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Article III
Amendment
Section 431
The provisions of this Compact, as amended, may be
further amended by mutual agreement of the Government
of the United States and the Government of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, in accordance with their respec-
tive constitutional processes.
Article IV
Termination
Section 441
This Compact, as amended, may be terminated by
mutual agreement of the Government of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands and the Government of the United
States, in accordance with their respective constitutional
processes. Such mutual termination of this Compact, as
amended, shall be without prejudice to the continued ap-
plication of section 451 of this Compact, as amended, and
the provisions of the Compact, as amended, set forth
therein.
Section 442
Subject to section 452, this Compact, as amended,
may be terminated by the Government of the United
States in accordance with its constitutional processes.
Such termination shall be effective on the date specified
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in the notice of termination by the Government of the
United States but not earlier than six months following
delivery of such notice. The time specified in the notice
of termination may be extended. Such termination of this
Compact, as amended, shall be without prejudice to the
continued application of section 452 of this Compact, as
amended, and the provisions of the Compact, as amended,
set forth therein.
Section 443
This Compact, as amended, shall be terminated by
the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
pursuant to its constitutional processes, subject to section
453 if the people represented by that Government vote in
a plebiscite to terminate the Compact. The Government
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall notify the
Government of the United States of its intention to call
such a plebiscite, which shall take place not earlier than
three months after delivery of such notice. The plebiscite
shall be administered by the Government of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands in accordance with its constitu-
tional and legislative processes, but the Government of the
United States may send its own observers and invite ob-
servers from a mutually agreed party. If a majority of the
valid ballots cast in the plebiscite favors termination, the
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall,
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upon certification of the results of the plebiscite, give no-
tice of termination to the Government of the United
States, such termination to be effective on the date speci-
fied in such notice but not earlier than three months fol-
lowing the date of delivery of such notice. The time speci-
fied in the notice of termination may be extended.
Article V
Survivability
Section 451
(a) Should termination occur pursuant to section
441, economic and other assistance by the Government of
the United States shall continue only if and as mutually
agreed by the Governments of the United States and the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and in accordance with
the countries’ respective constitutional processes.
(b) In view of the special relationship of the United
States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as re-
flected in subsections (b) and (c) of section 354 of this
Compact, as amended, and the separate agreement en-
tered into consistent with those subsections, if termination
occurs pursuant to section 441 prior to the twentieth anni-
versary of the effective date of this Compact, as amended,
the United States shall continue to make contributions to
the Trust Fund described in section 216 of this Compact,
as amended.
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(c) In view of the special relationship of the United
States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands described
in subsection (b) of this section, if termination occurs pur-
suant to section 441 following the twentieth anniversary
of the effective date of this Compact, as amended, the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands shall be entitled to receive
proceeds from the Trust Fund described in section 216
of this Compact, as amended, in the manner described in
those provisions and the Trust Fund Agreement.
Section 452
(a) Should termination occur pursuant to section 442
prior to the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of
this Compact, as amended, the following provisions of this
amended Compact shall remain in full force and effect
until the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of this
Compact, as amended, and thereafter as mutually agreed:
(1) Article VI and sections 172, 173, 176 and
177 of Title One;
(2) Article One and sections 232 and 234 of
Title Two;
(3) Title Three; and
(4) Articles II, III, V and VI of Title Four.
(b) Should termination occur pursuant to section 442
before the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of
this Compact, as amended:
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection and subsection (c) of this section, eco-
nomic and other assistance by the United States
shall continue only if and as mutually agreed by the
Governments of the United States and the Republic
of the Marshall Islands.
(2) In view of the special relationship of the
United States and the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, as reflected in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 354 of this Compact, as amended, and the sepa-
rate agreement regarding mutual security, and the
Trust Fund Agreement, the United States shall con-
tinue to make contributions to the Trust Fund de-
scribed in section 216 of this Compact, as amended,
in the manner described in the Trust Fund Agree-
ment.
(c) In view of the special relationship of the United
States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as re-
flected in subsections 354(b) and (c) of this Compact, as
amended, and the separate agreement regarding mutual
security, and the Trust Fund Agreement, if termination
occurs pursuant to section 442 following the twentieth an-
niversary of the effective date of this Compact, as amend-
ed, the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall continue to
be eligible to receive proceeds from the Trust Fund de-
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scribed in section 216 of this Compact, as amended, in
the manner described in those provisions and the Trust
Fund Agreement.
Section 453
(a) Should termination occur pursuant to section 443
prior to the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of
this Compact, as amended, the following provisions of this
Compact, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect
until the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of this
Compact, as amended, and thereafter as mutually agreed:
(1) Article VI and sections 172, 173, 176 and
177 of Title One;
(2) Sections 232 and 234 of Title Two;
(3) Title Three; and
(4) Articles II, III, V and VI of Title Four.
(b) Upon receipt of notice of termination pursuant
to section 443, the Government of the United States and
the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
shall promptly consult with regard to their future relation-
ship. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this
section, these consultations shall determine the level of
economic and other assistance, if any, which the Govern-
ment of the United States shall provide to the Government
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the period end-
ing on the twentieth anniversary of the effective date of