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this Compact, as amended, and for any period thereafter,
if mutually agreed.
(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 443 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.
(d) 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 443 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-
scribed in section 216 of this Compact, as amended, in
the manner described in those provisions and the Trust
Fund Agreement.
Section 454
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact,
as amended:
(a) The Government of the United States reaf-
firms its continuing interest in promoting the eco-
nomic advancement and budgetary self-reliance of
the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
(b) The separate agreements referred to in Ar-
ticle II of Title Three shall remain in effect in ac-
cordance with their terms.
Article VI
Definition of Terms
Section 461
For the purpose of this Compact, as amended, only,
and without prejudice to the views of the Government of
the United States or the Government of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as to the nature and extent of the
jurisdiction of either of them under international law, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) ‘‘Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands’’
means the area established in the Trusteeship
Agreement consisting of the former administrative
districts of Kosrae, Yap, Ponape, the Marshall Is-
lands and Truk as described in Title One, Trust
Territory Code, section 1, in force on January 1,
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1979. This term does not include the area of Palau
or the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b) ‘‘Trusteeship Agreement’’ means the agree-
ment setting forth the terms of trusteeship for the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, approved by
the Security Council of the United Nations April 2,
1947, and by the United States July 18, 1947, en-
tered into force July 18, 1947, 61 Stat. 3301,
T.I.A.S. 1665, 8 U.N.T.S. 189.
(c) ‘‘The Republic of the Marshall Islands’’ and
‘‘the Federated States of Micronesia’’ are used in a
geographic sense and include the land and water
areas to the outer limits of the territorial sea and
the air space above such areas as now or hereafter
recognized by the Government of the United States.
(d) ‘‘Compact’’ means the Compact of Free As-
sociation Between the United States and the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Is-
lands, that was approved by the United States Con-
gress in section 201 of Public Law 99–239 (Jan. 14,
1986) and went into effect with respect to the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands on October 21, 1986.
(e) ‘‘Compact, as amended’’ means the Com-
pact of Free Association Between the United States
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as amend-
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ed. The effective date of the Compact, as amended,
shall be on a date to be determined by the President
of the United States, and agreed to by the Govern-
ment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, fol-
lowing formal approval of the Compact, as amended,
in accordance with section 411 of this Compact, as
amended.
(f) ‘‘Government of the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands’’ means the Government established
and organized by the Constitution of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands including all the political sub-
divisions and entities comprising that Government.
(g) ‘‘Government of the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia’’ means the Government established and or-
ganized by the Constitution of the Federated States
of Micronesia including all the political subdivisions
and entities comprising that Government.
(h) The following terms shall be defined con-
sistent with the 1978 Edition of the Radio Regula-
tions of the International Telecommunications as fol-
lows:
(1) ‘‘Radiocommunication’’ means tele-
communication by means of radio waves.
(2) ‘‘Station’’ means one or more transmit-
ters or receivers or a combination of transmit-
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ters and receivers, including the accessory
equipment, necessary at one location for car-
rying on a radiocommunication service, or the
radio astronomy service.
(3) 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Service’’ 
means 
a
radiocommunication service in which the trans-
missions are intended for direct reception by
the general public. This service may include
sound transmissions, television transmissions or
other types of transmission.
(4) ‘‘Broadcasting Station’’ means a sta-
tion in the broadcasting service.
(5) ‘‘Assignment (of a radio frequency or
radio frequency channel)’’ means an authoriza-
tion given by an administration for a radio sta-
tion to use a radio frequency or radio frequency
channel under specified conditions.
(6) 
‘‘Telecommunication’’ 
means 
any
transmission, emission or reception of signs,
signals, writings, images and sounds or intel-
ligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or
other electromagnetic systems.
(i) ‘‘Military Areas and Facilities’’ means those
areas and facilities in the Republic of the Marshall
Islands reserved or acquired by the Government of
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the Republic of the Marshall Islands for use by the
Government of the United States, as set forth in the
separate agreements referred to in section 321.
(j) ‘‘Tariff Schedules of the United States’’
means the Tariff Schedules of the United States as
amended from time to time and as promulgated pur-
suant to United States law and includes the Tariff
Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA),
as amended.
(k) ‘‘Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Rela-
tions’’ means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations, done April 18, 1961, 23 U.S.T. 3227,
T.I.A.S. 7502, 500 U.N.T.S. 95.
Section 462
(a) The Government of the United States and the
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands pre-
viously have concluded agreements, which shall remain in
effect and shall survive in accordance with their terms,
as follows:
(1) Agreement Between the Government of the
United States and the Government of the Marshall
Islands for the Implementation of Section 177 of the
Compact of Free Association;
(2) Agreement Between the Government of the
United States and the Government of the Marshall