I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2716
To amend the Compact of Free Association of 1985 to provide for adequate 
Compact-impact aid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2003
Ms. BORDALLO
(for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CASE, and Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Inter-
national Relations, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, and Armed Serv-
ices, 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 amend the Compact of Free Association of 1985 to 
provide for adequate Compact-impact aid.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In approving the Compact of Free Associa-
tion it was not the intent of Congress to cause ad-
verse consequences for Guam, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or 
the State of Hawaii. 
(2) Congress declared that if any adverse con-
sequences to Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the 
State of Hawaii resulted from implementation of the 
Compact of Free Association, Congress would act 
sympathetically and expeditiously to redress those 
adverse consequences. 
(3) The General Accounting Office has reported 
that migration from the Freely Associated States 
has had a significant impact on Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
State of Hawaii. 
(4) By placing demands on local governments 
for health, educational, and other social services, mi-
gration under the Compact has adversely affected 
the budgetary resources of Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
State of Hawaii. 
(5) Insufficient sums have been appropriated to 
cover the costs incurred by Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
State of Hawaii, resulting from increased demands
placed on health, educational, and other social serv-
ices by individuals from the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
the Republic of Palau. 
(c) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to ad-
dress the unfunded Federal mandate and adverse financial 
consequences resulting from the Compact by meeting the 
obligations set forth in the Compact. 
SEC. 2. ENSURING MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS AND 
HEALTH 
SERVICES 
REIMBURSEMENT 
AS 
PART OF COMPACT-IMPACT AID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(e)(6) of the Compact 
of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1904(e)(6)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) IMPACT COSTS.—
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION
AND
CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—There is hereby 
authorized and appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, for each fiscal year 
from 2004 through 2023, $35,000,000 for 
grants to Guam, the State of Hawaii, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and American Samoa to aid in de-
fraying costs incurred by their govern-