Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

2/15/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (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 "state" means state, territory, or the District of Columbia.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Pete Domenici
  • Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.283

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 12, 2007

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• Jun 11, 2008: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• Feb 15, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-17.
• Added to calendar on Feb 15, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 42..
• Jan 31, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Added to calendar on Jan 31, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably..
• Jan 31, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-366. 11:30 a.m.
• Jan 12, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S510)
• Introduced on Jan 12, 2007.
• Jan 12, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S510)
• Jan 12, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.2705

Related Issue Areas:

• Foreign policy
• Budgets
• Cable television
• Copyright
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• Disaster relief
• East Asia
• Education
• Emergency management
• Federal aid to education
• Foreign aid
• Government trust funds
• Higher education
• Highway finance
• Highway maintenance
• Intellectual property
• International affairs
• Jurisdiction
• Law
• Legal services
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Palau Islands
• Student aid
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Transportation
• Treaties
• Video tape recording

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March 06, 2007 Energy Committee Recommends Passage of Compact Amendment Act

The favorable report was entered on February 15 with S. 283 placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 42. ...

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Vor dem Hintergrund des Beitritts zur Europäischen Union interpretieren die rumänischen Schulbücher die Geschichte ihres Landes fast ausschließlich im Kontext der westeuropäischen Geschichte (Diana Georgescu, S. 283-306). ...

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December 22, 2008 Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische ...

(Frank Lubowitz, S. 283-285). Dorothea Siegle, „Trägerinnen echten Deutschtums“ : die Koloniale Frauenschule Rendsburg. Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2004. 216 S. (Rendsburger Jahrbuch : Beihefte; 2) (Zeit + Geschichte; 2). – Zugl. ...

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