Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-283
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cable television
Copyright
Disaster relief
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Government trust funds
Higher education
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Intellectual property
Jurisdiction
Law
Legal services
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau Islands
Science, Technology, Communications
Student aid
Transportation and Public Works
Treaties
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 with respect to: (1) the provision of emergency and disaster assistance through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; (2) Palau; and (3) the continuation of legal services to the citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands residing in the United States (including territories and possessions). 

action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 with respect to the provision of emergency and disaster assistance through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
 
Provides with respect to the Republic of Palau that: (1) students from Micronesia and the Marshall Islands attending universities or colleges in Palau shall remain eligible for specified higher education assistance; and (2) government, institutions, and people of Palau shall be eligible for education assistance through FY2009 that they were eligible for in FY2003.
 
Provides for the continuation of legal services to the citizens of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands legally residing in the United States (including territories and possessions). 
 
Authorizes Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands to transmit videotaped programming.
 
Authorizes the government of Palau to deposit the payment otherwise payable to the U.S. government under P.L. 101-219 (a law concerning the implementation of the Palau Compact of Free Association and insular area matters) into a trust fund if: (1) trust fund earnings are expended solely for maintenance of the road system constructed pursuant to the Compact of Free Association between the U.S. government and the government of Palau; and (2) the trust fund is established and operated pursuant to an agreement between the U.S. government and the government of Palau.
 
Provides that in the U.S.-RMI Compact (Marshall Islands), the U.S.-FSM Compact (Micronesia), and their respective trust fund subsidiary agreements, for the purposes of taxation by the United States or its subsidiary jurisdictions, the term &quot;state&quot; means state, territory, or the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 42.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-17.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-17.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S510-511)
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S510)
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate