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48 U.S.C. 1988: United States policy regarding the Freely Associated States

Created in 2024 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 48 U.S.C. 1987, 48 U.S.C. 1989, 48 U.S.C. 1990.

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2024Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024created it

48 U.S.C. 1988United States policy regarding the Freely Associated States

(a)Authorization for veterans' services

(b)Authorization of education programs

(c)Authorization of Department of Defense programs

(d)Judicial training

(e)Eligibility for the Republic of Palau

(f)Omitted

(g)Consultation with International Financial Institutions

(h)Omitted

(i)Establishment of a unit for the Freely Associated States in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State and increasing personnel focused on Oceania

(j)Omitted

(k)Continuing Trust Territory authorization

(l)Omitted

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

Unchanged since the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-42 (Mar 9, 2024).

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.