Title 48 › Chapter 18— MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU › Subchapter IV— MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU: 2023 AGREEMENTS › § 1989
Appropriations to pay for the listed obligations, services, and programs must go straight to the federal agencies, departments, and instrumentalities carrying them out. Those obligations are the ones named in: sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) through (6) of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact; the same sections and paragraphs for the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 221(a) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; any FDIC federal programs and services agreement with Palau; and section 1988 of this title. Heads of those federal agencies and the FDIC may do whatever is necessary to meet those obligations and must use available funds to do so. Assistance provided under section 1921d(j) (as amended by section 209(j)) and sections 1984(a), 1985(a), 1986(b), and 1988 is extra. It must not be counted against amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any related subsidiary agreement. Remaining balances for certain FSM and RMI sections must be programmed under Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement and Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement. Contributions may be given as grants. Funds from section 1990 may be put in interest-bearing accounts and the interest kept for the same purpose. Unless a specific change is listed, this subchapter does not amend: Title I of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.); Title I of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.); Title I of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.); section 1259C of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note; Pub. L. 115–91); or the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115–141; 132 Stat. 635). Finally, funds deposited into the RMI and FSM Compact Trust Funds or made available as certain grants for fiscal year 2024 or later will be governed by the 2023 trust fund and fiscal procedures agreements when those agreements enter into force, with some exceptions for Federal Programs and Services Agreements.
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48 U.S.C. § 1989
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
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Apr 5, 2026
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