Title: Compact Impact Relief Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Compact Impact Relief Act
This bill provides additional aid to American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hawaii for providing health care, education, and other services to qualified migrants from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau. The bill also makes such migrants eligible for assistance under the Social Services Block Grant and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4761 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Compact Impact 
Relief Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for 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.

SEC. 2. FMAP ADJUSTMENT FOR AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS EQUIVALENT TO 
              COMPACT MIGRANT EXPENDITURES.

     (a) Payment of Increased FMAP.--For calendar quarters beginning on 
or after January 1 of the first year beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
increase the FMAP for each affected jurisdiction (without regard for 
any limitation otherwise specified in section 1905(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(b))) by the number of percentage points estimated under 
subsection (d).
    (b) Estimation of Amount of Compact Migrant Expenditures.--For 
purposes of subsection (a), not later than 90 days before the beginning 
of the calendar quarter involved, the chief executive official of the 
affected jurisdiction shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior an 
estimation of the amount of Compact migrant expenditures that will be 
made by such jurisdiction for such quarter.
    (c) Review by Secretary of the Interior.--Not later than 60 days 
before the beginning of the calendar quarter involved, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall review the estimation submitted by the chief 
executive official under subsection (b), make any appropriate 
adjustments, and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a 
final estimated amount of Compact migrant expenditures for such 
quarter.
    (d) Estimation and Notification by Secretary of HHS.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall estimate the number of percentage points that the FMAP 
        for each affected jurisdiction would need to be increased for a 
        calendar quarter to result in an increase in the amount of 
        total Federal payments to the affected jurisdiction under title 
        XIX of the Social Security Act for such quarter that is 
        equivalent to the final estimated amount of Compact migrant 
        expenditures submitted under subsection (c) for such quarter.
            (2) Continued application of limitation.--In no case may 
        the increase in the FMAP estimated by the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services under paragraph (1) result in the payments 
        to an affected jurisdiction under title XIX of the Social 
        Security Act that exceed the limitations under subsections (f) 
        and (g) of section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308).
            (3) Notification.--Not later than 30 days before the 
        beginning of the calendar quarter involved, the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services shall notify each such chief 
        executive official of the increase in the FMAP estimated by the 
        Secretary under this subsection for the affected jurisdiction 
        involved.
    (e) Reconciling and Payment Adjustments.--
            (1) Report by affected jurisdictions.--For each calendar 
        quarter in which an increase in the FMAP is made for an 
        affected jurisdiction under subsection (d), the chief executive 
        official for the jurisdiction shall submit to the Secretary of 
        the Interior an accounting of the total amount of Compact 
        migrant expenditures made by such jurisdiction for such 
        quarter. Such accounting shall be submitted in such form and 
        manner as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services, shall specify.
            (2) Review by the interior.--The Secretary of the Interior 
        shall review each accounting submitted under paragraph (1) for 
        accuracy, make any appropriate adjustments, and submit a final 
        accounting of the amount of Compact migrant expenditures for 
        such quarter for each affected jurisdiction involved to the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (3) Adjustment by hhs.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall--
                    (A) review whether the increase in the FMAP for 
                each affected jurisdiction under subsection (a) for a 
                calendar quarter involved resulted in an increase in 
                Federal payments to the affected jurisdiction under 
                title XIX of the Social Security Act for such quarter 
                in an amount that is equivalent to the final accounting 
                of the amount of Compact migrant expenditures submitted 
                under paragraph (2) for such jurisdiction; and
                    (B) subject to the limitations under subsections 
                (f) and (g) of section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1308), shall make appropriate adjustments to the FMAP 
                for the affected jurisdiction for future quarters to 
                account for any overpayment or underpayment occurring 
                as a result of the increase in such FMAP under this 
                section for the quarter involved for that jurisdiction.
    (f) Limitation of FMAP to 100 Percent.--In no case shall an 
increase in the FMAP applicable to an affected jurisdiction under this 
section result in an FMAP for that jurisdiction that exceeds 100 
percent.
    (g) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed as 
treating Compact migrant expenditures as medical assistance under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Affected jurisdiction.--The term ``affected 
        jurisdiction'' has the meaning given such term in section 
        104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
        2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)).
            (2) Compact migrant expenditures.--(A) The term ``Compact 
        migrant expenditures'' means, for a calendar quarter with 
        respect to an affected jurisdiction, the amount of non-Federal 
        funds expended by such jurisdiction for items and services 
        described in section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1396d(a)) for qualified nonimmigrants (as defined in 
        section 104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
        Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))) and related administrative 
        costs.
            (B) Such term includes payments made by an affected 
        jurisdiction to health care providers for health care items and 
        services provided to qualified nonimmigrants described in 
        subparagraph (A), if such payment is not made under a State 
        plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and such 
        payment is not made from any other source of Federal funds.
            (3) FMAP.--The term ``FMAP'' means the Federal medical 
        assistance percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), as determined without 
        regard to this section.
    (i) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1905(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended by inserting ``subject to section 2 
of the Compact Aid Relief Act'' after ``83 per centum, (2)''.

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS RELATING TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION OF 
              CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Purpose.--Section 8001 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) educate alien children admitted to the United States 
        as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States.''.
    (b) Payments for Eligible Federally Connected Children.--Section 
8003(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) resided in the United States pursuant to an 
                admission into the United States as a citizen of the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States 
                of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Multiply the number of children described in 
                paragraph (1)(H) by a factor of 1.25.''.
    (c) Authorization of Additional Funds for Eligible Federally 
Connected Children.--Section 8014 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7714) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Additional Funding for Eligible Federally Connected 
Children.--For the purpose of making additional payments for federally 
connected children described in section 8003(a)(1) under this title, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2018 and for each succeeding fiscal year.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.

    (a) National and Community Service Programs.--
            (1) Nonprofit capacity building.--Section 198S(a)(4) of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12653s(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``and the District of 
        Columbia'' and inserting ``, the District of Columbia, American 
        Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the 
        Virgin Islands of the United States''.
            (2) Compact migrant eligibility.--Section 137(a)(5) of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12591(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) is a citizen or national of the United States or 
        lawful permanent resident alien of the United States, or is a 
        citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
        States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau and admitted to 
        the United States as a nonimmigrant under the terms of the 
        applicable Compact of Free Association with the United 
        States.''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to any participant in a program under the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) 
        selected after the date of enactment of this subsection.
    (b) Youth Conservation Corps.--The Youth Conservation Corps Act of 
1970 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 102(a) (16 U.S.C. 1702(a)), by striking 
        ``trust territories'' and inserting ``citizens of the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or 
        the Republic of Palau and admitted to the United States as 
        nonimmigrants under the terms of the applicable Compact of Free 
        Association with the United States,''; and
            (2) in section 104 (16 U.S.C. 1704)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Trust 
                Territory of the Pacific Islands,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``, or the Trust 
                Territory of the Pacific Islands'' and inserting ``, or 
                citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
                Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of 
                Palau and admitted to the United States as 
                nonimmigrants under the terms of the applicable Compact 
                of Free Association with the United States''.

SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT STUDY AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPACTS OF FREE 
              ASSOCIATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall enter into an 
agreement with an eligible organization described in subsection (b) to 
conduct an independent study and assessment of the Compacts of Free 
Association between the United States and the Freely Associated States 
of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
    (b) Eligible Organization Described.--An eligible organization 
described in this subsection is--
            (1) a federally funded research and development center 
        sponsored by a Federal agency;
            (2) the Government Accountability Office; or
            (3) an organization described in section 501(c) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
        section 501(a) of such Code.
    (c) Matters To Be Included.--The study and assessment required 
under subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) an assessment of implementation of the Compacts of Free 
        Association by the United States, including Compact impact 
        funding to affected jurisdictions (as such term is defined in 
        section 104(e)(2)(A) of the Compact of Free Association 
        Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)(2)(A)));
            (2) an assessment of the capabilities, expertise, and 
        shortfalls of effectively administering the Compacts of Free 
        Association and providing assistance under such Compacts to 
        affected jurisdictions as defined in paragraph (1), including 
        recommendations on improvements to such capabilities and 
        changes to processes or administrative reorganizations that may 
        be necessary;
            (3) an assessment of the management of trust funds 
        established for each of the Freely Associated States and the 
        United States financial contributions to such trust funds;
            (4) recommendations regarding renewal and future 
        administration or cessation of such Compacts;
            (5) an assessment of any outstanding claims by the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
        and the Republic of Palau to lands or territorial waters 
        belonging to the United States, including Wake Island (Wake 
        Atoll); and
            (6) any other matters the Secretary of State or the 
        eligible organization that enters into an agreement under this 
        section determines to be appropriate and that do not duplicate 
        unnecessarily the matters addressed in the study required by 
        section 1259D of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91).
    (d) Report Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date on 
        which the Secretary of State enters into an agreement with an 
        eligible organization under this section, the eligible 
        organization shall submit to the Secretary and the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report that includes--
                    (A) the study and assessment required under 
                subsection (a);
                    (B) the matters to be included required under 
                subsection (c); and
                    (C) any other matters the Secretary determines to 
                be appropriate.
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
        annex if necessary.
            (3) Availability.--The Secretary shall publish the 
        unclassified portion of the report required under paragraph (1) 
        on a publicly accessible government website.
            (4) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
                Senate.
    (e) Obtaining Official Data.--The eligible organization that enters 
into an agreement under this section may secure directly from any 
department or agency of the United States information necessary to 
enable it to carry out this section. Upon request of such eligible 
organization, the head of that department or agency shall furnish that 
information to the eligible organization.

SEC. 6. CENSUS ENUMERATION OF COMPACT MIGRANTS IN AFFECTED 
              JURISDICTIONS.

    (a) Decennial Census.--Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g)(1) With respect to each decennial census of population 
conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct an 
enumeration of qualified nonimmigrants in each affected jurisdiction.
    ``(2) For purposes of carrying out this subsection, the terms 
`affected jurisdiction' and `qualified nonimmigrant' have the meaning 
given those terms in section 104(e)(2)(A) and (B), respectively, of the 
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 
48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)(A) and (B)).''.
    (b) Application.--An enumeration conducted pursuant to section 
141(g) of title 13, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall, for purposes of the year to which the applicable decennial 
census applies, satisfy the requirements of paragraph (4) of section 
104(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108-188; 48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(4)). The preceding sentence 
shall not be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise affect the 
five-year requirement in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph.

SEC. 7. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DATA REGARDING AFFECTED 
              JURISDICTIONS AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Assessment and Analysis.--The Director of the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce shall conduct an annual 
assessment and analysis of the economies of the following:
            (1) Affected jurisdictions.--Affected jurisdictions (as 
        such term is defined under section 104(e)(2)(A) of the Compact 
        of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)(2)(A))).
            (2) Freely associated states.--The Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic 
        of Palau.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the economic assessment and 
analysis required by subsection (a), the Director shall--
            (1) consult with--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior;
                    (B) the Director of the Bureau of the Census;
                    (C) the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor 
                Statistics of the Department of Labor;
                    (D) other Federal agencies as the Director 
                considers appropriate; and
                    (E) local government agencies in the affected 
                jurisdictions described in subsection (a)(1); and
            (2) consider the following:
                    (A) The gross domestic product of each of the 
                affected jurisdictions and Freely Associated States 
                described in subsection (a).
                    (B) Remittance transfers from citizens of the 
                Freely Associated States described in subsection 
                (a)(2), the recipient of which is located in any 
                country other than the United States.
                    (C) Government or similar public services consumed 
                by citizens of the Freely Associated States described 
                in subsection (a)(2) residing in the United States.
                    (D) Refundable tax credits, tax deductions, or 
                similar advantageous tax code provisions for low-income 
                households, including the earned income tax credit 
                under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                and the child tax credit under section 24 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 claimed by citizens of 
                the Freely Associated States described in subsection 
                (a)(2) in Federal tax returns filed in the United 
                States.
                    (E) Impact of citizens of the Freely Associated 
                States described in subsection (a)(2) who are residing 
                in the affected jurisdictions described in subsection 
                (a)(1) on the local labor market, wages, and 
                unemployment rate in such affected jurisdictions.
                    (F) Foreign direct investment by industrial 
                sectors, by country of investor, and by type of 
                transaction.
                    (G) Other contributing components of the economies 
                of such affected jurisdictions and Freely Association 
                States described in subsection (a) as the Director 
                considers appropriate.
    (c) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and each year thereafter, the Director shall make 
available to the Congress and the public on a government website an 
annual report on the findings of the Director with respect to the 
economic assessment and analysis conducted under this section.

SEC. 8. NATIVE HAWAIIAN, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND INSULAR AREAS 
              HEALTH DATA.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317T the following:

``SEC. 317U. NATIVE HAWAIIAN, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND INSULAR AREAS 
              HEALTH DATA.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Native hawaiians and other pacific islanders 
        (nhopi).--The term `Native Hawaiians and other Pacific 
        Islanders' or `NHOPI' means people having origins in any of the 
        original peoples of Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or any 
        other Pacific Island.
            ``(2) Community group.--The term `community group' means a 
        group of NHOPI who are organized at the community level, and 
        may include a church group, social service group, national 
        advocacy organization, or cultural group.
            ``(3) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organization.--The term 
        `nonprofit, nongovernmental organization' means a group of 
        NHOPI with a demonstrated history of addressing NHOPI issues, 
        including a NHOPI coalition.
            ``(4) Designated organization.--The term `designated 
        organization' means an entity established to represent NHOPI 
        populations and which has statutory responsibilities to 
        provide, or has community support for providing, health care.
            ``(5) Government representatives.--The term `government 
        representatives' means representatives from Hawai'i, American 
        Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 
        Republic of Palau.
            ``(6) Insular area.--The term `Insular Area' means American 
        Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands 
        of the United States, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
    ``(b) National Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (referred 
        to in this section as `NCHS') of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention, and other agencies within the 
        Department of Health and Human Services as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate, shall develop and implement an ongoing 
        and sustainable national strategy for identifying and 
        evaluating the health status and health care needs for each 
        NHOPI population, by ethnicity or nationality, living in the 
        continental United States, Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
        the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
            ``(2) Consultation.--In developing and implementing a 
        national strategy, as described in paragraph (1), not later 
        than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Compact 
        Impact Relief Act, the Secretary--
                    ``(A) shall consult with representatives of 
                community groups, designated organizations, and 
                nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations and with 
                government representatives of NHOPI populations; and
                    ``(B) may solicit the participation of 
                representatives from other Federal departments and 
                agencies.
    ``(c) Preliminary Health Survey.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Director of NCHS, shall conduct a preliminary health survey in 
        order to identify the major areas and regions in the 
        continental United States, Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
        the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau 
        in which NHOPI people reside.
            ``(2) Contents.--The health survey described in paragraph 
        (1) shall include health data and any other data the Secretary 
        determines to be--
                    ``(A) useful in determining the health status and 
                health care needs for each NHOPI population, by 
                ethnicity or nationality, to the greatest extent 
                practicable; or
                    ``(B) required for developing or implementing a 
                national strategy.
            ``(3) Methodology.--Methodology for the health survey 
        described in paragraph (1), including plans for designing 
        questions, implementation, sampling, and analysis, shall be 
        developed in consultation with community groups, designated 
        organizations, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, and 
        government representatives of NHOPI populations, as determined 
        by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Timeframe.--The survey required under this subsection 
        shall be completed not later than 18 months after the date of 
        the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act.
    ``(d) Progress Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress a progress report, which shall include the 
national strategy described in subsection (b)(1), and make such report 
available on the public website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
    ``(e) HMD Study and Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into an 
        agreement with the Health and Medicine Division of the National 
        Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a 
        study, with input from stakeholders in Insular Areas, on the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The standards and definitions of health care 
                applied to health care systems in Insular Areas and the 
                appropriateness of such standards and definitions.
                    ``(B) The status and performance of health care 
                systems in Insular Areas, evaluated based upon 
                standards and definitions, as the Secretary determines.
                    ``(C) The effectiveness of donor aid in addressing 
                health care needs and priorities in Insular Areas.
                    ``(D) The progress toward implementation of 
                recommendations of the Committee on Health Care 
                Services in the United States--Associated Pacific Basin 
                of the National Academy of Medicine, including 
                recommendations that were set forth in the 1998 report, 
                `Pacific Partnerships for Health: Charting a New Course 
                for the 21st Century', as applicable to all Insular 
                Areas except the Virgin Islands of the United States.
            ``(2) Report.--An agreement described in paragraph (1) 
        shall require the Health and Medicine Division to submit to the 
        Secretary and to the Congress, and make readily available on a 
        public website, not later than 2 years after the date of the 
        enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, a report containing 
        a description of the results of the study conducted under 
        paragraph (1), including the conclusions and recommendations of 
        the Health and Medicine Division for each of the items 
        described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of such paragraph.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2018 through 2022.''.

