Sec. 5591. RENEGOTIATION OF COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION

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## SEC. 5591 RENEGOTIATION OF COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION ###

(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress as follows: ####

(1)The United States shares deep ties, history and interests with the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau and continues a special, unique and mutually beneficial relationship with them under the decades-old Compacts of Free Association. ####

(2)Under the Compacts, the United States has undertaken the responsibility and obligation to provide and ensure the security and defense of the Freely Associated States. ####

(3)The Compacts are critical to the national security of the United States and its allies and partners and are the bedrock of the United States role in the Pacific. ####

(4)Renewal of key provisions of the Compacts, now being renegotiated with each nation, is critical for regional security. ####

(5)Maintaining and strengthening the Compacts supports both United States national security and the United States responsibility for the security and defense of the Freely Associated States. ###

(b)Briefing on Renegotiations Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior, shall brief the following committees on the status of the renegotiations of the Compacts of Free Association described in subsection

(a)and opportunities to expand its support for the renegotiations: ####

(1)The congressional defense committees. ####

(2)The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. ####

(3)The Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.