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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4761 

To address the challenges of providing public services to citizens of the 

Freely Associated States residing in the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2018 

Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. GABBARD, and Mr. SABLAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 

the Workforce, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To address the challenges of providing public services to 

citizens of the Freely Associated States residing in the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Compact Impact Relief Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. FMAP adjustment for affected jurisdictions equivalent to Compact migrant expenditures. 

Sec. 3. Payments relating to elementary and secondary education of citizens of 

Freely Associated States. 

Sec. 4. Expansion of national service programs. 

Sec. 5. Independent study and assessment of Compacts of Free Association. 

Sec. 6. Census enumeration of Compact migrants in affected jurisdictions. 

Sec. 7. Bureau of economic analysis data regarding affected jurisdictions and 

Freely Associated States. 

Sec. 8. Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and Insular Areas health data. 

Sec. 9. Local matching requirements for territories and affected jurisdictions. 

Sec. 10. Local expenditures qualifying as in-kind contributions. 

Sec. 11. Eligibility for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs. 

Sec. 12. Amendments to Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. 

3 SEC. 2. FMAP ADJUSTMENT FOR AFFECTED JURISDIC4 TIONS EQUIVALENT TO COMPACT MIGRANT 

5 EXPENDITURES. 

6 (a) PAYMENT OF INCREASED FMAP.—For calendar 

7 quarters beginning on or after January 1 of the first year 

8 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall increase 

10 the FMAP for each affected jurisdiction (without regard 

11 for any limitation otherwise specified in section 1905(b) 

12 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b))) by the number of per13 centage points estimated under subsection (d). 

14 (b) ESTIMATION OF AMOUNT OF COMPACT MIGRANT

15 EXPENDITURES.—For purposes of subsection (a), not 

16 later than 90 days before the beginning of the calendar 

17 quarter involved, the chief executive official of the affected 

18 jurisdiction shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior 


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1 an estimation of the amount of Compact migrant expendi2 tures that will be made by such jurisdiction for such quar3 ter. 

4 (c) REVIEW BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Not 

5 later than 60 days before the beginning of the calendar 

6 quarter involved, the Secretary of the Interior shall review 

7 the estimation submitted by the chief executive official 

8 under subsection (b), make any appropriate adjustments, 

9 and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv10 ices a final estimated amount of Compact migrant expend11 itures for such quarter. 

12 (d) ESTIMATION AND NOTIFICATION BY SECRETARY

13 OF HHS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services shall estimate the number of per16 centage points that the FMAP for each affected ju17 risdiction would need to be increased for a calendar 

18 quarter to result in an increase in the amount of 

19 total Federal payments to the affected jurisdiction 

20 under title XIX of the Social Security Act for such 

21 quarter that is equivalent to the final estimated 

22 amount of Compact migrant expenditures submitted 

23 under subsection (c) for such quarter. 

24 (2) CONTINUED APPLICATION OF LIMITA25 TION.—In no case may the increase in the FMAP 


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1 estimated by the Secretary of Health and Human 

2 Services under paragraph (1) result in the payments 

3 to an affected jurisdiction under title XIX of the So4 cial Security Act that exceed the limitations under 

5 subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of such Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1308). 

7 (3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days be8 fore the beginning of the calendar quarter involved, 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

10 notify each such chief executive official of the in11 crease in the FMAP estimated by the Secretary 

12 under this subsection for the affected jurisdiction in13 volved. 

14 (e) RECONCILING AND PAYMENT ADJUSTMENTS.— 

15 (1) REPORT BY AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS.— 

16 For each calendar quarter in which an increase in 

17 the FMAP is made for an affected jurisdiction under 

18 subsection (d), the chief executive official for the ju19 risdiction shall submit to the Secretary of the Inte20 rior an accounting of the total amount of Compact 

21 migrant expenditures made by such jurisdiction for 

22 such quarter. Such accounting shall be submitted in 

23 such form and manner as the Secretary, in consulta24 tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv25 ices, shall specify. 


