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H. J. Res. 63—5
RMI Compact. Subject to the provisions of this joint resolution,
the President is authorized to agree, in accordance with section
411 of the U.S.-RMI Compact, to an effective date for and thereafter
to implement such U.S.-RMI Compact.
(c) REFERENCES TO THE COMPACT, THE U.S.-FSM COMPACT,
AND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT; REFERENCES TO SUBSIDIARY AGREE-
MENTS OR SEPARATE AGREEMENTS.—
(1) Any reference in this joint resolution (except references
in Title II) to ‘‘the Compact’’ shall be treated as a reference
to the Compact of Free Association set forth in title II of
Public Law 99–239, January 14, 1986, 99 Stat. 1770. Any
reference in this joint resolution to the ‘‘U.S.-FSM Compact’’
shall be treated as a reference to the Compact of Free Associa-
tion, as amended between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of the Federated States of
Micronesia and set forth in Title II (section 201(a)) of this
joint resolution. Any reference in this joint resolution to the
‘‘U.S.-RMI Compact’’ shall be treated as a reference to the
Compact of Free Association, as amended between the Govern-
ment of the United States of America and the Government
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and set forth in Title
II (section 201(b)) of this joint resolution.
(2) Any reference to the term ‘‘subsidiary agreements’’ or
‘‘separate agreements’’ in this joint resolution shall be treated
as a reference to agreements listed in section 462 of the U.S.-
FSM Compact and the U.S.-RMI Compact, and any other agree-
ments that the United States may from time to time enter
into with either the Government of the Federated States of
Micronesia or the Government of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, or with both such governments in accordance with
the provisions of the U.S.-FSM Compact and the U.S.-RMI
Compact.
(d) AMENDMENT, CHANGE, OR TERMINATION IN THE U.S.-FSM
COMPACT AND U.S.-RMI COMPACT AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—
(1) Any amendment, change, or termination by mutual
agreement or by unilateral action of the Government of the
United States of all or any part of the U.S.-FSM Compact
or U.S.-RMI Compact shall not enter into force until after
Congress has incorporated it in an Act of Congress.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply—
(A) to all actions of the Government of the United
States under the U.S.-FSM Compact or U.S.-RMI Compact
including, but not limited to, actions taken pursuant to
sections 431, 441, or 442;
(B) to any amendment, change, or termination in the
Agreement Between the Government of the United States
and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia
Regarding Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security
Concluded Pursuant to Sections 321 and 323 of the Com-
pact of Free Association referred to in section 462(a)(2)
of the U.S.-FSM Compact and the Agreement Between
the Government of the United States and the Government
of the Marshall Islands Regarding Mutual Security Con-
cluded Pursuant to Sections 321 and 323 of the Compact
of Free Association referred to in section 462(a)(5) of the
U.S.-RMI Compact;
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of this Compact, as amended, the conformity of its laws,
regulations and administrative procedures with the provi-
sions of this Compact, as amended, or, in the case of sub-
section (d) of section 141, as soon as reasonably possible
thereafter.
Section 472
This Compact, as amended, may be accepted, by sig-
nature or otherwise, by the Government of the United
States and the Government of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly
authorized, have signed this Compact of Free Association,
as amended, which shall enter into force upon the ex-
change of diplomatic notes by which the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands inform each other about
the fulfillment of their respective requirements for entry
into force.
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DONE at Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
in duplicate, this thirtieth (30) day of April, 2003, each
text being equally authentic.
Passed the House of Representatives October 28,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
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the United States pursuant to Article I of the Sec-
tion 177 Agreement into an interest-bearing escrow 
account. Upon designation of a qualified Fund Man-
ager, all funds in the escrow account shall be trans-
ferred to the control of such Fund Manager for 
management pursuant to the Section 177 Agree-
ment. 
(3) In the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 
(Public Law 99–239) Congress provided that if the 
Government of the Marshall Islands determines that 
some other investment firm should act as Fund 
Manager in place of the firm first (or subsequently) 
selected by such Government, the Government of the 
Marshall Islands shall so notify the President of the 
United States, identifying the firm selected by such 
Government to become Fund Manager, and the 
President shall proceed to evaluate the qualifications 
of such identified firm. 
(4) In the joint resolution of January 14, 1986 
(Public Law 99–239) Congress provided that at the 
end of 15 years after the effective date of the Com-
pact, the firm then acting as Fund Manager shall 
transfer to the Government of the Marshall Islands, 
or to such account as such Government shall so no-
tify the Fund Manager, all remaining funds and as-
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sets being managed by the Fund Manager under the 
Section 177 Agreement. 
(5) The United States made the payment called 
for under paragraph (1) of this subsection in No-
vember 1986. Nothing in this subsection creates any 
rights or obligations beyond those provided for in 
the original enacted version of Public Law 99–239. 
