the Secretary may make payments to or for any person 9
1685		-	traveling in, to, or from the Freely Associated States for 10
1686		-	receipt of care or services authorized under section 11
1687		-	1724(f) of this title. 12
1688		-	‘‘(2) A person who has received payment for travel 13
1689		-	in a country pursuant to this subsection shall remain eligi-14
1690		-	ble for payment for such travel in that country regardless 15
1691		-	of whether the country continues to qualify as a Freely 16
1692		-	Associated State for purposes of this subsection. 17
1693		-	‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 18
1694		-	carry out this subsection. 19
1695		-	‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘Freely Associated 20
1696		-	States’ means— 21
1697		-	‘‘(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, dur-22
1698		-	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 23
1699		-	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 24
1700		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
	1670	+	Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 18
	1671	+	entitled ‘Joint Resolution to approve the ‘‘Compact 19
	1672	+	of Free Association’’ between the United States and 20
	1673	+	the Government of Palau, and for other purposes’ 21
	1674	+	(Public Law 99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).’’. 22
	1675	+	(4) L
	1676	+	EGAL ISSUES.— 23
	1677	+	(A) H
	1678	+	EALTH SERVICES.—The Secretary of 24
	1679	+	Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-25
	1680	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:50 Nov 03, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.IH HJ96
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1702		-	•HJ 96 RH
1703		-	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 1
1704		-	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); 2
1705		-	‘‘(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, dur-3
1706		-	ing such time as it is a party to the Compact of 4
1707		-	Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 5
1708		-	Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 6
1709		-	Law 99–239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and 7
1710		-	‘‘(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as 8
1711		-	it is a party to the Compact of Free Association be-9
1712		-	tween the United States and the Government of 10
1713		-	Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 11
1714		-	entitled ‘Joint Resolution to approve the ‘‘Compact 12
1715		-	of Free Association’’ between the United States and 13
1716		-	the Government of Palau, and for other purposes’ 14
1717		-	(Public Law 99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).’’. 15
1718		-	(4) L
1719		-	EGAL ISSUES.— 16
1720		-	(A) H
1721		-	EALTH SERVICES.—The Secretary of 17
1722		-	Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-18
1723		-	retary of State, shall work with the govern-19
1724		-	ments of the Freely Associated States to facili-20
1725		-	tate the furnishing of health services, including 21
1726		-	telehealth, under the laws administered by the 22
1727		-	Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to veterans in the 23
1728		-	Freely Associated States, such as by address-24
1729		-	ing— 25
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	1682	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1683	+	retary of State, shall work with the govern-1
	1684	+	ments of the Freely Associated States to facili-2
	1685	+	tate the furnishing of health services, including 3
	1686	+	telehealth, under the laws administered by the 4
	1687	+	Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to veterans in the 5
	1688	+	Freely Associated States, such as by address-6
	1689	+	ing— 7
	1690	+	(i) licensure, certification, registra-8
	1691	+	tion, and tort issues relating to health care 9
	1692	+	personnel; and 10
	1693	+	(ii) matters relating to delivery of 11
	1694	+	pharmaceutical products and medical sur-12
	1695	+	gical products, including delivery of such 13
	1696	+	products through the Consolidated Mail 14
	1697	+	Outpatient Pharmacy of the Department 15
	1698	+	of Veterans Affairs, to the Freely Associ-16
	1699	+	ated States. 17
	1700	+	(B) L
	1701	+	ICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PRO -18
	1702	+	FESSIONALS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELE -19
	1703	+	MEDICINE IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED 20
	1704	+	STATES.—Section 1730C(a) of title 38, United 21
	1705	+	States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘any 22
	1706	+	State’’ and inserting ‘‘any State or any of the 23
	1707	+	Freely Associated States (as defined in section 24
	1708	+	1724(f) of this title)’’. 25
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1733		-	(i) licensure, certification, registra-1
1734		-	tion, and tort issues relating to health care 2
1735		-	personnel; and 3
1736		-	(ii) matters relating to delivery of 4
1737		-	pharmaceutical products and medical sur-5
1738		-	gical products, including delivery of such 6
1739		-	products through the Consolidated Mail 7
1740		-	Outpatient Pharmacy of the Department 8
1741		-	of Veterans Affairs, to the Freely Associ-9
1742		-	ated States. 10
1743		-	(B) L
1744		-	ICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PRO -11
1745		-	FESSIONALS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELE -12
1746		-	MEDICINE IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED 13
1747		-	STATES.—Section 1730C(a) of title 38, United 14
1748		-	States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘any 15
1749		-	State’’ and inserting ‘‘any State or any of the 16
1750		-	Freely Associated States (as defined in section 17
1751		-	1724(f) of this title)’’. 18
1752		-	(C) P
1753		-	AYMENT OF CLAIMS.—The Secretary 19
1754		-	of Veterans Affairs may pay tort claims, in the 20
1755		-	manner authorized in the first paragraph of 21
1756		-	section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 22
1757		-	when such claims arise in the Freely Associated 23
1758		-	States in connection with furnishing hospital 24
1759		-	care or medical services or providing medical 25
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	1712	+	(C) PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.—The Secretary 1
	1713	+	of Veterans Affairs may pay tort claims, in the 2
	1714	+	manner authorized in the first paragraph of 3
	1715	+	section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 4
	1716	+	when such claims arise in the Freely Associated 5
	1717	+	States in connection with furnishing hospital 6
	1718	+	care or medical services or providing medical 7
	1719	+	consultation or medical advice to a veteran 8
	1720	+	under the laws administered by the Secretary, 9
	1721	+	including through a remote or telehealth pro-10
	1722	+	gram. 11
	1723	+	(5) O
	1724	+	UTREACH AND ASSESSMENT OF OP -12
	1725	+	TIONS.—During the 1-year period beginning on the 13
	1726	+	date of enactment of this joint resolution, the Sec-14
	1727	+	retary of Veterans Affairs shall, subject to the avail-15
	1728	+	ability of appropriations— 16
	1729	+	(A) conduct robust outreach to, and en-17
	1730	+	gage with, each government of the Freely Asso-18
	1731	+	ciated States; 19
	1732	+	(B) assess options for the delivery of care 20
	1733	+	through the use of authorities provided pursu-21
	1734	+	ant to the amendments made by this sub-22
	1735	+	section; and 23
	1736	+	(C) increase staffing as necessary to con-24
	1737	+	duct outreach under subparagraph (A). 25
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1763		-	consultation or medical advice to a veteran 1
1764		-	under the laws administered by the Secretary, 2
1765		-	including through a remote or telehealth pro-3
1766		-	gram. 4
1767		-	(5) O
1768		-	UTREACH AND ASSESSMENT OF OP -5
1769		-	TIONS.—During the 1-year period beginning on the 6
1770		-	date of enactment of this joint resolution, the Sec-7
1771		-	retary of Veterans Affairs shall, subject to the avail-8
1772		-	ability of appropriations— 9
1773		-	(A) conduct robust outreach to, and en-10
1774		-	gage with, each government of the Freely Asso-11
1775		-	ciated States; 12
1776		-	(B) assess options for the delivery of care 13
1777		-	through the use of authorities provided pursu-14
1778		-	ant to the amendments made by this sub-15
1779		-	section; and 16
1780		-	(C) increase staffing as necessary to con-17
1781		-	duct outreach under subparagraph (A). 18
1782		-	(b) A
1783		-	UTHORIZATION OFEDUCATIONPROGRAMS.— 19
	1740	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1741	+	(b) AUTHORIZATION OFEDUCATIONPROGRAMS.— 1
1784	1742		(1) E
1785		-	LIGIBILITY.—For fiscal year 2024 and 20
1786		-	each fiscal year thereafter, the Government of the 21
1787		-	United States shall— 22
1788		-	(A) continue to make available to the Fed-23
	1743	+	LIGIBILITY.—For fiscal year 2024 and 2
	1744	+	each fiscal year thereafter, the Government of the 3
	1745	+	United States shall— 4
	1746	+	(A) continue to make available to the Fed-5
	1747	+	erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 6
	1748	+	Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, 7
	1749	+	grants for services to individuals eligible for 8
	1750	+	such services under part B of the Individuals 9
	1751	+	with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 10
	1752	+	1411 et seq.) to the extent that those services 11
	1753	+	continue to be available to individuals in the 12
	1754	+	United States; 13
	1755	+	(B) continue to make available to the Fed-14
	1756	+	erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 15
	1757	+	the Marshall Islands and make available to the 16
	1758	+	Republic of Palau, competitive grants under the 17
	1759	+	Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 18
	1760	+	1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Carl D. 19
	1761	+	Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 20
	1762	+	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and part D of 21
	1763	+	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 22
	1764	+	(20 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), to the extent that 23
	1765	+	those grants continue to be available to State 24
	1766	+	and local governments in the United States; 25
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	1769	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1770	+	(C) continue to make grants available to 1
	1771	+	the Republic of Palau under part A of title I of 2
	1772	+	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 3
	1773	+	of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the Adult 4
	1774	+	Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 5
	1775	+	3271 et seq.), and the Carl D. Perkins Career 6
	1776	+	and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 7
	1777	+	U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 8
	1778	+	(D) continue to make available to eligible 9
	1779	+	institutions of higher education in the Republic 10
	1780	+	of Palau and make available to eligible institu-11
	1781	+	tions of higher education in the Federated 12
	1782	+	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 13
	1783	+	Marshall Islands and to students enrolled in 14
	1784	+	those institutions of higher education, and to 15
	1785	+	students who are citizens of the Federated 16
	1786	+	States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Mar-17
	1787	+	shall Islands, and the Republic of Palau and 18
	1788	+	enrolled in institutions of higher education in 19
	1789	+	the United States and territories of the United 20
	1790	+	States, grants under— 21
	1791	+	(i) subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 22
	1792	+	the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 23
	1793	+	U.S.C. 1070a et seq.); 24
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	1795	+	kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 61
	1796	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1797	+	(ii) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of 1
	1798	+	the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 2
	1799	+	U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); and 3
	1800	+	(iii) part C of title IV of the Higher 4
	1801	+	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087– 5
	1802	+	51 et seq.); 6
	1803	+	(E) require, as a condition of eligibility for 7
	1804	+	a public institution of higher education in any 8
	1805	+	State (as defined in section 103 of the Higher 9
	1806	+	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) that 10
	1807	+	is not a Freely Associated State to participate 11
	1808	+	in or receive funds under any program under 12
	1809	+	title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), 13
	1810	+	that the institution charge students who are 14
	1811	+	citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, 15
	1812	+	the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Re-16
	1813	+	public of Palau tuition for attendance at a rate 17
	1814	+	that is not greater than the rate charged for 18
	1815	+	residents of the State in which such public in-19
	1816	+	stitution of higher education is located; and 20
	1817	+	(F) continue to make available, to eligible 21
	1818	+	institutions of higher education, secondary 22
	1819	+	schools, and nonprofit organizations in the Fed-23
1789	1820		erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 24
1790	1821		Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, 25
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1792		-	kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 60
1793		-	•HJ 96 RH
1794		-	grants for services to individuals eligible for 1
1795		-	such services under part B of the Individuals 2
1796		-	with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 3
1797		-	1411 et seq.) to the extent that those services 4
1798		-	continue to be available to individuals in the 5
1799		-	United States; 6
1800		-	(B) continue to make available to the Fed-7
1801		-	erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 8
1802		-	the Marshall Islands and make available to the 9
1803		-	Republic of Palau, competitive grants under the 10
1804		-	Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 11
1805		-	1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Carl D. 12
1806		-	Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 13
1807		-	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and part D of 14
1808		-	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 15
1809		-	(20 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), to the extent that 16
1810		-	those grants continue to be available to State 17
1811		-	and local governments in the United States; 18
1812		-	(C) continue to make grants available to 19
1813		-	the Republic of Palau under part A of title I of 20
1814		-	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 21
1815		-	of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the Adult 22
1816		-	Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 23
1817		-	3271 et seq.), and the Carl D. Perkins Career 24
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1819		-	kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 61
1820		-	•HJ 96 RH
1821		-	and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 1
1822		-	U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 2
1823		-	(D) continue to make available to eligible 3
1824		-	institutions of higher education in the Republic 4
1825		-	of Palau and make available to eligible institu-5
1826		-	tions of higher education in the Federated 6
1827		-	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 7
1828		-	Marshall Islands and to students enrolled in 8
1829		-	those institutions of higher education, and to 9
1830		-	students who are citizens of the Federated 10
1831		-	States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Mar-11
1832		-	shall Islands, and the Republic of Palau and 12
1833		-	enrolled in institutions of higher education in 13
1834		-	the United States and territories of the United 14
1835		-	States, grants under— 15
1836		-	(i) subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 16
1837		-	the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 17
1838		-	U.S.C. 1070a et seq.); 18
1839		-	(ii) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of 19
1840		-	the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 20
1841		-	U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); and 21
1842		-	(iii) part C of title IV of the Higher 22
1843		-	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087– 23
1844		-	51 et seq.); 24
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1846	1823		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 62
1847		-	•HJ 96 RH
1848		-	(E) require, as a condition of eligibility for 1
1849		-	a public institution of higher education in any 2
1850		-	State (as defined in section 103 of the Higher 3
1851		-	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) that 4
1852		-	is not a Freely Associated State to participate 5
1853		-	in or receive funds under any program under 6
1854		-	title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), 7
1855		-	that the institution charge students who are 8
1856		-	citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, 9
1857		-	the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Re-10
1858		-	public of Palau tuition for attendance at a rate 11
1859		-	that is not greater than the rate charged for 12
1860		-	residents of the State in which such public in-13
1861		-	stitution of higher education is located; and 14
1862		-	(F) continue to make available, to eligible 15
1863		-	institutions of higher education, secondary 16
1864		-	schools, and nonprofit organizations in the Fed-17
1865		-	erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 18
1866		-	Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, 19
1867		-	competitive grants under the Higher Education 20
1868		-	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 21
	1824	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1825	+	competitive grants under the Higher Education 1
	1826	+	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 2
1869	1827		(2) O
1870		-	THER FORMULA GRANTS .—Except as pro-22
1871		-	vided in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Education 23
1872		-	shall not make a grant under any formula grant pro-24
1873		-	gram administered by the Department of Education 25
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	1828	+	THER FORMULA GRANTS .—Except as pro-3
	1829	+	vided in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Education 4
	1830	+	shall not make a grant under any formula grant pro-5
	1831	+	gram administered by the Department of Education 6
	1832	+	to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic 7
	1833	+	of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. 8
	1834	+	(3) G
	1835	+	RANTS TO THE FREELY ASSOCIATED 9
	1836	+	STATES UNDER PART B OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 10
	1837	+	DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT .—Section 611(b)(1) 11
	1838	+	of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 12
	1839	+	(20 U.S.C. 1411(b)(1)) is amended by striking sub-13
	1840	+	paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 14
	1841	+	‘‘(A) F
	1842	+	UNDS RESERVED .—From the 15
	1843	+	amount appropriated for any fiscal year under 16
	1844	+	subsection (i), the Secretary shall reserve not 17
	1845	+	more than 1 percent, which shall be used as fol-18
	1846	+	lows: 19
	1847	+	‘‘(i) To provide assistance to the out-20
	1848	+	lying areas in accordance with their respec-21
	1849	+	tive populations of individuals aged 3 22
	1850	+	through 21. 23
	1851	+	‘‘(ii)(I) To provide each freely associ-24
	1852	+	ated State a grant so that no freely associ-25
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1876		-	•HJ 96 RH
1877		-	to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic 1
1878		-	of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. 2
1879		-	(3) G
1880		-	RANTS TO THE FREELY ASSOCIATED 3
1881		-	STATES UNDER PART B OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 4
1882		-	DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT .—Section 611(b)(1) 5
1883		-	of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 6
1884		-	(20 U.S.C. 1411(b)(1)) is amended by striking sub-7
1885		-	paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 8
1886		-	‘‘(A) F
1887		-	UNDS RESERVED .—From the 9
1888		-	amount appropriated for any fiscal year under 10
1889		-	subsection (i), the Secretary shall reserve not 11
1890		-	more than 1 percent, which shall be used as fol-12
1891		-	lows: 13
1892		-	‘‘(i) To provide assistance to the out-14
1893		-	lying areas in accordance with their respec-15
1894		-	tive populations of individuals aged 3 16
1895		-	through 21. 17
1896		-	‘‘(ii)(I) To provide each freely associ-18
1897		-	ated State a grant so that no freely associ-19
1898		-	ated State receives a lesser share of the 20
1899		-	total funds reserved for the freely associ-21
1900		-	ated State than the freely associated State 22
1901		-	received of those funds for fiscal year 23
1902		-	2023. 24
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	1855	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1856	+	ated State receives a lesser share of the 1
	1857	+	total funds reserved for the freely associ-2
	1858	+	ated State than the freely associated State 3
	1859	+	received of those funds for fiscal year 4
	1860	+	2023. 5
	1861	+	‘‘(II) Each freely associated State 6
	1862	+	shall establish its eligibility under this sub-7
	1863	+	paragraph consistent with the require-8
	1864	+	ments for a State under section 612. 9
	1865	+	‘‘(III) The funds provided to each 10
	1866	+	freely associated State under this part may 11
	1867	+	be used to provide, to each infant or tod-12
	1868	+	dler with a disability (as defined in section 13
	1869	+	632), either a free appropriate public edu-14
	1870	+	cation, consistent with section 612, or 15
	1871	+	early intervention services consistent with 16
	1872	+	part C, notwithstanding the application 17
	1873	+	and eligibility requirements of sections 18
	1874	+	634(2), 635, and 637.’’. 19
	1875	+	(4) T
	1876	+	ECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ELE -20
	1877	+	MENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 21
	1878	+	1965.—The Elementary and Secondary Education 22
	1879	+	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended— 23
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1905		-	•HJ 96 RH
1906		-	‘‘(II) ~~Each freely associated State~~ 1
1907		-	~~shall establish its eligibility under this sub-~~2
1908		-	~~paragraph consistent with~~ the ~~require-~~3
1909		-	~~ments~~ for ~~a State under section 612.~~ 4
1910		-	~~‘‘(III) The funds provided~~ to ~~each~~ 5
1911		-	~~freely associated State under this part~~ may 6
1912		-	~~be used to provide~~, ~~to each infant or tod~~-7
1913		-	~~dler with a disability (as~~ ~~defined in section~~ 8
1914		-	~~632~~)~~, either a free appropriate public edu-~~9
1915		-	~~cation, consistent with section 612,~~ or 10
1916		-	~~early intervention services consistent with~~ 11
1917		-	~~part C, notwithstanding the application 12~~
1918		-	~~and eligibility requirements of sections 13~~
1919		-	~~634(2), 635, and 637.’’. 14~~
1920		-	(4) T
1921		-	~~ECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO~~ THE ~~ELE -~~15
1922		-	~~MENTARY~~ AND ~~SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF~~ 16
1923		-	~~1965.—The Elementary~~ and ~~Secondary Education~~ 17
1924		-	~~Act~~ of ~~1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended—~~ 18
1925		-	~~(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sec~~-19
1926		-	~~tion 1121(b)(1) (20~~ ~~U.S.C. 6331(b)(1)(A)) and~~ 20
1927		-	~~inserting~~ the ~~following:~~ 21
1928		-	~~‘‘(A) first reserve $1,000,000 for~~ the Re-22
1929		-	~~public of Palau, subject~~ to ~~such terms~~ and ~~con-~~23
1930		-	~~ditions as~~ the ~~Secretary may establish, except~~ 24
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	1882	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1883	+	(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sec-1
	1884	+	tion 1121(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6331(b)(1)(A)) and 2
	1885	+	inserting the following: 3
	1886	+	‘‘(A) first reserve $1,000,000 for the Re-4
	1887	+	public of Palau, subject to such terms and con-5
	1888	+	ditions as the Secretary may establish, except 6
	1889	+	that Public Law 95–134, permitting the con-7
	1890	+	solidation of grants, shall not apply; and’’; and 8
	1891	+	(B) by striking paragraph (36) of section 9
	1892	+	8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801(36)) and inserting the 10
	1893	+	following: 11
	1894	+	‘‘(36) O
	1895	+	UTLYING AREA.—The term ‘outlying 12
	1896	+	area’— 13
	1897	+	‘‘(A) means American Samoa, the Com-14
	1898	+	monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 15
	1899	+	Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; 16
	1900	+	and 17
	1901	+	‘‘(B) for the purpose of any discretionary 18
	1902	+	grant program under this Act, includes the Re-19
	1903	+	public of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 20
	1904	+	States of Micronesia, and the Republic of 21
	1905	+	Palau, to the extent that any such grant pro-22
	1906	+	gram continues to be available to State and 23
	1907	+	local governments in the United States.’’. 24
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1933		-	•HJ 96 RH
1934		-	that Public Law 95–134, permitting the con-1
1935		-	solidation of grants, shall not apply; and’’; and 2
1936		-	(B) by striking paragraph (36) of section 3
1937		-	8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801(36)) and inserting the 4
1938		-	following: 5
1939		-	‘‘(36) O
1940		-	UTLYING AREA.—The term ‘outlying 6
1941		-	area’— 7
1942		-	‘‘(A) means American Samoa, the Com-8
1943		-	monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 9
1944		-	Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; 10
1945		-	and 11
1946		-	‘‘(B) for the purpose of any discretionary 12
1947		-	grant program under this Act, includes the Re-13
1948		-	public of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 14
1949		-	States of Micronesia, and the Republic of 15
1950		-	Palau, to the extent that any such grant pro-16
1951		-	gram continues to be available to State and 17
1952		-	local governments in the United States.’’. 18
1953		-	(5) T
1954		-	ECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE COMPACT 19
1955		-	OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2003 .— 20
1956		-	Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free Asso-21
1957		-	ciation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 22
1958		-	1921d(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking clause (ix). 23
	1910	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1911	+	(5) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE COMPACT 1
	1912	+	OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2003 .— 2
	1913	+	Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free Asso-3
	1914	+	ciation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 4
	1915	+	1921d(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking clause (ix). 5
1959	1916		(6) H
1960		-	EAD START PROGRAMS .— 24
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	1917	+	EAD START PROGRAMS .— 6
	1918	+	(A) D
	1919	+	EFINITIONS.—Section 637 of the 7
	1920	+	Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended, 8
	1921	+	in the paragraph defining the term ‘‘State’’, by 9
	1922	+	striking the second sentence and inserting ‘‘The 10
	1923	+	term ‘State’ includes the Federated States of 11
	1924	+	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is-12
	1925	+	lands, and the Republic of Palau.’’. 13
	1926	+	(B) A
	1927	+	LLOTMENT OF FUNDS .—Section 14
	1928	+	640(a)(2)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 15
	1929	+	9835(a)(2)(B)) is amended— 16
	1930	+	(i) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘the 17
	1931	+	Republic of Palau,’’ before ‘‘and the Virgin 18
	1932	+	Islands’’; and 19
	1933	+	(ii) by striking clause (v) and insert-20
	1934	+	ing the following: 21
	1935	+	‘‘(v) if a base grant has been estab-22
	1936	+	lished through appropriations for the Fed-23
	1937	+	erated States of Micronesia or the Repub-24
	1938	+	lic of the Marshall Islands, to provide an 25
	1939	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:50 Nov 03, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.IH HJ96
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1963		-	•HJ 96 RH
1964		-	(A) DEFINITIONS.—Section 637 of the 1
1965		-	Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended, 2
1966		-	in the paragraph defining the term ‘‘State’’, by 3
1967		-	striking the second sentence and inserting ‘‘The 4
1968		-	term ‘State’ includes the Federated States of 5
1969		-	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is-6
1970		-	lands, and the Republic of Palau.’’. 7
	1941	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1942	+	amount for that jurisdiction (for Head 1
	1943	+	Start agencies (including Early Head Start 2
	1944	+	agencies) in the jurisdiction) that is equal 3
	1945	+	to the amount provided for base grants for 4
	1946	+	such jurisdiction under this subchapter for 5
	1947	+	the prior fiscal year, by allotting to each 6
	1948	+	agency described in this clause an amount 7
	1949	+	equal to that agency’s base grant for the 8
	1950	+	prior fiscal year; and’’. 9
	1951	+	(7) C
	1952	+	OORDINATION REQUIRED .—The Secretary 10
	1953	+	of the Interior, in coordination with the Secretary of 11
	1954	+	Education and the Secretary of Health and Human 12
	1955	+	Services, as applicable, shall, to the maximum extent 13
	1956	+	practicable, coordinate with the 3 United States ap-14
	1957	+	pointees to the Joint Economic Management Com-15
	1958	+	mittee described in section 4(b)(1) and the 2 United 16
	1959	+	States appointees to the Joint Economic Manage-17
	1960	+	ment and Financial Accountability Committee de-18
	1961	+	scribed in section 5(d)(1) to avoid duplication of eco-19
	1962	+	nomic assistance for education provided under sec-20
	1963	+	tion 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 21
	1964	+	Compact or section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended 22
	1965	+	U.S.-RMI Compact of activities or services provided 23
	1966	+	under— 24
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	1969	+	•HJ 96 IH
	1970	+	(A) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 1
	1971	+	et seq.); 2
	1972	+	(B) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the 3
	1973	+	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 4
	1974	+	1070b et seq.); or 5
	1975	+	(C) part C of title IV of the Higher Edu-6
	1976	+	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et 7
	1977	+	seq.). 8
	1978	+	(c) A
	1979	+	UTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 9
	1980	+	P
	1981	+	ROGRAMS.— 10
	1982	+	(1) D
	1983	+	EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL FA -11
	1984	+	CILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall make 12
	1985	+	available, on a space available and reimbursable 13
	1986	+	basis, the medical facilities of the Department of De-14
	1987	+	fense for use by citizens of the Federated States of 15
	1988	+	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 16
	1989	+	and the Republic of Palau, who are properly referred 17
	1990	+	to the facilities by government authorities respon-18
	1991	+	sible for provision of medical services in the Fed-19
	1992	+	erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 20
	1993	+	Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the af-21
	1994	+	fected jurisdictions (as defined in section 104(e)(2) 22
	1995	+	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 23
	1996	+	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))). 24
	1997	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:50 Nov 03, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.IH HJ96
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	1999	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2000	+	(2) PARTICIPATION BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1
	2001	+	THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BAT -2
	2002	+	TERY STUDENT TESTING PROGRAM .—It is the sense 3
	2003	+	of Congress that the Department of Defense may ex-4
	2004	+	tend the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Bat-5
	2005	+	tery (ASVAB) Student Testing Program and the 6
	2006	+	ASVAB Career Exploration Program to selected sec-7
	2007	+	ondary schools in the Federated States of Micro-8
	2008	+	nesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 9
	2009	+	Republic of Palau to the extent such programs are 10
	2010	+	available to Department of Defense dependent sec-11
	2011	+	ondary schools established under section 2164 of 12
	2012	+	title 10, United States Code, and located outside the 13
	2013	+	United States. 14
	2014	+	(d) J
	2015	+	UDICIALTRAINING.—In addition to amounts 15
	2016	+	provided under section 261(a)(4) of the 2023 Amended 16
	2017	+	U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 17
	2018	+	Compact and under subsections (a) and (b) of Article 1 18
	2019	+	of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, for 19
	2020	+	each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, the Secretary of 20
	2021	+	the Interior shall use the amounts made available to the 21
	2022	+	Secretary of the Interior under section 10(c) to train 22
	2023	+	judges and officials of the judiciary in the Federated 23
	2024	+	States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 24
	2025	+	and the Republic of Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific 25
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	2029	+	Islands Committee of the judicial council of the ninth judi-1
	2030	+	cial circuit of the United States. 2
	2031	+	(e) E
	2032	+	LIGIBILITY FOR THE REPUBLIC OFPALAU.— 3
	2033	+	(1) N
	2034	+	ATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS .—The 4
	2035	+	Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make 5
	2036	+	the services of the National Health Service Corps 6
	2037	+	available to the residents of the Federated States of 7
	2038	+	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 8
	2039	+	and the Republic of Palau to the same extent, and 9
	2040	+	for the same duration, as services are authorized to 10
	2041	+	be provided to persons residing in any other areas 11
	2042	+	within or outside the United States. 12
	2043	+	(2) A
	2044	+	DDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES .— 13
	2045	+	The Republic of Palau shall be eligible for the pro-14
	2046	+	grams and services made available to the Federated 15
	2047	+	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-16
	2048	+	shall Islands under section 108(a) of the Compact of 17
	2049	+	Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 18
	2050	+	U.S.C. 1921g(a)). 19
	2051	+	(3) P
	2052	+	ROGRAMS AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN 20
	2053	+	AGENCIES.—In addition to the programs and serv-21
	2054	+	ices set forth in the operative Federal Programs and 22
	2055	+	Services Agreement between the United States and 23
	2056	+	the Republic of Palau, the programs and services of 24