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1 (2) REVIEW BY THE INTERIOR.—The Secretary 

2 of the Interior shall review each accounting sub3 mitted under paragraph (1) for accuracy, make any 

4 appropriate adjustments, and submit a final ac5 counting of the amount of Compact migrant expend6 itures for such quarter for each affected jurisdiction 

7 involved to the Secretary of Health and Human 

8 Services. 

9 (3) ADJUSTMENT BY HHS.—The Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services shall— 

11 (A) review whether the increase in the 

12 FMAP for each affected jurisdiction under sub13 section (a) for a calendar quarter involved re14 sulted in an increase in Federal payments to 

15 the affected jurisdiction under title XIX of the 

16 Social Security Act for such quarter in an 

17 amount that is equivalent to the final account18 ing of the amount of Compact migrant expendi19 tures submitted under paragraph (2) for such 

20 jurisdiction; and 

21 (B) subject to the limitations under sub22 sections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of such Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 1308), shall make appropriate ad24 justments to the FMAP for the affected juris25 diction for future quarters to account for any 


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1 overpayment or underpayment occurring as a 

2 result of the increase in such FMAP under this 

3 section for the quarter involved for that juris4 diction. 

5 (f) LIMITATION OF FMAP TO 100 PERCENT.—In no 

6 case shall an increase in the FMAP applicable to an af7 fected jurisdiction under this section result in an FMAP 

8 for that jurisdiction that exceeds 100 percent. 

9 (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 

10 be construed as treating Compact migrant expenditures 

11 as medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Secu12 rity Act. 

13 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) AFFECTED JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘af15 fected jurisdiction’’ has the meaning given such term 

16 in section 104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Associa17 tion Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

18 1921c(e)(2)). 

19 (2) COMPACT MIGRANT EXPENDITURES.—(A) 

20 The term ‘‘Compact migrant expenditures’’ means, 

21 for a calendar quarter with respect to an affected ju22 risdiction, the amount of non-Federal funds ex23 pended by such jurisdiction for items and services 

24 described in section 1905(a) of the Social Security 

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1 immigrants (as defined in section 104(e)(2) of the 

2 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 

3 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))) and related adminis4 trative costs. 

5 (B) Such term includes payments made by an 

6 affected jurisdiction to health care providers for 

7 health care items and services provided to qualified 

8 nonimmigrants described in subparagraph (A), if 

9 such payment is not made under a State plan under 

10 title XIX of the Social Security Act, and such pay11 ment is not made from any other source of Federal 

12 funds. 

13 (3) FMAP.—The term ‘‘FMAP’’ means the 

14 Federal medical assistance percentage, as defined in 

15 section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), as determined without regard to 

17 this section. 

18 (i) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1905(b) of 

19 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended 

20 by inserting ‘‘subject to section 2 of the Compact Aid Re21 lief Act’’ after ‘‘83 per centum, (2)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. PAYMENTS RELATING TO ELEMENTARY AND SEC2 ONDARY EDUCATION OF CITIZENS OF FREE3 LY ASSOCIATED STATES. 

4 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 8001 of the Elementary and 

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) educate alien children admitted to the 

12 United States as citizens of one of the Freely Asso13 ciated States.’’. 

14 (b) PAYMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE FEDERALLY CON15 NECTED CHILDREN.—Section 8003(a) of such Act (20 

16 U.S.C. 7703(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(H) resided in the United States pursu24 ant to an admission into the United States as 

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1 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or 

2 the Republic of Palau.’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(G) Multiply the number of children de6 scribed in paragraph (1)(H) by a factor of 

7 1.25.’’. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR

9 ELIGIBLE FEDERALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN.—Section 

10 8014 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7714) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ELIGIBLE FEDER13 ALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN.—For the purpose of mak14 ing additional payments for federally connected children 

15 described in section 8003(a)(1) under this title, there are 

16 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2018 and for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PRO20 GRAMS.— 

21 (1) NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING.—Section 

22 198S(a)(4) of the National and Community Service 

23 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653s(a)(4)) is amended 

24 by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and in25 serting ‘‘, the District of Columbia, American 


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1 Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puer2 to Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United 

3 States’’. 

4 (2) COMPACT MIGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 

5 137(a)(5) of the National and Community Service 

6 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591(a)(5)) is amended to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(5) is a citizen or national of the United 

9 States or lawful permanent resident alien of the 

10 United States, or is a citizen of the Republic of the 

11 Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro12 nesia, or the Republic of Palau and admitted to the 

13 United States as a nonimmigrant under the terms of 

14 the applicable Compact of Free Association with the 

15 United States.’’. 

16 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

17 by this subsection shall apply to any participant in 

18 a program under the National and Community Serv19 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) selected 

20 after the date of enactment of this subsection. 

21 (b) YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS.—The Youth Con22 servation Corps Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in section 102(a) (16 U.S.C. 1702(a)), by 

25 striking ‘‘trust territories’’ and inserting ‘‘citizens of 


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1 the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

2 States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau and 

3 admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants 

4 under the terms of the applicable Compact of Free 

5 Association with the United States,’’; and 

6 (2) in section 104 (16 U.S.C. 1704)— 

7 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the 

8 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, or the 

10 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands’’ and in11 serting ‘‘, or citizens of the Republic of the 

12 Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi13 cronesia, or the Republic of Palau and admitted 

14 to the United States as nonimmigrants under 

15 the terms of the applicable Compact of Free 

16 Association with the United States’’. 

17 SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT STUDY AND ASSESSMENT OF COM18 PACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

21 shall enter into an agreement with an eligible organization 

22 described in subsection (b) to conduct an independent 

23 study and assessment of the Compacts of Free Association 

24 between the United States and the Freely Associated 


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1 States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed2 erated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. 

3 (b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED.—An eligi4 ble organization described in this subsection is— 

5 (1) a federally funded research and development 

6 center sponsored by a Federal agency; 

7 (2) the Government Accountability Office; or 

8 (3) an organization described in section 501(c) 

9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

10 from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

11 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study and as12 sessment required under subsection (a) shall include— 

13 (1) an assessment of implementation of the 

14 Compacts of Free Association by the United States, 

15 including Compact impact funding to affected juris16 dictions (as such term is defined in section 

17 104(e)(2)(A) of the Compact of Free Association 

18 Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188; 48 

19 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)(A))); 

20 (2) an assessment of the capabilities, expertise, 

21 and shortfalls of effectively administering the Com22 pacts of Free Association and providing assistance 

23 under such Compacts to affected jurisdictions as de24 fined in paragraph (1), including recommendations 

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1 processes or administrative reorganizations that may 

2 be necessary; 

3 (3) an assessment of the management of trust 

4 funds established for each of the Freely Associated 

5 States and the United States financial contributions 

6 to such trust funds; 

7 (4) recommendations regarding renewal and fu8 ture administration or cessation of such Compacts; 

9 (5) an assessment of any outstanding claims by 

10 the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

11 States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau to 

12 lands or territorial waters belonging to the United 

13 States, including Wake Island (Wake Atoll); and 

14 (6) any other matters the Secretary of State or 

15 the eligible organization that enters into an agree16 ment under this section determines to be appropriate 

17 and that do not duplicate unnecessarily the matters 

18 addressed in the study required by section 1259D of 

19 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 

21 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

23 after the date on which the Secretary of State enters 

24 into an agreement with an eligible organization 

25 under this section, the eligible organization shall 


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1 submit to the Secretary and the appropriate con2 gressional committees a report that includes— 

3 (A) the study and assessment required 

4 under subsection (a); 

5 (B) the matters to be included required 

6 under subsection (c); and 

7 (C) any other matters the Secretary deter8 mines to be appropriate. 

9 (2) FORM.—The report required under para10 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

11 but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 

12 (3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall publish 

13 the unclassified portion of the report required under 

14 paragraph (1) on a publicly accessible government 

15 website. 

16 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

18 congressional committees’’ means— 

19 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

20 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

21 House of Representatives; and 

22 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

23 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re24 sources of the Senate. 


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1 (e) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The eligible orga2 nization that enters into an agreement under this section 

3 may secure directly from any department or agency of the 

4 United States information necessary to enable it to carry 

5 out this section. Upon request of such eligible organiza6 tion, the head of that department or agency shall furnish 

7 that information to the eligible organization. 

