Sec. 212. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

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## SEC. 212 THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ###

(a)In General It is the sense of Congress that the United States should— ####

(1)support strong United States engagement with the nations of the South Pacific, including Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu; ####

(2)deepen its cooperation with the nations of the South Pacific in areas of mutual interest, including— #####

(A)fisheries and marine resource conservation; #####

(B)environmental challenges and resilience; #####

(C)global health; #####

(D)development and trade; and #####

(E)people-to-people ties; and ####

(3)continue to provide assistance to the Pacific Islands, as appropriate, to support the rule of law, good governance, and economic development. ###

(b)United States-Compacts of Free Association It is the sense of Congress that the Compacts of Free Association entered between the United States and the Freely Associated States (Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau)— ####

(1)enhance the strategic posture of the United States in the Western Pacific; ####

(2)reinforce United States regional commitment; ####

(3)preempt potential adversaries from establishing positional advantage; and ####

(4)further self-governance, economic development, and self-sufficiency of the Freely Associated States.