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	2060	+	the following agencies shall be made available to the 1
	2061	+	Republic of Palau: 2
	2062	+	(A) The Legal Services Corporation. 3
	2063	+	(B) The Public Health Service. 4
	2064	+	(C) The Rural Housing Service. 5
	2065	+	(f) C
	2066	+	OMPACTIMPACTFAIRNESS.— 6
	2067	+	(1) I
	2068	+	N GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Personal 7
	2069	+	Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 8
	2070	+	Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended— 9
	2071	+	(A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the 10
	2072	+	end the following: 11
	2073	+	‘‘(N) E
	2074	+	XCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF FREE -12
	2075	+	LY ASSOCIATED STATES.—With respect to eligi-13
	2076	+	bility for benefits for any specified Federal pro-14
	2077	+	gram, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any in-15
	2078	+	dividual who lawfully resides in the United 16
	2079	+	States in accordance with section 141 of the 17
	2080	+	Compacts of Free Association between the Gov-18
	2081	+	ernment of the United States and the Govern-19
	2082	+	ments of the Federated States of Micronesia, 20
	2083	+	the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 21
	2084	+	Republic of Palau.’’; and 22
	2085	+	(B) in subsection (b)(2)(G)— 23
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	2089	+	(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 1
	2090	+	striking ‘‘
	2091	+	MEDICAID EXCEPTION FOR ’’ and 2
	2092	+	inserting ‘‘
	2093	+	EXCEPTION FOR’’; and 3
	2094	+	(ii) by striking ‘‘the designated Fed-4
	2095	+	eral program defined in paragraph (3)(C) 5
	2096	+	(relating to the Medicaid program)’’ and 6
	2097	+	inserting ‘‘any designated Federal pro-7
	2098	+	gram’’. 8
	2099	+	(2) E
	2100	+	XCEPTION TO 5 -YEAR WAIT REQUIRE -9
	2101	+	MENT.—Section 403(b)(3) of the Personal Responsi-10
	2102	+	bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 11
	2103	+	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by striking 12
	2104	+	‘‘, but only with respect to the designated Federal 13
	2105	+	program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C)’’. 14
	2106	+	(3) D
	2107	+	EFINITION OF QUALIFIED ALIEN .—Section 15
	2108	+	431(b)(8) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 16
	2109	+	Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 17
	2110	+	1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘, but only with 18
	2111	+	respect to the designated Federal program defined 19
	2112	+	in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid 20
	2113	+	program)’’. 21
	2114	+	(g) C
	2115	+	ONSULTATIONWITHINTERNATIONAL FINAN-22
	2116	+	CIALINSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 23
	2117	+	coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the 24
	2118	+	Secretary of State, shall consult with appropriate officials 25
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	2121	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2122	+	of the Asian Development Bank and relevant international 1
	2123	+	financial institutions (as defined in section 1701(c) of the 2
	2124	+	International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 3
	2125	+	262r(c))), as appropriate, with respect to overall economic 4
	2126	+	conditions in, and the activities of other providers of as-5
	2127	+	sistance to, the Freely Associated States. 6
	2128	+	(h) C
	2129	+	HIEF OFMISSION.—Section 105(b) of the Com-7
	2130	+	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 8
	2131	+	U.S.C. 1921d(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) 9
	2132	+	and inserting the following: 10
	2133	+	‘‘(5) Pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign 11
	2134	+	Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927), all United 12
	2135	+	States Government executive branch employees in 13
	2136	+	the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 14
	2137	+	the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau fall 15
	2138	+	under the authority of the respective applicable chief 16
	2139	+	of mission, except for employees identified as ex-17
	2140	+	cepted from the authority under Federal law or by 18
	2141	+	Presidential directive.’’. 19
	2142	+	(i) E
	2143	+	STABLISHMENT OF A UNIT FOR THEFREELY 20
	2144	+	A
	2145	+	SSOCIATEDSTATES IN THEBUREAU OFEASTASIAN 21
	2146	+	ANDPACIFICAFFAIRS OF THEDEPARTMENT OF STATE 22
	2147	+	ANDINCREASINGPERSONNELFOCUSED ONOCEANIA.— 23
	2148	+	(1) D
	2149	+	EFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRES -24
	2150	+	SIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this subsection, the term 25
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	2154	+	‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 1
	2155	+	Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 2
	2156	+	the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 3
	2157	+	Representatives. 4
	2158	+	(2) R
	2159	+	EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of State 5
	2160	+	shall— 6
	2161	+	(A) assign additional full-time equivalent 7
	2162	+	personnel to the Office of Australia, New Zea-8
	2163	+	land, and Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau 9
	2164	+	of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the De-10
	2165	+	partment of State, including to the unit estab-11
	2166	+	lished under subparagraph (B), as the Sec-12
	2167	+	retary of State determines to be appropriate, in 13
	2168	+	accordance with paragraph (4)(A); and 14
	2169	+	(B) establish a unit in the Bureau of East 15
	2170	+	Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of 16
	2171	+	State to carry out the functions described in 17
	2172	+	paragraph (3). 18
	2173	+	(3) F
	2174	+	UNCTIONS OF UNIT.—The unit established 19
	2175	+	under paragraph (2)(B) shall be responsible for the 20
	2176	+	following: 21
	2177	+	(A) Managing the bilateral and regional re-22
	2178	+	lations with the Freely Associated States. 23
	2179	+	(B) Supporting the Secretary of State in 24
	2180	+	leading negotiations relating to the Compacts of 25
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	2184	+	Free Association with the Freely Associated 1
	2185	+	States. 2
	2186	+	(C) Coordinating, in consultation with the 3
	2187	+	Department of the Interior, the Department of 4
	2188	+	Defense, and other interagency partners as ap-5
	2189	+	propriate, implementation of the Compacts of 6
	2190	+	Free Association with the Freely Associated 7
	2191	+	States. 8
	2192	+	(4) F
	2193	+	ULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES .—The 9
	2194	+	Secretary of State shall— 10
	2195	+	(A) not later than 5 years after the date 11
	2196	+	of enactment of this joint resolution, assign to 12
	2197	+	the Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pa-13
	2198	+	cific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian 14
	2199	+	and Pacific Affairs, including to the unit estab-15
	2200	+	lished under paragraph (2)(B), not less than 4 16
	2201	+	additional full-time equivalent staff, who shall 17
	2202	+	not be dual-hatted, including by considering— 18
	2203	+	(i) the use of existing flexible hiring 19
	2204	+	authorities, including Domestic Employees 20
	2205	+	Teleworking Overseas (DETOs); and 21
	2206	+	(ii) the realignment of existing per-22
	2207	+	sonnel, including from the United States 23
	2208	+	Mission in Australia, as appropriate; 24
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	2212	+	(B) reduce the number of vacant foreign 1
	2213	+	service positions in the Pacific Island region by 2
	2214	+	establishing an incentive program within the 3
	2215	+	Foreign Service for overseas positions related to 4
	2216	+	the Pacific Island region; and 5
	2217	+	(C) report to the appropriate congressional 6
	2218	+	committees on progress toward objectives out-7
	2219	+	lined in this subsection beginning 1 year from 8
	2220	+	the date of enactment of this joint resolution 9
	2221	+	and annually thereafter for 5 years. 10
	2222	+	(j) T
	2223	+	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—Section 105 of the 11
	2224	+	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 12
	2225	+	(48 U.S.C. 1921d) is amended by striking subsection (j) 13
	2226	+	and inserting the following: 14
	2227	+	‘‘(j) T
	2228	+	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.— 15
	2229	+	‘‘(1) I
	2230	+	N GENERAL.—Technical assistance may 16
	2231	+	be provided pursuant to section 224 of the 2023 17
	2232	+	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, section 224 of the 18
	2233	+	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or section 222 19
	2234	+	of the U.S.-Palau Compact (as those terms are de-20
	2235	+	fined in section 2 of the Compact of Free Associa-21
	2236	+	tion Amendments Act of 2023) by Federal agencies 22
	2237	+	and institutions of the Government of the United 23
	2238	+	States to the extent the assistance shall be provided 24
	2239	+	to States, territories, or units of local government. 25
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	2243	+	‘‘(2) HISTORIC PRESERVATION.— 1
	2244	+	‘‘(A) I
	2245	+	N GENERAL.—Any technical assist-2
	2246	+	ance authorized under paragraph (1) that is 3
	2247	+	provided by the Forest Service, the Natural Re-4
	2248	+	sources Conservation Service, the United States 5
	2249	+	Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine 6
	2250	+	Fisheries Service, the United States Coast 7
	2251	+	Guard, the Advisory Council on Historic Pres-8
	2252	+	ervation, the Department of the Interior, or any 9
	2253	+	other Federal agency providing assistance 10
	2254	+	under division A of subtitle III of title 54, 11
	2255	+	United States Code, may be provided on a non-12
	2256	+	reimbursable basis. 13
	2257	+	‘‘(B) G
	2258	+	RANTS.—During the period in 14
	2259	+	which the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 15
	2260	+	(as so defined) and the 2023 Amended U.S.- 16
	2261	+	RMI Compact (as so defined) are in force, the 17
	2262	+	grant programs under division A of subtitle III 18
	2263	+	of title 54, United States Code, shall continue 19
	2264	+	to apply to the Federated States of Micronesia 20
	2265	+	and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the 21
	2266	+	same manner and to the same extent as those 22
	2267	+	programs applied prior to the approval of the 23
	2268	+	U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact. 24
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	2272	+	‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Any funds provided 1
	2273	+	pursuant to this subsection, subsections (c), (g), (h), 2
	2274	+	(i), (k), (l), and (m), section 102(a), and subsections 3
	2275	+	(a), (b), (f), (g), (h), and (j) of section 103 shall be 4
	2276	+	in addition to, and not charged against, any 5
	2277	+	amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Mi-6
	2278	+	cronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands pur-7
	2279	+	suant to— 8
	2280	+	‘‘(A) the U.S.-FSM Compact; 9
	2281	+	‘‘(B) the U.S.-RMI Compact; or 10
	2282	+	‘‘(C) any related subsidiary agreement.’’. 11
	2283	+	(k) C
	2284	+	ONTINUINGTRUSTTERRITORYAUTHORIZA-12
	2285	+	TION.—The authorization provided by the Act of June 30, 13
	2286	+	1954 (68 Stat. 330, chapter 423), shall remain available 14
	2287	+	after the effective date of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 15
	2288	+	Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact with 16
	2289	+	respect to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Re-17
	2290	+	public of the Marshall Islands for transition purposes, in-18
	2291	+	cluding— 19
	2292	+	(1) completion of projects and fulfillment of 20
	2293	+	commitments or obligations; 21
	2294	+	(2) termination of the Trust Territory Govern-22
	2295	+	ment and termination of the High Court; 23
