§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

Summary

Approves the 2023 changes to the U.S. Compacts with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. It approves and includes by reference the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, and it also approves the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement submitted June 15, 2023. It approves and includes by reference the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact and the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement submitted to Congress on October 17, 2023. Congress also agrees to certain Fiscal Procedures and Federal Programs and Services agreements for FSM and RMI as listed. The President is allowed to put these approved agreements into force and carry them out, even though section 1921(f) might otherwise limit that. Any amendment, change, or end to the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact will not take effect until Congress passes it into law. That rule also covers many related actions and specific subsidiary agreements named in the law. Other changes to subsidiary agreements will not take effect until 90 days after the President sends Congress the agreement, an explanation, reasons, and, when required, a statement from the Secretary of Labor about necessity and impacts. Some special rules do not apply to changes to the Palau agreement listed in section 462(f).