(d) NUCLEAR TEST EFFECTS.—In the joint resolu-
tion of January 14, 1986 (Public Law 99–239) Congress 
provided that in approving the Compact, the Congress un-
derstands and intends that the peoples of Bikini, 
Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, who were affected by the 
United States nuclear weapons testing program in the 
Marshall Islands, will receive the amounts of $75,000,000 
(Bikini); 
$48,750,000 
(Enewetak); 
$37,500,000 
(Rongelap); and $22,500,000 (Utrik), respectively, which 
amounts shall be paid out of proceeds from the fund estab-
lished under Article I, section 1 of the subsidiary agree-
ment for the implementation of section 177 of the Com-
pact. The amounts specified in this subsection shall be in 
addition to any amounts which may be awarded to claim-
ants pursuant to Article IV of the subsidiary agreement 
for the implementation of Section 177 of the Compact. 
Nothing in this subsection creates any rights or obliga-
‘‘(C) training programs for family care-
givers to assist such family caregivers in mak-
ing informed decisions about respite care serv-
ices; 
‘‘(5) to support evaluative research to identify 
effective respite care services that alleviate, reduce, 
or minimize any negative consequences of caregiving; 
and 
‘‘(6) to promote the dissemination of results, 
findings, and information from programs and re-
search projects relating to respite care delivery, fam-
ily caregiver strain, respite care worker and volun-
teer recruitment and training, and training pro-
grams for family caregivers that assist such family 
caregivers in making informed decisions about res-
pite care services. 
‘‘SEC. 2902. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) CONDITION.—The term ‘condition’ in-
cludes—
‘‘(A) Alzheimer’s disease and other neuro-
logical disorders; 
‘‘(B) developmental disabilities; 
‘‘(C) mental retardation; 
‘‘(D) physical disabilities;
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(a) Law Enforcement Assistance. 
(b) EJIT. 
(c) Section 177 Agreement. 
(d) Nuclear Test Effects. 
(e) Espousal Provisions. 
(f) DOE Radiological Health Care Program; USDA Agricultural and Food 
Programs. 
(g) Rongelap. 
(h) Four Atoll Health Care Program. 
(i) Enjebi Community Trust Fund. 
(j) Bikini Atoll Cleanup. 
(k) Agreement on Audits. 
Sec. 104. Interpretation of and United States Policy Regarding U.S.-FSM Com-
pact and U.S.-RMI Compact. 
(a) Human Rights. 
(b) Immigration and Passport Security. 
(c) Nonalienation of Lands. 
(d) Nuclear Waste Disposal. 
(e) Effect of U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact on U.S. Areas; Re-
lated Authorization and Continuing Appropriation. 
(f) Foreign Loans. 
Sec. 105. Supplemental Provisions. 
(a) Domestic Program Requirements. 
(b) Relations With the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands. 
(c) Continuing Trust Territory Authorization. 
(d) Survivability. 
(e) Noncompliance Sanctions. 
(f) Continuing Programs and Laws. 
(g) College of Micronesia. 
(h) Trust Territory Debts to U.S. Federal Agencies. 
(i) Use of DOD Medical Facilities. 
(j) Technical Assistance. 
(k) Prior Service Benefits Program. 
(l) Indefinite Land Use Payments. 
(m) Communicable Disease Control Program. 
(n) User Fees. 
(o) Treatment of Judgments of Courts of the Federated States of Micronesia, 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
Palau. 
Sec. 106. Construction Contract Assistance. 
(a) Assistance to U.S. Firms. 
(b) Authorization of Appropriations. 
Sec. 107. Limitations. 
Prohibition. 
Sec. 108. Compensatory Adjustments. 
(a) Additional Programs and Services. 
(b) Further Amounts. 
Sec. 109. Authorization and Continuing Appropriation.
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of this Compact, as amended, the conformity of its laws, 
regulations and administrative procedures with the provi-
sions of this Compact, as amended, or, in the case of sub-
section (d) of section 141, as soon as reasonably possible 
thereafter. 
Section 472
This Compact, as amended, may be accepted, by sig-
nature or otherwise, by the Government of the United 
States and the Government of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly 
authorized, have signed this Compact of Free Association, 
as amended, which shall enter into force upon the ex-
change of diplomatic notes by which the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands inform each other about 
the fulfillment of their respective requirements for entry 
into force.
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DONE at Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
in duplicate, this thirtieth (30) day of April, 2003, each 
text being equally authentic.
Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 350
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 63
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To approve the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as 
amended between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the 
Federated States of Micronesia’’, and the ‘‘Com-
pact of Free Association, as amended between 
the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands’’, and otherwise to amend Public 
Law 99–239, and to appropriate for the purposes 
of amended Public Law 99–239 for fiscal years 
ending on or before September 30, 2023, and for 
other purposes. 
OCTOBER 29, 2003
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 98 
To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies 
by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer 
an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2004 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following joint resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the United States Government 
regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native 
Peoples on behalf of the United States. 
Whereas the ancestors of today’s Native Peoples inhabited 
the land of the present-day United States since time im-
memorial and for thousands of years before the arrival of 
peoples of European descent; 
Whereas the Native Peoples have for millennia honored, pro-
tected, and stewarded this land we cherish; 
Whereas the Native Peoples are spiritual peoples with a deep 
and abiding belief in the Creator, and for millennia their 
peoples have maintained a powerful spiritual connection
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(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 107. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project
or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) the
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act
by both Houses without any provision for such project or
activity, or (c) October 31, 2003, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is
enacted into law.