	2296	+	(3) health and education as a result of excep-24
	2297	+	tional circumstances; 25
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	2301	+	(4) ex gratia contributions for the populations 1
	2302	+	of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik; and 2
	2303	+	(5) technical assistance and training in finan-3
	2304	+	cial management, program administration, and 4
	2305	+	maintenance of infrastructure. 5
	2306	+	(l) T
	2307	+	ECHNICALAMENDMENTS.— 6
	2308	+	(1) P
	2309	+	UBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT DEFINI -7
	2310	+	TION.—Section 2(f) of the Public Health Service Act 8
	2311	+	(42 U.S.C. 201(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the 9
	2312	+	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands’’ and inserting 10
	2313	+	‘‘the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 11
	2314	+	the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau’’. 12
	2315	+	(2) C
	2316	+	OMPACT IMPACT AMENDMENTS .—Section 13
	2317	+	104(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-14
	2318	+	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)) is amend-15
	2319	+	ed— 16
	2320	+	(A) in paragraph (4)— 17
	2321	+	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 18
	2322	+	‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2003’’ and insert-19
	2323	+	ing ‘‘during the period of fiscal years 2003 20
	2324	+	through 2023’’; and 21
	2325	+	(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 22
	2326	+	‘‘after fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for 23
	2327	+	the period of fiscal years 2004 through 24
	2328	+	2023’’; 25
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	2332	+	(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 1
	2333	+	(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 2
	2334	+	through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (9), re-3
	2335	+	spectively. 4
	2336	+	SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 5
	2337	+	(a) A
	2338	+	GENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, ANDINSTRUMENTAL-6
	2339	+	ITIES.— 7
	2340	+	(1) I
	2341	+	N GENERAL.—Appropriations to carry out 8
	2342	+	the obligations, services, and programs described in 9
	2343	+	paragraph (2) shall be made directly to the Federal 10
	2344	+	agencies, departments, and instrumentalities car-11
	2345	+	rying out the obligations, services and programs. 12
	2346	+	(2) O
	2347	+	BLIGATIONS, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS 13
	2348	+	DESCRIBED.—The obligations, services, and pro-14
	2349	+	grams referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) are the 15
	2350	+	obligations, services, and programs under— 16
	2351	+	(A) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) 17
	2352	+	and (3) through (6) of section 221(a), and sec-18
	2353	+	tion 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 19
	2354	+	Compact; 20
	2355	+	(B) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) 21
	2356	+	and (3) through (6) of section 221(a), and sec-22
	2357	+	tion 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 23
	2358	+	Compact; 24
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	2362	+	(C) sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs 1
	2363	+	(1), (3), and (4) of section 221(a) of the U.S.- 2
	2364	+	Palau Compact; 3
	2365	+	(D) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Com-4
	2366	+	pact Review Agreement; and 5
	2367	+	(E) section 8. 6
	2368	+	(3) A
	2369	+	UTHORITY.—The heads of the Federal 7
	2370	+	agencies, departments, and instrumentalities to 8
	2371	+	which appropriations are made available under para-9
	2372	+	graph (1) as well as the Federal Deposit Insurance 10
	2373	+	Corporation shall— 11
	2374	+	(A) have the authority to carry out any ac-12
	2375	+	tivities that are necessary to fulfill the obliga-13
	2376	+	tions, services, and programs described in para-14
	2377	+	graph (2); and 15
	2378	+	(B) use available funds to carry out the ac-16
	2379	+	tivities under subparagraph (A). 17
1971	2380		(b) A
1972		-	LLOTMENT OF FUNDS .—Section 8
1973		-	640(a)(2)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9
1974		-	9835(a)(2)(B)) is amended— 10
1975		-	(i) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘the 11
1976		-	Republic of Palau,’’ before ‘‘and the Virgin 12
1977		-	Islands’’; and 13
1978		-	(ii) by striking clause (v) and insert-14
1979		-	ing the following: 15
1980		-	‘‘(v) if a base grant has been estab-16
1981		-	lished through appropriations for the Fed-17
1982		-	erated States of Micronesia or the Repub-18
1983		-	lic of the Marshall Islands, to provide an 19
1984		-	amount for that jurisdiction (for Head 20
1985		-	Start agencies (including Early Head Start 21
1986		-	agencies) in the jurisdiction) that is equal 22
1987		-	to the amount provided for base grants for 23
1988		-	such jurisdiction under this subchapter for 24
1989		-	the prior fiscal year, by allotting to each 25
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1993		-	agency described in this clause an amount 1
1994		-	equal to that agency’s base grant for the 2
1995		-	prior fiscal year; and’’. 3
1996		-	(7) C
1997		-	OORDINATION REQUIRED .—The Secretary 4
1998		-	of the Interior, in coordination with the Secretary of 5
1999		-	Education and the Secretary of Health and Human 6
2000		-	Services, as applicable, shall, to the maximum extent 7
2001		-	practicable, coordinate with the 3 United States ap-8
2002		-	pointees to the Joint Economic Management Com-9
2003		-	mittee described in section 4(b)(1) and the 2 United 10
2004		-	States appointees to the Joint Economic Manage-11
2005		-	ment and Financial Accountability Committee de-12
2006		-	scribed in section 5(d)(1) to avoid duplication of eco-13
2007		-	nomic assistance for education provided under sec-14
2008		-	tion 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 15
2009		-	Compact or section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended 16
2010		-	U.S.-RMI Compact of activities or services provided 17
2011		-	under— 18
2012		-	(A) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 19
2013		-	et seq.); 20
2014		-	(B) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the 21
2015		-	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 22
2016		-	1070b et seq.); or 23
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2020		-	(C) part C of title IV of the Higher Edu-1
2021		-	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et 2
2022		-	seq.). 3
2023		-	(c) A
2024		-	UTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 4
2025		-	P
2026		-	ROGRAMS.— 5
2027		-	(1) D
2028		-	EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL FA -6
2029		-	CILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall make 7
2030		-	available, on a space available and reimbursable 8
2031		-	basis, the medical facilities of the Department of De-9
2032		-	fense for use by citizens of the Federated States of 10
2033		-	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 11
2034		-	and the Republic of Palau, who are properly referred 12
2035		-	to the facilities by government authorities respon-13
2036		-	sible for provision of medical services in the Fed-14
2037		-	erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 15
2038		-	Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the af-16
2039		-	fected jurisdictions (as defined in section 104(e)(2) 17
2040		-	of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 18
2041		-	Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))). 19
2042		-	(2) P
2043		-	ARTICIPATION BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 20
2044		-	THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BAT -21
2045		-	TERY STUDENT TESTING PROGRAM .—It is the sense 22
2046		-	of Congress that the Department of Defense may ex-23
2047		-	tend the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Bat-24
2048		-	tery (ASVAB) Student Testing Program and the 25
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2052		-	ASVAB Career Exploration Program to selected sec-1
2053		-	ondary schools in the Federated States of Micro-2
2054		-	nesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 3
2055		-	Republic of Palau to the extent such programs are 4
2056		-	available to Department of Defense dependent sec-5
2057		-	ondary schools established under section 2164 of 6
2058		-	title 10, United States Code, and located outside the 7
2059		-	United States. 8
2060		-	(d) J
2061		-	UDICIALTRAINING.—In addition to amounts 9
2062		-	provided under section 261(a)(4) of the 2023 Amended 10
2063		-	U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 11
2064		-	Compact and under subsections (a) and (b) of Article 1 12
2065		-	of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, for 13
2066		-	each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, the Secretary of 14
2067		-	the Interior shall use the amounts made available to the 15
2068		-	Secretary of the Interior under section 10(c) to train 16
2069		-	judges and officials of the judiciary in the Federated 17
2070		-	States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 18
2071		-	and the Republic of Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific 19
2072		-	Islands Committee of the judicial council of the ninth judi-20
2073		-	cial circuit of the United States. 21
2074		-	(e) E
2075		-	LIGIBILITY FOR THE REPUBLIC OFPALAU.— 22
2076		-	(1) N
2077		-	ATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS .—The 23
2078		-	Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make 24
2079		-	the services of the National Health Service Corps 25
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2083		-	available to the residents of the Federated States of 1
2084		-	Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2
2085		-	and the Republic of Palau to the same extent, and 3
2086		-	for the same duration, as services are authorized to 4
2087		-	be provided to persons residing in any other areas 5
2088		-	within or outside the United States. 6
2089		-	(2) A
2090		-	DDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES .— 7
2091		-	The Republic of Palau shall be eligible for the pro-8
2092		-	grams and services made available to the Federated 9
2093		-	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-10
2094		-	shall Islands under section 108(a) of the Compact of 11
2095		-	Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 12
2096		-	U.S.C. 1921g(a)). 13
2097		-	(3) P
2098		-	ROGRAMS AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN 14
2099		-	AGENCIES.—In addition to the programs and serv-15
2100		-	ices set forth in the operative Federal Programs and 16
2101		-	Services Agreement between the United States and 17
2102		-	the Republic of Palau, the programs and services of 18
2103		-	the following agencies shall be made available to the 19
2104		-	Republic of Palau: 20
2105		-	(A) The Legal Services Corporation. 21
2106		-	(B) The Public Health Service. 22
2107		-	(C) The Rural Housing Service. 23
2108		-	(f) C
2109		-	OMPACTIMPACTFAIRNESS.— 24
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2113		-	(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Personal 1
2114		-	Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 2
2115		-	Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended— 3
2116		-	(A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the 4
2117		-	end the following: 5
2118		-	‘‘(N) E
2119		-	XCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF FREE -6
2120		-	LY ASSOCIATED STATES.—With respect to eligi-7
2121		-	bility for benefits for any specified Federal pro-8
2122		-	gram, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any in-9
2123		-	dividual who lawfully resides in the United 10
2124		-	States in accordance with section 141 of the 11