8 SEC. 6. CENSUS ENUMERATION OF COMPACT MIGRANTS IN 

9 AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS. 

10 (a) DECENNIAL CENSUS.—Section 141 of title 13, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub13 section (h); and 

14 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(g)(1) With respect to each decennial census of pop17 ulation conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

18 conduct an enumeration of qualified nonimmigrants in 

19 each affected jurisdiction. 

20 ‘‘(2) For purposes of carrying out this subsection, the 

21 terms ‘affected jurisdiction’ and ‘qualified nonimmigrant’ 

22 have the meaning given those terms in section 

23 104(e)(2)(A) and (B), respectively, of the Compact of 

24 Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 

25 108–188; 48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)(A) and (B)).’’. 


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1 (b) APPLICATION.—An enumeration conducted pur2 suant to section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code, 

3 as added by subsection (a), shall, for purposes of the year 

4 to which the applicable decennial census applies, satisfy 

5 the requirements of paragraph (4) of section 104(e) of the 

6 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

7 (Public Law 108–188; 48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(4)). The pre8 ceding sentence shall not be construed to supersede, alter, 

9 or otherwise affect the five-year requirement in subpara10 graph (A) of such paragraph. 

11 SEC. 7. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DATA REGARD12 ING AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS AND FREELY 

13 ASSOCIATED STATES. 

14 (a) ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS.—The Director of 

15 the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 

16 Commerce shall conduct an annual assessment and anal17 ysis of the economies of the following: 

18 (1) AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS.—Affected juris19 dictions (as such term is defined under section 

20 104(e)(2)(A) of the Compact of Free Association 

21 Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

22 1921c(e)(2)(A))). 

23 (2) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The Repub24 lic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the economic 

2 assessment and analysis required by subsection (a), the 

3 Director shall— 

4 (1) consult with— 

5 (A) the Secretary of the Interior; 

6 (B) the Director of the Bureau of the Cen7 sus; 

8 (C) the Commissioner of the Bureau of 

9 Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; 

10 (D) other Federal agencies as the Director 

11 considers appropriate; and 

12 (E) local government agencies in the af13 fected jurisdictions described in subsection 

14 (a)(1); and 

15 (2) consider the following: 

16 (A) The gross domestic product of each of 

17 the affected jurisdictions and Freely Associated 

18 States described in subsection (a). 

19 (B) Remittance transfers from citizens of 

20 the Freely Associated States described in sub21 section (a)(2), the recipient of which is located 

22 in any country other than the United States. 

23 (C) Government or similar public services 

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1 States described in subsection (a)(2) residing in 

2 the United States. 

3 (D) Refundable tax credits, tax deductions, 

4 or similar advantageous tax code provisions for 

5 low-income households, including the earned in6 come tax credit under section 32 of the Internal 

7 Revenue Code of 1986 and the child tax credit 

8 under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code 

9 of 1986 claimed by citizens of the Freely Asso10 ciated States described in subsection (a)(2) in 

11 Federal tax returns filed in the United States. 

12 (E) Impact of citizens of the Freely Asso13 ciated States described in subsection (a)(2) who 

14 are residing in the affected jurisdictions de15 scribed in subsection (a)(1) on the local labor 

16 market, wages, and unemployment rate in such 

17 affected jurisdictions. 

18 (F) Foreign direct investment by industrial 

19 sectors, by country of investor, and by type of 

20 transaction. 

21 (G) Other contributing components of the 

22 economies of such affected jurisdictions and 

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1 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act and each year there3 after, the Director shall make available to the Congress 

4 and the public on a government website an annual report 

5 on the findings of the Director with respect to the eco6 nomic assessment and analysis conducted under this sec7 tion. 

8 SEC. 8. NATIVE HAWAIIAN, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 

9 INSULAR AREAS HEALTH DATA. 

10 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec12 tion 317T the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 317U. NATIVE HAWAIIAN, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, 

14 AND INSULAR AREAS HEALTH DATA. 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND OTHER PACIFIC

17 ISLANDERS (NHOPI).—The term ‘Native Hawaiians 

18 and other Pacific Islanders’ or ‘NHOPI’ means peo19 ple having origins in any of the original peoples of 

20 Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 

21 Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Is22 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Re23 public of Palau, or any other Pacific Island. 

