§1933 Supplemental provisions

Summary

The United States will make military Civic Action Teams available to Palau and the Marshall Islands if the U.S. and each government agree on the terms. Each government may use $250,000 a year from its Compact funds to help pay for those teams. The U.S. Secretary of Defense may accept up to $250,000 a year from Palau and add it to Defense funds to cover the team’s costs. At the request of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Marshall Islands, the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, must do a full inventory and study of their special natural, historic, cultural, and recreational sites, report on ways to protect and use them, note threats, and say which sites would qualify for U.S. landmark or historic lists. That report was due no later than two full calendar years after November 14, 1986. The Secretary of Agriculture had to report within one year after November 14, 1986 on the cost and feasibility of restoring topsoil on Peleliu and Angaur, and may give technical help without repayment if funds are available. Money that the U.S. pays to Palau must go only to the Government of Palau unless the Compact allows another route. Compact or other U.S. funds cannot be used to pay Palau debts from before November 14, 1986 for power plants or related facilities unless Congress specifically allowed it, except Palau may use parts of certain annual Compact grants for energy in places not served by the central power system. The U.S. confirms earlier understandings in Public Law 99–239 and does not accept conflicting local resolutions. When the U.S. asks for land in Palau for defense, it must ask for the smallest area and interest needed and prefer public land. Other countries’ forces may only use Palau sites under U.S. authority and the same limits that apply to U.S. forces. Areas the U.S. gets for exclusive use are treated as being within Palau’s jurisdiction. Fiscal year 1986 supplemental Compact funds remain available until spent. Contracting or payment powers in this part only work if Congress provides money in advance, and new budget authority applies only for fiscal years starting after September 30, 1985. By December 1 each year, the Departments of Energy and Interior must report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on spending and needs for special medical and support programs for Rongelap and Utrik and for agriculture and food programs for Eniwetok and Bikini; Congress views those programs as ongoing moral commitments to be funded as needed.