2125		-	Compacts of Free Association between the Gov-12
2126		-	ernment of the United States and the Govern-13
2127		-	ments of the Federated States of Micronesia, 14
2128		-	the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 15
2129		-	Republic of Palau.’’; and 16
2130		-	(B) in subsection (b)(2)(G)— 17
2131		-	(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 18
2132		-	striking ‘‘
2133		-	MEDICAID EXCEPTION FOR ’’ and 19
2134		-	inserting ‘‘
2135		-	EXCEPTION FOR’’; and 20
2136		-	(ii) by striking ‘‘the designated Fed-21
2137		-	eral program defined in paragraph (3)(C) 22
2138		-	(relating to the Medicaid program)’’ and 23
2139		-	inserting ‘‘any designated Federal pro-24
2140		-	gram’’. 25
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2144		-	(2) EXCEPTION TO 5 -YEAR WAIT REQUIRE -1
2145		-	MENT.—Section 403(b)(3) of the Personal Responsi-2
2146		-	bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 3
2147		-	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by striking 4
2148		-	‘‘, but only with respect to the designated Federal 5
2149		-	program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C)’’. 6
2150		-	(3) D
2151		-	EFINITION OF QUALIFIED ALIEN .—Section 7
2152		-	431(b)(8) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 8
2153		-	Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 9
2154		-	1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘, but only with 10
2155		-	respect to the designated Federal program defined 11
2156		-	in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid 12
2157		-	program)’’. 13
2158		-	(g) C
2159		-	ONSULTATIONWITHINTERNATIONAL FINAN-14
2160		-	CIALINSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 15
2161		-	coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the 16
2162		-	Secretary of State, shall consult with appropriate officials 17
2163		-	of the Asian Development Bank and relevant international 18
2164		-	financial institutions (as defined in section 1701(c) of the 19
2165		-	International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 20
2166		-	262r(c))), as appropriate, with respect to overall economic 21
2167		-	conditions in, and the activities of other providers of as-22
2168		-	sistance to, the Freely Associated States. 23
2169		-	(h) C
2170		-	HIEF OFMISSION.—Section 105(b) of the Com-24
2171		-	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 25
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2175		-	U.S.C. 1921d(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) 1
2176		-	and inserting the following: 2
2177		-	‘‘(5) Pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign 3
2178		-	Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927), all United 4
2179		-	States Government executive branch employees in 5
2180		-	the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 6
2181		-	the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau fall 7
2182		-	under the authority of the respective applicable chief 8
2183		-	of mission, except for employees identified as ex-9
2184		-	cepted from the authority under Federal law or by 10
2185		-	Presidential directive.’’. 11
2186		-	(i) E
2187		-	STABLISHMENT OF A UNIT FOR THEFREELY 12
2188		-	A
2189		-	SSOCIATEDSTATES IN THEBUREAU OFEASTASIAN 13
2190		-	ANDPACIFICAFFAIRS OF THEDEPARTMENT OF STATE 14
2191		-	ANDINCREASINGPERSONNELFOCUSED ONOCEANIA.— 15
2192		-	(1) D
2193		-	EFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRES -16
2194		-	SIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this subsection, the term 17
2195		-	‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 18
2196		-	Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 19
2197		-	the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 20
2198		-	Representatives. 21
2199		-	(2) R
2200		-	EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of State 22
2201		-	shall— 23
2202		-	(A) assign additional full-time equivalent 24
2203		-	personnel to the Office of Australia, New Zea-25
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2207		-	land, and Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau 1
2208		-	of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the De-2
2209		-	partment of State, including to the unit estab-3
2210		-	lished under subparagraph (B), as the Sec-4
2211		-	retary of State determines to be appropriate, in 5
2212		-	accordance with paragraph (4)(A); and 6
2213		-	(B) establish a unit in the Bureau of East 7
2214		-	Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of 8
2215		-	State to carry out the functions described in 9
2216		-	paragraph (3). 10
2217		-	(3) F
2218		-	UNCTIONS OF UNIT.—The unit established 11
2219		-	under paragraph (2)(B) shall be responsible for the 12
2220		-	following: 13
2221		-	(A) Managing the bilateral and regional re-14
2222		-	lations with the Freely Associated States. 15
2223		-	(B) Supporting the Secretary of State in 16
2224		-	leading negotiations relating to the Compacts of 17
2225		-	Free Association with the Freely Associated 18
2226		-	States. 19
2227		-	(C) Coordinating, in consultation with the 20
2228		-	Department of the Interior, the Department of 21
2229		-	Defense, and other interagency partners as ap-22
2230		-	propriate, implementation of the Compacts of 23
2231		-	Free Association with the Freely Associated 24
2232		-	States. 25
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2236		-	(4) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES .—The 1
2237		-	Secretary of State shall— 2
2238		-	(A) not later than 5 years after the date 3
2239		-	of enactment of this joint resolution, assign to 4
2240		-	the Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pa-5
2241		-	cific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian 6
2242		-	and Pacific Affairs, including to the unit estab-7
2243		-	lished under paragraph (2)(B), not less than 4 8
2244		-	additional full-time equivalent staff, who shall 9
2245		-	not be dual-hatted, including by considering— 10
2246		-	(i) the use of existing flexible hiring 11
2247		-	authorities, including Domestic Employees 12
2248		-	Teleworking Overseas (DETOs); and 13
2249		-	(ii) the realignment of existing per-14
2250		-	sonnel, including from the United States 15
2251		-	Mission in Australia, as appropriate; 16
2252		-	(B) reduce the number of vacant foreign 17
2253		-	service positions in the Pacific Island region by 18
2254		-	establishing an incentive program within the 19
2255		-	Foreign Service for overseas positions related to 20
2256		-	the Pacific Island region; and 21
2257		-	(C) report to the appropriate congressional 22
2258		-	committees on progress toward objectives out-23
2259		-	lined in this subsection beginning 1 year from 24
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2263		-	the date of enactment of this joint resolution 1
2264		-	and annually thereafter for 5 years. 2
2265		-	(j) T
2266		-	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—Section 105 of the 3
2267		-	Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 4
2268		-	(48 U.S.C. 1921d) is amended by striking subsection (j) 5
2269		-	and inserting the following: 6
2270		-	‘‘(j) T
2271		-	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.— 7
2272		-	‘‘(1) I
2273		-	N GENERAL.—Technical assistance may 8
2274		-	be provided pursuant to section 224 of the 2023 9
2275		-	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, section 224 of the 10
2276		-	2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or section 222 11
2277		-	of the U.S.-Palau Compact (as those terms are de-12
2278		-	fined in section 2 of the Compact of Free Associa-13
2279		-	tion Amendments Act of 2023) by Federal agencies 14
2280		-	and institutions of the Government of the United 15
2281		-	States to the extent the assistance shall be provided 16
2282		-	to States, territories, or units of local government. 17
2283		-	‘‘(2) H
2284		-	ISTORIC PRESERVATION.— 18
2285		-	‘‘(A) I
2286		-	N GENERAL.—Any technical assist-19
2287		-	ance authorized under paragraph (1) that is 20
2288		-	provided by the Forest Service, the Natural Re-21
2289		-	sources Conservation Service, the United States 22
2290		-	Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine 23
2291		-	Fisheries Service, the United States Coast 24
2292		-	Guard, the Advisory Council on Historic Pres-25
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2296		-	ervation, the Department of the Interior, or any 1
2297		-	other Federal agency providing assistance 2
2298		-	under division A of subtitle III of title 54, 3
2299		-	United States Code, may be provided on a non-4
2300		-	reimbursable basis. 5
2301		-	‘‘(B) G
2302		-	RANTS.—During the period in 6
2303		-	which the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 7
2304		-	(as so defined) and the 2023 Amended U.S.- 8
2305		-	RMI Compact (as so defined) are in force, the 9
2306		-	grant programs under division A of subtitle III 10
2307		-	of title 54, United States Code, shall continue 11
2308		-	to apply to the Federated States of Micronesia 12
2309		-	and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the 13
2310		-	same manner and to the same extent as those 14
2311		-	programs applied prior to the approval of the 15
2312		-	U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact. 16
2313		-	‘‘(3) A
2314		-	DDITIONAL FUNDS.—Any funds provided 17
2315		-	pursuant to this subsection, subsections (c), (g), (h), 18
2316		-	(i), (k), (l), and (m), section 102(a), and subsections 19
2317		-	(a), (b), (f), (g), (h), and (j) of section 103 shall be 20
2318		-	in addition to, and not charged against, any 21
2319		-	amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Mi-22
2320		-	cronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands pur-23
2321		-	suant to— 24
2322		-	‘‘(A) the U.S.-FSM Compact; 25
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2326		-	‘‘(B) the U.S.-RMI Compact; or 1
2327		-	‘‘(C) any related subsidiary agreement.’’. 2
2328		-	(k) C
2329		-	ONTINUINGTRUSTTERRITORYAUTHORIZA-3
2330		-	TION.—The authorization provided by the Act of June 30, 4
2331		-	1954 (68 Stat. 330, chapter 423), shall remain available 5
2332		-	after the effective date of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 6
2333		-	Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact with 7
2334		-	respect to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Re-8
2335		-	public of the Marshall Islands for transition purposes, in-9
2336		-	cluding— 10
2337		-	(1) completion of projects and fulfillment of 11
2338		-	commitments or obligations; 12
2339		-	(2) termination of the Trust Territory Govern-13
2340		-	ment and termination of the High Court; 14
2341		-	(3) health and education as a result of excep-15
2342		-	tional circumstances; 16
2343		-	(4) ex gratia contributions for the populations 17
2344		-	of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik; and 18
2345		-	(5) technical assistance and training in finan-19
2346		-	cial management, program administration, and 20
2347		-	maintenance of infrastructure. 21
2348		-	(l) T
2349		-	ECHNICALAMENDMENTS.— 22
2350		-	(1) P
2351		-	UBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT DEFINI -23
2352		-	TION.—Section 2(f) of the Public Health Service Act 24
2353		-	(42 U.S.C. 201(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the 25
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2357		-	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands’’ and inserting 1
2358		-	‘‘the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 2
2359		-	the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau’’. 3
2360		-	(2) C
2361		-	OMPACT IMPACT AMENDMENTS .—Section 4
2362		-	104(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-5
2363		-	ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)) is amend-6
