Compact of Free Association
The Compact of Free Association is an international agreement between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states. Under the compact, the US federal government provides guaranteed financial assistance over a 15-year period. The compact was approved by the citizens of the Pacific states in plebiscites held in 1983. It was adopted by U.S. Congress in 1986 and signed into law on November 13, 1986.
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The Compact of Free Association is an international agreement between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states. Under the compact, the US federal government provides guaranteed financial assistance over a 15-year period. The US gives only these countries access to many US domestic programs, including disaster response and recovery and hazard mitigation programs under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Citizens of the associated states may serve in America’s armed forces, and there is a high level of military enlistment by Compact citizens. In 2003, the compacts with the RMI and FSM were renewed for 20 years. The renewed compact for FSM took effect on June 25, 2004. The economic provisions of the Compact for Palau are based on a resolution passed by the U.S. Congress on November 18, 2010. The Compact for the Palau Islands was concluded in late 2010, and talk of renewal was concluded on September 30, 2009, and expired on November 30, 2011.
The compact for the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia took effect in June 2004, and for RMI on June 30, 2004, and for F SM on June 25, 2004,. The compact was approved by the citizens of the Pacific states in plebiscites held in 1983. It was adopted by U. S. Congress in 1986 and signed into law on November 13, 1986. It allows the US to operate armed forces in Compact areas and to demand land for operating bases. It is not allowed to use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons in Palauan territory. In the territories of theMarshall Islands and FSM it is notallowed to store such weapons except in times of national emergency, state of war, or when necessary to defend against an actual or impending attack on the US, the Marshall islands, or the Federate States ofMicronesia. The RMI, FSM, and Palau citizens are required to have the US passport for traveling to the US. The new compacts also changed certain immigration rules.
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