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1 nized at the community level, and may include a 

2 church group, social service group, national advocacy 

3 organization, or cultural group. 

4 ‘‘(3) NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI5 ZATION.—The term ‘nonprofit, nongovernmental or6 ganization’ means a group of NHOPI with a dem7 onstrated history of addressing NHOPI issues, in8 cluding a NHOPI coalition. 

9 ‘‘(4) DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION.—The term 

10 ‘designated organization’ means an entity estab11 lished to represent NHOPI populations and which 

12 has statutory responsibilities to provide, or has com13 munity support for providing, health care. 

14 ‘‘(5) GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.—The 

15 term ‘government representatives’ means representa16 tives from Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the 

17 Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar18 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 

19 and the Republic of Palau. 

20 ‘‘(6) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘Insular Area’ 

21 means American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mar22 iana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United 

23 States, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 

24 Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of 

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1 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

3 through the Director of the National Center for 

4 Health Statistics (referred to in this section as 

5 ‘NCHS’) of the Centers for Disease Control and 

6 Prevention, and other agencies within the Depart7 ment of Health and Human Services as the Sec8 retary determines appropriate, shall develop and im9 plement an ongoing and sustainable national strat10 egy for identifying and evaluating the health status 

11 and health care needs for each NHOPI population, 

12 by ethnicity or nationality, living in the continental 

13 United States, Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the 

14 Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar15 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 

16 and the Republic of Palau. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing and imple18 menting a national strategy, as described in para19 graph (1), not later than 180 days after the date of 

20 the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, 

21 the Secretary— 

22 ‘‘(A) shall consult with representatives of 

23 community groups, designated organizations, 

24 and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations 


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1 and with government representatives of NHOPI 

2 populations; and 

3 ‘‘(B) may solicit the participation of rep4 resentatives from other Federal departments 

5 and agencies. 

6 ‘‘(c) PRELIMINARY HEALTH SURVEY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

8 through the Director of NCHS, shall conduct a pre9 liminary health survey in order to identify the major 

10 areas and regions in the continental United States, 

11 Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 

12 Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Is13 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 

14 Republic of Palau in which NHOPI people reside. 

15 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The health survey described 

16 in paragraph (1) shall include health data and any 

17 other data the Secretary determines to be— 

18 ‘‘(A) useful in determining the health sta19 tus and health care needs for each NHOPI pop20 ulation, by ethnicity or nationality, to the great21 est extent practicable; or 

22 ‘‘(B) required for developing or imple23 menting a national strategy. 

24 ‘‘(3) METHODOLOGY.—Methodology for the 

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1 plans for designing questions, implementation, sam2 pling, and analysis, shall be developed in consulta3 tion with community groups, designated organiza4 tions, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, and 

5 government representatives of NHOPI populations, 

6 as determined by the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(4) TIMEFRAME.—The survey required under 

8 this subsection shall be completed not later than 18 

9 months after the date of the enactment of the Com10 pact Impact Relief Act. 

11 ‘‘(d) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

12 after the date of the enactment of the Compact Impact 

13 Relief Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 

14 progress report, which shall include the national strategy 

15 described in subsection (b)(1), and make such report avail16 able on the public website of the Department of Health 

17 and Human Services. 

18 ‘‘(e) HMD STUDY AND REPORT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 

20 into an agreement with the Health and Medicine Di21 vision of the National Academies of Sciences, Engi22 neering, and Medicine to conduct a study, with input 

23 from stakeholders in Insular Areas, on the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The standards and definitions of 

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1 Insular Areas and the appropriateness of such 

2 standards and definitions. 

3 ‘‘(B) The status and performance of health 

4 care systems in Insular Areas, evaluated based 

5 upon standards and definitions, as the Sec6 retary determines. 

7 ‘‘(C) The effectiveness of donor aid in ad8 dressing health care needs and priorities in In9 sular Areas. 

10 ‘‘(D) The progress toward implementation 

11 of recommendations of the Committee on 

12 Health Care Services in the United States—As13 sociated Pacific Basin of the National Academy 

14 of Medicine, including recommendations that 

15 were set forth in the 1998 report, ‘Pacific Part16 nerships for Health: Charting a New Course for 

17 the 21st Century’, as applicable to all Insular 

18 Areas except the Virgin Islands of the United 

19 States. 

20 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—An agreement described in 

21 paragraph (1) shall require the Health and Medicine 

22 Division to submit to the Secretary and to the Con23 gress, and make readily available on a public 

24 website, not later than 2 years after the date of the 

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1 port containing a description of the results of the 

2 study conducted under paragraph (1), including the 

3 conclusions and recommendations of the Health and 

4 Medicine Division for each of the items described in 

5 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of such paragraph. 

6 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

7 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro8 priated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 

9 2018 through 2022.’’. 

10 SEC. 9. LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS FOR TERRI11 TORIES AND AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS. 

12 (a) EXPANDED WAIVER.—Section 501 of Public Law 

13 95–134, approved October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 1469a), 

14 is amended as follows: 

15 (1) In subsection (d), by striking ‘‘by law’’ in 

16 the last sentence. 

17 (2) By adding after subsection (d) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 

20 the case of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

21 and the Northern Mariana Islands, any Federal depart22 ment or agency shall waive any requirement for local 

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1 governmental recipient in the aforementioned United 

2 States territories for any grant as follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) For a grant requiring matching funds (in4 cluding in-kind contributions) of $400,000 or less, 

5 the entire matching requirement shall be waived. 

6 ‘‘(2) For a grant requiring matching funds (in7 cluding in-kind contributions) of more than 

8 $400,000, $400,000 of the matching requirement 

9 shall be waived. 

10 ‘‘(3) For a grant requiring matching funds (in11 cluding in-kind contributions) of $600,000 or less to 

12 be paid by an affected jurisdiction as defined by sec13 tion 104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 

14 Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)), 

15 the entire matching requirement shall be waived for 

16 unreimbursed impact expenses. 

17 ‘‘(4) For a grant requiring matching funds (in18 cluding in-kind contributions) of more than 

19 $600,000 to be paid by an affected jurisdiction as 

20 defined by section 104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free 

21 Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

22 1921c(e)(2)), $600,000 of the matching requirement 

23 shall be waived for unreimbursed impact expenses.’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 601 of 

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1 1469a note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended by striking ‘‘(d), 

2 and adding the following sentence’’ and all that follows 

3 through the final period and inserting ‘‘(d).’’. 

4 SEC. 10. LOCAL EXPENDITURES QUALIFYING AS IN-KIND 

5 CONTRIBUTIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub7 section (c), local matching requirements required of an af8 fected jurisdiction for Federal programs may be paid in 

9 cash or in-kind services provided by the affected jurisdic10 tion pursuant to the following: 

11 (1) Section 104 of the Compact of Free Asso12 ciation between the Government of the United 

13 States and the Government of the Republic of the 

14 Marshall Islands, approved in the Compact of Free 

15 Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 

16 108–188; 117 Stat. 2781). 

17 (2) Section 104 of the Compact of Free Asso18 ciation between the Government of the United 

19 States and the Government of the Federated States 

20 of Micronesia, approved in the Compact of Free As21 sociation Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 

22 108–188; 117 Stat. 2781). 

23 (3) The Compact of Free Association between 

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1 Palau Compact of Free Association Act (Public Law 

2 99–658; 100 Stat. 3672). 

3 (b) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS TO BE CONSID4 ERED IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary of the 

5 Interior shall determine the amounts that may be consid6 ered in-kind contributions for an affected jurisdiction 

7 under this section based on a reasonable estimate of the 

8 amount of impact expenditures for the Freely Associated 

9 States divided by a reasonable estimate of the number of 

10 citizens from the Freely Associated States residing in that 

11 affected jurisdiction. 

12 (c) AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS.—The term ‘‘affected 

13 jurisdiction’’ shall have the meaning given that term in 

14 section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2739). 