2364		-	ed— 7
2365		-	(A) in paragraph (4)— 8
2366		-	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 9
2367		-	‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2003’’ and insert-10
2368		-	ing ‘‘during the period of fiscal years 2003 11
2369		-	through 2023’’; and 12
2370		-	(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 13
2371		-	‘‘after fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for 14
2372		-	the period of fiscal years 2004 through 15
2373		-	2023’’; 16
2374		-	(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 17
2375		-	(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 18
2376		-	through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (9), re-19
2377		-	spectively. 20
2378		-	SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 21
2379		-	(a) A
2380		-	GENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, ANDINSTRUMENTAL-22
2381		-	ITIES.— 23
2382		-	(1) I
2383		-	N GENERAL.—Appropriations to carry out 24
2384		-	the obligations, services, and programs described in 25
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2388		-	paragraph (2) shall be made directly to the Federal 1
2389		-	agencies, departments, and instrumentalities car-2
2390		-	rying out the obligations, services and programs. 3
2391		-	(2) O
2392		-	BLIGATIONS, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS 4
2393		-	DESCRIBED.—The obligations, services, and pro-5
2394		-	grams referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) are the 6
2395		-	obligations, services, and programs under— 7
2396		-	(A) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) 8
2397		-	and (3) through (6) of section 221(a), and sec-9
2398		-	tion 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 10
2399		-	Compact; 11
2400		-	(B) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) 12
2401		-	and (3) through (6) of section 221(a), and sec-13
2402		-	tion 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 14
2403		-	Compact; 15
2404		-	(C) sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs 16
2405		-	(1), (3), and (4) of section 221(a) of the U.S.- 17
2406		-	Palau Compact; 18
2407		-	(D) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Com-19
2408		-	pact Review Agreement; and 20
2409		-	(E) section 8. 21
2410		-	(3) A
2411		-	UTHORITY.—The heads of the Federal 22
2412		-	agencies, departments, and instrumentalities to 23
2413		-	which appropriations are made available under para-24
2414		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
	2381	+	DDITIONALASSISTANCE.—Any assistance pro-18
	2382	+	vided pursuant to section 105(j) of the Compact of Free 19
	2383	+	Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 20
	2384	+	1921d(j)) (as amended by section 8(j)) and sections 4(a), 21
	2385	+	5(a), 6(b), and 8 shall be in addition to and not charged 22
	2386	+	against any amounts to be paid to the Federated States 23
	2387	+	of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 24
	2388	+	the Republic of Palau pursuant to— 25
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2415	2390		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 81
2416		-	•HJ 96 RH
2417		-	graph (1) as well as the Federal Deposit Insurance 1
2418		-	Corporation shall— 2
2419		-	(A) have the authority to carry out any ac-3
2420		-	tivities that are necessary to fulfill the obliga-4
2421		-	tions, services, and programs described in para-5
2422		-	graph (2); and 6
2423		-	(B) use available funds to carry out the ac-7
2424		-	tivities under subparagraph (A). 8
2425		-	(b) A
2426		-	DDITIONALASSISTANCE.—Any assistance pro-9
2427		-	vided pursuant to section 105(j) of the Compact of Free 10
2428		-	Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 11
2429		-	1921d(j)) (as amended by section 8(j)) and sections 4(a), 12
2430		-	5(a), 6(b), and 8 shall be in addition to and not charged 13
2431		-	against any amounts to be paid to the Federated States 14
2432		-	of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 15
2433		-	the Republic of Palau pursuant to— 16
2434		-	(1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 17
2435		-	(2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 18
2436		-	(3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 19
2437		-	Agreement; or 20
2438		-	(4) any related subsidiary agreement. 21
	2391	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2392	+	(1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 1
	2393	+	(2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 2
	2394	+	(3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 3
	2395	+	Agreement; or 4
	2396	+	(4) any related subsidiary agreement. 5
2439	2397		(c) R
2440		-	EMAININGBALANCES.—Notwithstanding any 22
2441		-	other provision of law, including section 109 of the Com-23
2442		-	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 24
2443		-	U.S.C. 1921h)— 25
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	2398	+	EMAININGBALANCES.—Notwithstanding any 6
	2399	+	other provision of law, including section 109 of the Com-7
	2400	+	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 8
	2401	+	U.S.C. 1921h)— 9
	2402	+	(1) remaining balances appropriated to carry 10
	2403	+	out sections 211, 212(b), 215, and 217 of the 2023 11
	2404	+	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, shall be programmed 12
	2405	+	pursuant to Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal 13
	2406	+	Procedures Agreement; and 14
	2407	+	(2) remaining balances appropriated to carry 15
	2408	+	out sections 211, 213(b), 216, and 218 of the 2023 16
	2409	+	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, shall be programmed 17
	2410	+	pursuant to Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal 18
	2411	+	Procedures Agreement. 19
	2412	+	(d) G
	2413	+	RANTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 20
	2414	+	of law— 21
	2415	+	(1) contributions under the 2023 Amended 22
	2416	+	U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 23
	2417	+	Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.- 24
	2418	+	RMI Compact may be provided as grants for pur-25
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2445	2420		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 82
2446		-	•HJ 96 RH
2447		-	(1) remaining balances appropriated to carry 1
2448		-	out sections 211, 212(b), 215, and 217 of the 2023 2
2449		-	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, shall be programmed 3
2450		-	pursuant to Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal 4
2451		-	Procedures Agreement; and 5
2452		-	(2) remaining balances appropriated to carry 6
2453		-	out sections 211, 213(b), 216, and 218 of the 2023 7
2454		-	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, shall be programmed 8
2455		-	pursuant to Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal 9
2456		-	Procedures Agreement. 10
2457		-	(d) G
2458		-	RANTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 11
2459		-	of law— 12
2460		-	(1) contributions under the 2023 Amended 13
2461		-	U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 14
2462		-	Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.- 15
2463		-	RMI Compact may be provided as grants for pur-16
2464		-	poses of implementation of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 17
2465		-	FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Re-18
2466		-	view Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 19
2467		-	Compact under the laws of the United States; and 20
2468		-	(2) funds appropriated pursuant to section 10 21
2469		-	may be deposited in interest-bearing accounts and 22
2470		-	any interest earned may be retained in and form 23
2471		-	part of those accounts for use consistent with the 24
2472		-	purpose of the deposit. 25
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	2421	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2422	+	poses of implementation of the 2023 Amended U.S.- 1
	2423	+	FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Re-2
	2424	+	view Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 3
	2425	+	Compact under the laws of the United States; and 4
	2426	+	(2) funds appropriated pursuant to section 10 5
	2427	+	may be deposited in interest-bearing accounts and 6
	2428	+	any interest earned may be retained in and form 7
	2429	+	part of those accounts for use consistent with the 8
	2430	+	purpose of the deposit. 9
	2431	+	(e) R
	2432	+	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Except as specifically 10
	2433	+	provided, nothing in this joint resolution or the amend-11
	2434	+	ments made by this joint resolution amends the following: 12
	2435	+	(1) Title I of the Compact of Free Association 13
	2436	+	Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 14
	2437	+	(2) Title I of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 15
	2438	+	1931 et seq.). 16
	2439	+	(3) Title I of the Compact of Free Association 17
	2440	+	Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). 18
	2441	+	(4) Section 1259C of the National Defense Au-19
	2442	+	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 20
	2443	+	1931 note; Public Law 115–91). 21
	2444	+	(5) The Department of the Interior, Environ-22
	2445	+	ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 23
	2446	+	2018 (Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 635). 24
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2474	2448		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 83
2475		-	•HJ 96 RH
2476		-	(e) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Except as specifically 1
2477		-	provided, nothing in this joint resolution or the amend-2
2478		-	ments made by this joint resolution amends the following: 3
2479		-	(1) Title I of the Compact of Free Association 4
2480		-	Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 5
2481		-	(2) Title I of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 6
2482		-	1931 et seq.). 7
2483		-	(3) Title I of the Compact of Free Association 8
2484		-	Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). 9
2485		-	(4) Section 1259C of the National Defense Au-10
2486		-	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 11
2487		-	1931 note; Public Law 115–91). 12
2488		-	(5) The Department of the Interior, Environ-13
2489		-	ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 14
2490		-	2018 (Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 635). 15
2491		-	(f) C
2492		-	LARIFICATIONRELATING TO APPROPRIATED 16
	2449	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2450	+	(f) CLARIFICATIONRELATING TO APPROPRIATED 1
2493	2451		F
2494		-	UNDS.—Notwithstanding section 109 of the Compacts of 17
2495		-	Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 18
2496		-	1921h)— 19
2497		-	(1) funds appropriated by that section and de-20
2498		-	posited into the RMI Compact Trust Fund shall be 21
2499		-	governed by the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agree-22
2500		-	ment on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI 23
2501		-	Trust Fund Agreement; 24
2502		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
	2452	+	UNDS.—Notwithstanding section 109 of the Compacts of 2
	2453	+	Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 3
	2454	+	1921h)— 4
	2455	+	(1) funds appropriated by that section and de-5
	2456	+	posited into the RMI Compact Trust Fund shall be 6
	2457	+	governed by the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agree-7
	2458	+	ment on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI 8
	2459	+	Trust Fund Agreement; 9
	2460	+	(2) funds appropriated by that section and de-10
	2461	+	posited into the FSM Compact Trust Fund shall be 11
	2462	+	governed by the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agree-12
	2463	+	ment on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM 13
