Title 48Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§1983 Approval of 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact, 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, and Subsidiary Agreements

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU: 2023 AGREEMENTS › § 1983

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Approves the 2023 amendments and related trust-fund and review agreements with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau. The U.S.-FSM amendment and trust fund filings received June 15, 2023, and the U.S.-RMI amendment and trust fund filings received October 17, 2023, are accepted and treated as part of the record. Congress also agrees to the listed fiscal and federal-programs agreements for FSM and RMI, and approves the Palau Compact Review Agreement submitted June 15, 2023. The President may put these agreements into force and start carrying them out, even though another rule in the law might otherwise limit that. Any change, amendment, or end to those amended compacts will not take effect until Congress puts that change into a law. The same rule covers many specific actions and articles named in the compacts and related agreements. Changes to other subsidiary agreements won’t take effect until 90 days after the President sends the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate the signed agreement, an explanation, and the reasons for it. If the change affects certain labor-related agreements, the President must also send a statement from the Secretary of Labor about why the change is needed and what effects it will have. One listed notification rule does not apply to a particular Palau agreement described in the compacts.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1983

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(a)(1)The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, are approved and incorporated by reference.
(2)Congress consents to—
(A)the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023; and
(B)the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement.
(3)Notwithstanding section 1921(f) of this title, the President is authorized to bring into force and implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b)(1)The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact and the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Congress on October 17, 2023, are approved and incorporated by reference.
(2)Congress consents to the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as submitted to Congress on October 17, 2023.
(3)Notwithstanding section 1921(f) of this title, the President is authorized to bring into force and implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(c)(1)The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, is approved.
(2)The President is authorized to bring into force and implement the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement.
(d)(1)Any amendment to, change to, or termination of all or any part of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact, by mutual agreement or unilateral action of the Government of the United States, shall not enter into force until the date on which Congress has incorporated the applicable amendment, change, or termination into an Act of Congress.
(2)In addition to the Compacts described in paragraph (1), the requirements of that paragraph shall apply to—
(A)any action of the Government of the United States under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, including an action taken pursuant to section 431, 441, or 442 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact; and
(B)any amendment to, change to, or termination of—
(i)the agreement described in section 462(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
(ii)the agreement described in section 462(a)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
(iii)an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
(iv)an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
(v)an agreement concluded pursuant to section 177 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
(vi)Articles III and IV of the agreement described in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
(vii)Articles III, IV, and X of the agreement described in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
(viii)the agreement described in section 462(h) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
(ix)Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the agreement described in section 462(b)(7) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and section 462(i) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
(e)(1)An agreement between the United States and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic of Palau that would amend, change, or terminate any subsidiary agreement or portion of a subsidiary agreement (other than an amendment to, change to, or termination of an agreement described in subsection (d)) shall not enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the President has transmitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives—
(A)the agreement to amend, change, or terminate the subsidiary agreement;
(B)an explanation of the amendment, change, or termination;
(C)a description of the reasons for the amendment, change, or termination; and
(D)in the case of an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate any agreement described in section 462(b)(3) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, a statement by the Secretary of Labor that describes—
(i)the necessity of the amendment, change, or termination; and
(ii)any impacts of the amendment, change, or termination.
(2)Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 1931(c)(2) of this title and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 204 of title II of div. G of Pub. L. 118–42. Subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1) of section 204 of title II of div. G of Pub. L. 118–42, insofar as they incorporate the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact, are also classified as

Amendments

to section 201(a) and 201(b), respectively, of Pub. L. 108–188, which are set out as notes under section 1921 of this title.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 118–83 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted heading, redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as subpars. (A) to (D), respectively, of par. (1), redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) of par. (4) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, of par. (1)(D), realigned margins, and added par. (2).

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1983

Title 48Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73