SEC. 109. Appropriations and funds made available
by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution
may be used without regard to the time limitations for
submission and approval of apportionments set forth in
section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing
herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of
law governing the apportionment of funds.
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 107, for those pro-
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grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete
distribution of fiscal year 2003 appropriations at the be-
ginning of that fiscal year because of distributions of fund-
ing to States, foreign countries, grantees or others, similar
distributions of funds for fiscal year 2004 shall not be
made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this resolution that would impinge on final
funding prerogatives.
SEC. 111. This joint resolution shall be implemented
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to
provide for continuation of projects and activities.
SEC. 112. For entitlements and other mandatory pay-
ments whose budget authority was provided in appropria-
tions Acts for fiscal year 2003, and for activities under
the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued
at the rate to maintain program levels under current law,
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003, to be contin-
ued through the date specified in section 107(c): Provided,
That notwithstanding section 107, funds shall be available
and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about
November 1 and December 1, 2003, may continue to be
made.
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SEC. 113. Section 1316(c) of Public Law 108–11
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in sec-
tion 107(c) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30,
2003’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 114. Activities authorized by section 403(f) of
Public Law 103–356, as amended by section 634 of Public
Law 107–67, and activities authorized under the heading
‘‘Treasury Franchise Fund’’ in the Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), as
amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554), may con-
tinue through the date specified in section 107(c) of this
joint resolution.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)),
the authority of subsections (a) through (c) of section 234
of such Act, shall remain in effect through the date speci-
fied in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 116. Section 503(f) of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)) shall be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 107(c) of this
joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2003’’.
SEC. 117. Section 303(g)(2) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(g)(2)) is amended
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by striking ‘‘1.38 percent’’ in the last sentence and insert-
ing ‘‘1.46 percent’’.
SEC. 118. Collection and use of maintenance fees as
authorized by section 4(i) and 4(k) of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136a–
1(i) and (k)) may continue through the date specified in
section 107(c) of this joint resolution. Prohibitions against
collecting ‘‘other fees’’ as described in section 4(i)(6) of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(6)) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 119. The full amount provided under this joint
resolution for necessary expenses to carry out the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), section 118(f) of the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,
and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, shall
be derived from the general fund.
SEC. 120. National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration is authorized to implement full cost accounting as
of October 1, 2003, in the account structure that is con-
sistent with the President’s request for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 107(c), the limitation
on new loan guarantee commitments of the Federal Hous-
(1) Section 403(b)(3)(B) of such Code is
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘132(m)(4),’’ 
after
‘‘132(f)(4),’’.
(2) Section 414(s)(2) of such Code is amended
by inserting ‘‘132(m)(4),’’ after ‘‘132(f)(4),’’.
(3) Section 415(c)(3)(D)(ii) of such Code is
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘132(m)(4),’’ 
after
‘‘132(f)(4),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2003.
SEC. 108. EFFECTIVE DATES AND RELATED RULES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
the preceding provisions of this title or in subsections (c)
and (d), the amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to plan years beginning on or after the gen-
eral effective date.
(b) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘general effective date’’ means the
date which is 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED
PLANS.—In the case of a plan maintained pursuant to 1
or more collective bargaining agreements between em-
ployee representatives and 1 or more employers ratified
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This Compact, as amended, may be ac-
cepted, by signature or otherwise, by the Gov-
ernment of the United States and the Govern-
ment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, 
duly authorized, have signed this Compact of 
Free Association, as amended, which shall 
enter into force upon the exchange of diplo-
matic notes by which the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government 
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands inform 
each other about the fulfillment of their re-
spective requirements for entry into force. 
DONE at Majuro, Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, in duplicate, this thirtieth (30) day of 
April, 2003, each text being equally authentic.
Union Calendar No. 155
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 63
[Report No. 108–262, Parts I, II, and III] 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To approve the ‘‘Compact of Free Association, as 
amended between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the 
Federated States of Micronesia’’, and the ‘‘Com-
pact of Free Association, as amended between 
the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands’’, and otherwise to amend Public 
Law 99–239, and to appropriate for the purposes 
of amended Public Law 99–239 for fiscal years 
ending on or before September 30, 2023, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
Reported from the Committee on International Relations 
with an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an 
amendment 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 64
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2003
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained 
in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect 
to Vietnam.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the Congress does not approve the extension of the 
authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 
1974 recommended by the President to the Congress on 
May 29, 2003, with respect to Vietnam.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 65
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting 
real and virtual child pornography. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2003
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BARRETT of South 
Carolina, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. 
HAYES, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, 
Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the fol-
lowing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States respecting real and virtual child pornography.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. Neither the Constitution nor any State 
constitution shall be construed to protect child pornog-
raphy, defined as visual depictions by any technological 
means of minor persons, whether actual or virtual, en-
gaged in explicit sexual activity. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to 
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.’’.
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specified in section 107(c) and inserting ‘‘November 23, 
2003’’. 
SEC. 2. Section 8144(b) of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), as 
amended by Public Law 108–84, is further amended by 
striking ‘‘November 21, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘November 
23, 2003’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.