SEC. 9. LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS FOR TERRITORIES AND AFFECTED 
              JURISDICTIONS.

    (a) Expanded Waiver.--Section 501 of Public Law 95-134, approved 
October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 1469a), is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (d), by striking ``by law'' in the last 
        sentence.
            (2) By adding after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of 
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, any Federal department or agency shall waive any requirement 
for local matching funds (including in-kind contributions) required to 
be provided by American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, or an eligible nongovernmental recipient in the 
aforementioned United States territories for any grant as follows:
            ``(1) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of $400,000 or less, the entire matching 
        requirement shall be waived.
            ``(2) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of more than $400,000, $400,000 of the 
        matching requirement shall be waived.
            ``(3) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of $600,000 or less to be paid by an 
        affected jurisdiction as defined by section 104(e)(2) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)(2)), the entire matching requirement shall be waived 
        for unreimbursed impact expenses.
            ``(4) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of more than $600,000 to be paid by an 
        affected jurisdiction as defined by section 104(e)(2) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)(2)), $600,000 of the matching requirement shall be 
        waived for unreimbursed impact expenses.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 601 of Public Law 96-205, 
approved March 12, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1469a note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended 
by striking ``(d), and adding the following sentence'' and all that 
follows through the final period and inserting ``(d).''.

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

     (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (c), local 
matching requirements required of an affected jurisdiction for Federal 
programs may be paid in cash or in-kind services provided by the 
affected jurisdiction pursuant to the following:
            (1) Section 104 of the Compact of Free Association between 
        the Government of the United States and the Government of the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, approved in the Compact of 
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 
        117 Stat. 2781).
            (2) Section 104 of the Compact of Free Association between 
        the Government of the United States and the Government of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, approved in the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 117 
        Stat. 2781).
            (3) The Compact of Free Association between the Government 
        of the United States and the Government of the Republic of 
        Palau, approved in the Palau Compact of Free Association Act 
        (Public Law 99-658; 100 Stat. 3672).
    (b) Determination of Amounts To Be Considered In-Kind 
Contributions.--The Secretary of the Interior shall determine the 
amounts that may be considered in-kind contributions for an affected 
jurisdiction under this section based on a reasonable estimate of the 
amount of impact expenditures for the Freely Associated States divided 
by a reasonable estimate of the number of citizens from the Freely 
Associated States residing in that affected jurisdiction.
    (c) Affected Jurisdictions.--The term ``affected jurisdiction'' 
shall have the meaning given that term in section 104(e) of Public Law 
108-188 (117 Stat. 2739).