	2464	+	Trust Fund Agreement; 14
	2465	+	(3) funds appropriated by that section and 15
	2466	+	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 16
	2467	+	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-17
	2468	+	tion 211(b) of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Com-18
	2469	+	pact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 19
	2470	+	U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry 20
	2471	+	into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 21
	2472	+	Agreement; 22
	2473	+	(4) funds appropriated by that section and 23
	2474	+	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 24
	2475	+	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-25
	2476	+	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:50 Nov 03, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.IH HJ96
2503	2477		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 84
2504		-	•HJ 96 RH
2505		-	(2) funds appropriated by that section and de-1
2506		-	posited into the FSM Compact Trust Fund shall be 2
2507		-	governed by the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agree-3
2508		-	ment on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM 4
2509		-	Trust Fund Agreement; 5
2510		-	(3) funds appropriated by that section and 6
2511		-	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 7
2512		-	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-8
2513		-	tion 211(b) of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Com-9
2514		-	pact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 10
2515		-	U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry 11
2516		-	into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 12
2517		-	Agreement; 13
2518		-	(4) funds appropriated by that section and 14
2519		-	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 15
2520		-	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-16
2521		-	tion 221 of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Compact 17
2522		-	shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.- 18
2523		-	RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into 19
2524		-	force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 20
2525		-	Agreement, except as modified in the Federal Pro-21
2526		-	grams and Services Agreement in force between the 22
2527		-	United States and the Republic of the Marshall Is-23
2528		-	lands; and 24
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	2478	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2479	+	tion 221 of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Compact 1
	2480	+	shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.- 2
	2481	+	RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into 3
	2482	+	force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 4
	2483	+	Agreement, except as modified in the Federal Pro-5
	2484	+	grams and Services Agreement in force between the 6
	2485	+	United States and the Republic of the Marshall Is-7
	2486	+	lands; and 8
	2487	+	(5) funds appropriated by that section and 9
	2488	+	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 10
	2489	+	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-11
	2490	+	tion 221 of the 2003 U.S.-FSM Amended Compact 12
	2491	+	shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.- 13
	2492	+	FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into 14
	2493	+	force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 15
	2494	+	Agreement, except as modified in the 2023 U.S.- 16
	2495	+	FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement. 17
	2496	+	SEC. 10. COMPACT APPROPRIATIONS. 18
	2497	+	(a) F
	2498	+	UNDING FORACTIVITIES OF THESECRETARY 19
	2499	+	OF THEINTERIOR.—For the period of fiscal years 2024 20
	2500	+	through 2043, there are appropriated to the Compact of 21
	2501	+	Free Association account of the Department of the Inte-22
	2502	+	rior, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-23
	2503	+	priated, to remain available until expended, the amounts 24
	2504	+	described in and to carry out the purposes of— 25
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2530	2506		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 85
2531		-	•HJ 96 RH
2532		-	(5) funds appropriated by that section and 1
2533		-	made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year 2
2534		-	thereafter as grants to carry out the purposes of sec-3
2535		-	tion 221 of the 2003 U.S.-FSM Amended Compact 4
2536		-	shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.- 5
2537		-	FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into 6
2538		-	force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 7
2539		-	Agreement, except as modified in the 2023 U.S.- 8
2540		-	FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement. 9
2541		-	SEC. 10. COMPACT APPROPRIATIONS. 10
2542		-	(a) F
2543		-	UNDING FORACTIVITIES OF THESECRETARY 11
2544		-	OF THEINTERIOR.—For the period of fiscal years 2024 12
2545		-	through 2043, there are appropriated to the Compact of 13
2546		-	Free Association account of the Department of the Inte-14
2547		-	rior, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-15
2548		-	priated, to remain available until expended, the amounts 16
2549		-	described in and to carry out the purposes of— 17
2550		-	(1) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 18
2551		-	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 19
2552		-	(2) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 20
2553		-	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; and 21
2554		-	(3) Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 22
	2507	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2508	+	(1) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 1
	2509	+	Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; 2
	2510	+	(2) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 3
	2511	+	Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; and 4
	2512	+	(3) Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 5
	2513	+	Compact Review Agreement. 6
	2514	+	(b) F
	2515	+	UNDING FOR ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED 7
	2516	+	S
	2517	+	TATESPOSTALSERVICE.— 8
	2518	+	(1) A
	2519	+	PPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to 9
	2520	+	the United States Postal Service, out of any funds 10
	2521	+	in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each 11
	2522	+	of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, $31,700,000, to 12
	2523	+	remain available until expended, to carry out the 13
	2524	+	costs of the following provisions that are not other-14
	2525	+	wise funded: 15
	2526	+	(A) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amend-16
	2527	+	ed U.S.-FSM Compact. 17
	2528	+	(B) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amend-18
	2529	+	ed U.S.-RMI Compact. 19
	2530	+	(C) Section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau 20
	2531	+	Compact. 21
	2532	+	(D) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 22
2555	2533		Compact Review Agreement. 23
2556		-	(b) F
2557		-	UNDING FOR ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED 24
2558		-	S
2559		-	TATESPOSTALSERVICE.— 25
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	2534	+	(2) D
	2535	+	EPOSIT.— 24
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2561	2537		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 86
2562		-	•HJ 96 RH
2563		-	(1) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to 1
2564		-	the United States Postal Service, out of any funds 2
2565		-	in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each 3
2566		-	of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, $31,700,000, to 4
2567		-	remain available until expended, to carry out the 5
2568		-	costs of the following provisions that are not other-6
2569		-	wise funded: 7
2570		-	(A) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amend-8
2571		-	ed U.S.-FSM Compact. 9
2572		-	(B) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amend-10
2573		-	ed U.S.-RMI Compact. 11
2574		-	(C) Section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau 12
2575		-	Compact. 13
2576		-	(D) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 14
2577		-	Compact Review Agreement. 15
2578		-	(2) D
2579		-	EPOSIT.— 16
2580		-	(A) I
2581		-	N GENERAL.—The amounts appro-17
2582		-	priated to the United States Postal Service 18
2583		-	under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the 19
2584		-	Postal Service Fund established under section 20
2585		-	2003 of title 39, United States Code, to carry 21
2586		-	out the provisions described in that paragraph. 22
	2538	+	•HJ 96 IH
	2539	+	(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts appro-1
	2540	+	priated to the United States Postal Service 2
	2541	+	under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the 3
	2542	+	Postal Service Fund established under section 4
	2543	+	2003 of title 39, United States Code, to carry 5
	2544	+	out the provisions described in that paragraph. 6
2587	2545		(B) R
2588		-	EQUIREMENT.—Any amounts depos-23
2589		-	ited into the Postal Service Fund under sub-24
2590		-	VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ96.RH HJ96
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2592		-	•HJ 96 RH
2593		-	paragraph (A) shall be the fiduciary, fiscal, and 1
2594		-	audit responsibility of the Postal Service. 2
	2546	+	EQUIREMENT.—Any amounts depos-7
	2547	+	ited into the Postal Service Fund under sub-8
	2548	+	paragraph (A) shall be the fiduciary, fiscal, and 9
	2549	+	audit responsibility of the Postal Service. 10
2595	2550		(c) F
2596		-	UNDING FOR JUDICIALTRAINING.—There is 3
2597		-	appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 4
2598		-	section 8(d) out of any funds in the Treasury not other-5
2599		-	wise appropriated, $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 6
2600		-	through 2043, to remain available until expended. 7
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2602		-	kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No.
2603		-	775
2604		-	118
2605		-	TH
2606		-	CONGRESS
2607		-	2
2608		-	D
2609		-	S
2610		-	ESSION
2611		-
2612		-	H. J. RES. 96
2613		-	[Report No. 118–785, Part I]
2614		-	JOINT RESOLUTION
2615		-	To approve the 2023 Agreement to Amend the
2616		-	U.S.-FSM Compact, and related agreements, be-
2617		-	tween the Government of the United States of
2618		-	America and the Government of the Federated
2619		-	States of Micronesia, the 2023 Agreement to
2620		-	Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact, and certain re-
2621		-	lated agreements between the Government of the
2622		-	United States of America and the Government of
2623		-	the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
2624		-	2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement be-
2625		-	tween the Government of the United States of
2626		-	America and the Government of the Republic of
2627		-	Palau, to appropriate funds to carry out the
2628		-	agreements, and for other purposes.
2629		-	D
2630		-	ECEMBER
2631		-	19, 2024
2632		-	Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Account-
2633		-	ability, Agriculture, and Ways and Means discharged;
2634		-	committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
2635		-	the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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	2551	+	UNDING FOR JUDICIALTRAINING.—There is 11
	2552	+	appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 12
	2553	+	section 8(d) out of any funds in the Treasury not other-13
	2554	+	wise appropriated, $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 14
	2555	+	through 2043, to remain available until expended. 15
	2556	+	Æ
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2637	2558		kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB