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searchaux" style="display:none">US-Micronesia-Marshall Islands-Palau agreements</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_(48464897742).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg/290px-Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg/435px-Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg/580px-Secretary_Pompeo_Holds_Joint_Press_Availability_in_Kolonia_%2848464897742%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7015" data-file-height="4677" /></a><figcaption>Representatives of the Compact states meeting in <a href="/wiki/Kolonia" title="Kolonia">Kolonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Micronesia</a>, in August 2019. Left to right: Former U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a>, Former Micronesian President <a href="/wiki/David_Panuelo" title="David Panuelo">David Panuelo</a>, Marshallese President <a href="/wiki/Hilda_Heine" title="Hilda Heine">Hilda Heine</a>, and Palauan Vice President <a href="/wiki/Raynold_Oilouch" title="Raynold Oilouch">Raynold Oilouch</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Compacts of Free Association</b> (<b>COFA</b>) are international agreements establishing and governing the relationships of <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> between the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and the three <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Pacific Island</a> <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign states</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a> (FSM), the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Republic of the Marshall Islands</a> (RMI), and the <a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Republic of Palau</a>. As a result, these countries are sometimes known as the <b>Freely Associated States</b> (<b>FASs</b>). All three agreements next expire in 2043.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These countries, together with the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</a>, formerly constituted the <a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Trusteeship" class="mw-redirect" title="Trusteeship">trusteeship</a> administered by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> from 1947 to 1951 and by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">US Department of the Interior</a> from 1951 to 1986 (to 1994 for Palau). </p><p>The compacts came into being as an extension of the US–UN territorial trusteeship agreement, which obliged the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">federal government of the United States</a> "to promote the development of the people of the Trust Territory toward self-government or independence as appropriate to the particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the compacts, the US federal government provides guaranteed financial assistance over a 15-year period administered through its <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Insular_Affairs" title="Office of Insular Affairs">Office of Insular Affairs</a> in exchange for full international defense authority and responsibilities. </p><p>The Compacts of Free Association were initiated by negotiators in 1980 and signed by the parties in the years 1982 and 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Leibowitz1989_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leibowitz1989-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were approved by the citizens of the Pacific states in plebiscites held in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legislation on the compacts was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> in 1986 and signed into law on November 13, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associated_states">Associated states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Associated states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="160px">Associated State <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th class="unsortable" width="120px">Associated since </th> <th class="unsortable">Level of association </th> <th class="unsortable">International status </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3 November 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 October 1994 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_provisions">Economic provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Economic provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each of the associated states actively participates in all Office of Insular Affairs technical assistance activities. The US gives only these countries access to many US domestic programs,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including disaster response and recovery and hazard mitigation programs under the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a>, some <a href="/wiki/US_Department_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="US Department of Education">US Department of Education</a> programs including the <a href="/wiki/Pell_Grant" title="Pell Grant">Pell Grant</a>, and services provided by the <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corporation" title="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</a>, and US representation to the International Frequency Registration Board of the <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Compact area, while outside the customs area of the United States, is mainly duty-free for imports.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most citizens of the associated states may live and work in the United States, and most US citizens and their spouses may live and work in the associated states.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, the US <a href="/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_Act" title="Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act">Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act</a> removed <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> benefits for resident foreigners from the states, even after the five-year waiting period that most other resident aliens have.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in December 2020, Congress restored Medicaid for Compact of Free Association communities.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_provisions">Military provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg/220px-Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg/330px-Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg/440px-Marshall_Islands_Police_patrol_vessel_Lomor_and_USCGC_Oliver_Berry_-_180703-G-CA140-115.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1378" data-file-height="918" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/USCGC_Oliver_F._Berry_(WPC_1124)" class="mw-redirect" title="USCGC Oliver F. Berry (WPC 1124)">USCGC <i>Oliver Berry</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/RMIS_Lomor_(03)" class="mw-redirect" title="RMIS Lomor (03)">RMIS <i>Lomor</i></a> on a joint patrol<sup id="cite_ref-Dvids2018-08-01_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dvids2018-08-01-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The COFA allows the United States to operate armed forces in Compact areas and to demand land for operating bases, subject to negotiation, and excludes the militaries of other countries without US permission. The US in turn becomes responsible for protecting its affiliate countries and responsible for administering all international defense treaties and affairs, though it may not declare war on their behalf. It is not allowed to use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons in Palauan territory.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the territories of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia it is not allowed to store such weapons except in times of national emergency, state of war, or when necessary to defend against an actual or impending attack on the US, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Citizens of the associated states may serve in America's armed forces, and there is a high level of military enlistment by Compact citizens. For example, in 2008, the Federated States of Micronesia had a higher per-capita enlistment rate than any US state, and had more than five times the national per-capita average of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan: nine soldiers out of a population of 107,000.