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Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§1921g Compensatory adjustments

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS › Part Part B— - Approval and Implementation of Compacts, As Amended › § 1921g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes certain U.S. agency programs available to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in addition to other Compact programs. These include programs from the Small Business Administration, the Economic Development Administration, the Rural Utilities Services (formerly Rural Electrification Administration), Job Corps programs at the Department of Labor, and Department of Commerce programs for tourism and marine resource development. Allows the FSM and RMI governments to send reports to Congress about any economic harm caused when Title IV affected Title Two of the Compact, under the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239). For fiscal years after September 30, 1990, up to $40,000,000 for the FSM and $20,000,000 for the RMI could be appropriated to compensate for such harm, beyond earlier payments. If some of those funds were not spent by the end of the Compact’s first 15-year term, the unused amount could later be allocated to one or both governments based on their showing of harm. Each government could send only one report or request for this extra compensation, and it had to be submitted by September 30, 2009. Only harms that happened during the first 15-year term could be considered.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1921g

Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In addition to the programs and services set forth in section 221 of the U.S.-FSM Compact and the U.S.-RMI Compact, and pursuant to section 222 of the U.S.-FSM Compact and the U.S.-RMI Compact, the services and programs of the following United States agencies shall be made available to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: the Small Business Administration, Economic Development Administration, the Rural Utilities Services (formerly Rural Electrification Administration); the programs and services of the Department of Labor under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.] (relating to Job Corps); and the programs and services of the Department of Commerce relating to tourism and to marine resource development.
(b)(1)The joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239) provided that the governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands may submit to Congress reports concerning the overall financial and economic impacts on such areas resulting from the effect of title IV of that joint resolution upon Title Two of the Compact. There were authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1990, such amounts as necessary, but not to exceed $40,000,000 for the Federated States of Micronesia and $20,000,000 for the Marshall Islands, as provided in appropriation acts, to further compensate the governments of such islands (in addition to the compensation provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 111 of the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239) [48 U.S.C. 1911(a), (b)]) for adverse impacts, if any, on the finances and economies of such areas resulting from the effect of title IV of that joint resolution upon Title Two of the Compact. The joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239) further provided that at the end of the initial fifteen-year term of the Compact, should any portion of the total amount of funds authorized in section 111 of that resolution not have been appropriated, such amount not yet appropriated may be appropriated, without regard to divisions between amounts authorized in section 111 for the Federated States of Micronesia and for the Marshall Islands, based on either or both such government’s showing of such adverse impact, if any, as provided in that subsection.
(2)The governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands may each submit no more than one report or request for further compensation under section 111 of the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239) and any such report or request must be submitted by September 30, 2009. Only adverse economic effects occurring during the initial 15-year term of the Compact may be considered for compensation under section 111 of the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 113–128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425. Subtitle C of title I of the Act is classified generally to part C (§ 3191 et seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 32 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of Title 29 and Tables. The joint resolution of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239), referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 99–239, Jan. 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1770, known as the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985, which is classified principally to part A of this subchapter and chapter 19 (§ 2001 et seq.) of this title. Title IV of the joint resolution is set out as a note under section 1901 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1901 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 512(g)(2), substituted “subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (relating to Job Corps)” for “subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.; relating to Job Corps)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1921g

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73