SEC. 11. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Job Corps Centers.--Section 147(a) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or similar agency 
        of an outlying area,'' after ``local agency''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(III), by inserting ``(or 
        outlying area)'' after ``State''.
    (b) Compact Migrant Eligibility.--Section 188(a)(5) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3248(a)(5)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, 
and citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau, who were admitted to 
the United States as nonimmigrants under the terms of the applicable 
Compact of Free Association with the United States''.

SEC. 12. AMENDMENTS TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY 
              RECONCILIATION ACT.

    (a) Snap Eligibility.--Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(N) Exception for citizens of the freely 
                associated states residing in the united states.--With 
                respect to eligibility for benefits for the specified 
                Federal program defined in paragraph (3)(B) section 
                401(a) and paragraph (1) shall not apply--
                            ``(i) to any citizen of the Republic of the 
                        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
                        Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who 
                        lawfully resides in one of the several States 
                        or the District of Columbia as a nonimmigrant 
                        under the terms of the applicable Compact of 
                        Free Association with the United States; or
                            ``(ii) at the request of the governors of 
                        Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
                        Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, to 
                        any citizen of the Republic of the Marshall 
                        Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or 
                        the Republic of Palau who lawfully resides in 
                        the respective United States territory as a 
                        nonimmigrant under the terms of the applicable 
                        Compact of Free Association with the United 
                        States.''.
    (b) TANF and SSBG Eligibility.--Section 402(b)(2) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Exception for citizens of the freely 
                associated states residing in the united states.--With 
                respect to eligibility for benefits for the designated 
                Federal program defined in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                paragraph (3), section 401(a) and paragraph (1) shall 
                not apply--
                            ``(i) to any citizen of the Republic of the 
                        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
                        Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who 
                        lawfully resides in one of the several States 
                        or the District of Columbia as a nonimmigrant 
                        under the terms of the applicable Compact of 
                        Free Association with the United States; or
                            ``(ii) at the request of the governors of 
                        Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
                        Samoa, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, to 
                        any citizen of the Republic of the Marshall 
                        Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or 
                        the Republic of Palau who lawfully resides in 
                        the respective United States territory as a 
                        nonimmigrant under the terms of the applicable 
                        Compact of Free Association with the United 
                        States.''.
    (c) Clarification on Amounts Provided to Affected Jurisdictions.--
            (1) Supplement, not supplant.--Any amounts provided to an 
        affected jurisdiction for benefits to qualified nonimmigrants 
        for the specified Federal program defined in section 
        402(a)(3)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1612(a)(3)(A)), or for the designated Federal program defined 
        in section 402(b)(3)(C) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)(C)), 
        shall be used to supplement and not supplant, other Federal, 
        State, and local funds, including under--
                    (A) the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
                as defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
                of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012);
                    (B) the program of block grants to States for 
                temporary assistance for needy families under part A of 
                title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
                seq.); and
                    (C) the program of block grants to States for 
                social services under title XX of the Social Security 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.).
            (2) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``affected 
        jurisdiction'' and ``qualified nonimmigrant'' have the meaning 
        given such terms, respectively, in section 104(e)(2) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)(2)).
    (d) Clarification of Qualified Alien.--Section 431(b) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        comma;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) an alien who is a citizen of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the 
        Republic of Palau and admitted to the United States as a 
        nonimmigrant under the terms of the applicable Compact of Free 
        Association with the United States.''.
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