15 SEC. 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND 

16 OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAMS. 

17 (a) JOB CORPS CENTERS.—Section 147(a) of the 

18 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

19 3197(a)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or simi21 lar agency of an outlying area,’’ after ‘‘local agen22 cy’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(III), by inserting 

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1 (b) COMPACT MIGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Section 

2 188(a)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

3 Act (29 U.S.C. 3248(a)(5)) is amended by inserting before 

4 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and citizens of the 

5 Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

6 Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau, who were admitted 

7 to the United States as nonimmigrants under the terms 

8 of the applicable Compact of Free Association with the 

9 United States’’. 

10 SEC. 12. AMENDMENTS TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY 

11 AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION 

12 ACT. 

13 (a) SNAP ELIGIBILITY.—Section 402(a)(2) of the 

14 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili15 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(N) EXCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF THE

18 FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES RESIDING IN THE

19 UNITED STATES.—With respect to eligibility for 

20 benefits for the specified Federal program de21 fined in paragraph (3)(B) section 401(a) and 

22 paragraph (1) shall not apply— 

23 ‘‘(i) to any citizen of the Republic of 

24 the Marshall Islands, the Federated States 

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1 who lawfully resides in one of the several 

2 States or the District of Columbia as a 

3 nonimmigrant under the terms of the ap4 plicable Compact of Free Association with 

5 the United States; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) at the request of the governors of 

7 Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

8 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the Vir9 gin Islands, to any citizen of the Republic 

10 of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

11 States of Micronesia, or the Republic of 

12 Palau who lawfully resides in the respec13 tive United States territory as a non14 immigrant under the terms of the applica15 ble Compact of Free Association with the 

16 United States.’’. 

17 (b) TANF AND SSBG ELIGIBILITY.—Section 

18 402(b)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor19 tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)) 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(G) EXCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF THE

22 FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES RESIDING IN THE

23 UNITED STATES.—With respect to eligibility for 

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1 graph (3), section 401(a) and paragraph (1) 

2 shall not apply— 

3 ‘‘(i) to any citizen of the Republic of 

4 the Marshall Islands, the Federated States 

5 of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau 

6 who lawfully resides in one of the several 

7 States or the District of Columbia as a 

8 nonimmigrant under the terms of the ap9 plicable Compact of Free Association with 

10 the United States; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) at the request of the governors of 

12 Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

13 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the Vir14 gin Islands, to any citizen of the Republic 

15 of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

16 States of Micronesia, or the Republic of 

17 Palau who lawfully resides in the respec18 tive United States territory as a non19 immigrant under the terms of the applica20 ble Compact of Free Association with the 

21 United States.’’. 

22 (c) CLARIFICATION ON AMOUNTS PROVIDED TO AF23 FECTED JURISDICTIONS.— 

24 (1) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Any 

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1 efits to qualified nonimmigrants for the specified 

2 Federal program defined in section 402(a)(3)(A) of 

3 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

4 Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

5 1612(a)(3)(A)), or for the designated Federal pro6 gram defined in section 402(b)(3)(C) of such Act (8 

7 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)(C)), shall be used to supplement 

8 and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local 

9 funds, including under— 

10 (A) the supplemental nutrition assistance 

11 program as defined in section 3 of the Food 

12 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012); 

13 (B) the program of block grants to States 

14 for temporary assistance for needy families 

15 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 

17 (C) the program of block grants to States 

18 for social services under title XX of the Social 

19 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.). 

20 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

21 terms ‘‘affected jurisdiction’’ and ‘‘qualified non22 immigrant’’ have the meaning given such terms, re23 spectively, in section 104(e)(2) of the Compact of 

24 Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 

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1 (d) CLARIFICATION OF QUALIFIED ALIEN.—Section 

2 431(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor3 tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in6 serting a comma; 

7 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(8) an alien who is a citizen of the Republic 

11 of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi12 cronesia, or the Republic of Palau and admitted to 

13 the United States as a nonimmigrant under the 

14 terms of the applicable Compact of Free Association 

15 with the United States.’’. 

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