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="21st-century_renewal_and_updates">21st-century renewal and updates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st-century renewal and updates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, the compacts with the RMI and FSM were renewed for 20 years. These new compacts provided US$3.5 billion in funding for both countries. US$30 million will also be disbursed annually among <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> in "Compact Impact" funding. This funding helps the governments of these localities cope with the expense of providing services to immigrants from the RMI, FSM, and Palau. The US use of <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwajalein">Kwajalein Atoll</a> for missile testing was renewed for the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new compacts also changed certain immigration rules. RMI and FSM citizens traveling to the US are now required to have passports. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">US Postal Service</a> was given the option to apply international postage rates for mail between the US and RMI/FSM, phased in over five years. The USPS began implementing the change in January 2006, but decided to resume domestic services and rates in November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The renewed compact, commonly called "Compact II", took effect for FSM on June 25, 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for RMI on June 30, 2004. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MapofTTPI.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/MapofTTPI.gif/250px-MapofTTPI.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/MapofTTPI.gif/375px-MapofTTPI.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/MapofTTPI.gif/500px-MapofTTPI.gif 2x" data-file-width="2055" data-file-height="1431" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a> (1962)</figcaption></figure> <p>The economic provisions of the Compact for Palau which provided $18 million in annual subsidies and grants, expired on September 30, 2009, and the renewal talk was concluded in late 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> US financial support for Palau is based on a <a href="/wiki/Continuing_resolution" title="Continuing resolution">continuing resolution</a> passed by the US Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Compact Trust Fund set up to replace US financial aid underperformed because of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military and civil defense provisions remained until 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An amended Compact, enacted December 17, 2003, as Public Law 108-188, provided financial assistance to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia through 2023. The Compact of Free Association agreement with the Republic of Palau, enshrined in US Public Law 99-658, was followed by a Compact Review Agreement signed between the US and Palau in 2018, extending certain financial provisions through September 30, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2022, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> named Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Y._Yun" title="Joseph Y. Yun">Joseph Yun</a> as <a href="/wiki/US_Special_Presidential_Envoy_for_Compact_Negotiations" class="mw-redirect" title="US Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations">US Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations</a> to take over negotiation for amendment and continuation of COFA.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of Monday, October 16, 2023, agreements to renew all three compacts for a period of 20 years have been formally signed by representatives of each Freely Associated State (FAS) and the U.S. State Department. Total funding for all three agreements is $7.1B paid over 20 years ($889M - Palau, $3.3B - FSM, $2.3B - RMI and a $634M U.S. Postal Service offset to continue domestic rate mail service).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palau Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Kaleb_Udui_Jr." title="Kaleb Udui Jr.">Kaleb Udui Jr.</a> and U.S. Ambassador Yun signed Palau's COFA extension on May 22, 2023, with the island government previously requesting to advance their date more in line with the other two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 23, 2023, FSM negotiator Leo Falcam and a State Department representative signed Micronesia's extension at the U.S. embassy in Pohnpei.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marshall Islands' Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ading" title="Jack Ading">Jack Ading</a> alongside Ambassador Yun signed RMI's agreement on October 16, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approval by each legislature, to include a funding mechanism in Congress, is the final step to bring each agreement into force. Legislation implementing the new agreements was enacted by the U.S. Congress in March 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Potential_associated_states">Potential associated states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Potential associated states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg/220px-Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg/330px-Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg/440px-Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>Overview of Pacific people's regions</figcaption></figure> <p>The former government of the United States <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territory">unincorporated territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, led by Governor <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Calvo" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Calvo">Eddie Calvo</a>, campaigned for a <a href="/wiki/Plebiscite" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebiscite">plebiscite</a> on Guam's future political status, with free association following the model of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau as one of the possible options.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Sovereigntism_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Sovereigntism (Puerto Rico)">soberanista</a></i> movement advocates for the territory to be granted a freely associated status. The <a href="/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum" title="2017 Puerto Rican status referendum">2017 status referendum</a> presented "Independence/Free Association" as an option; if the majority of voters had chosen it, a second round of voting would have been held to choose between free association and full independence. In 2022, the US Congress introduced the Puerto Rico Status Act, which would hold a federally-sponsored referendum on the territory's status, with a free association status expected to be presented as an option.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> is another state that may consider a CFA, as it would be a way to gain immigration access to escape rising sea levels, as it has been a stalwart U.S. ally in the Pacific. Kiribati is home to Tarawa atoll, which is the site of the costly <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Battle of Tarawa</a> during World War II. The CFA would be a way to give additional options for island difficulties and get extra development aid with limited natural resources, and unify it with other Micronesian people living in the Pacific (this includes FSM, Marshall, Guam, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, Marshall Islands and Kiribati already work together on regional security such as 2018 the Marshall ship <i><a href="/wiki/RMIS_Lomor" title="RMIS Lomor">Lomor</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/RKS_Teanoai" title="RKS Teanoai">RKS <i>Teanoai</i></a> performed a joint patrol of their waters.<sup id="cite_ref-marshallislandsjournal2018-02-162_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marshallislandsjournal2018-02-162-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other possible CFA states include <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. The number of CFA states so far has been limited, because it is reserved for only the closest allies of the US.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the COFA are very expensive, support for the alliances has been popular in the US, and considered mutually beneficial, with the small island nations warning the US of dangers in the Pacific regions, such as global warming and influence of foreign powers.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> has also been listed as a potential CFA state, following the <a href="/wiki/2024_US_Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 US Presidential Election">2024 US Presidential Election</a>. Rasmus Leander Nielsen of the University of Greenland said that Greenlanders have discussed since the 1980s creating a <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_free_association" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact of free association">compact of free association</a> (COFA) with Denmark after independence, and that some have suggested a COFA with the United States instead.<sup id="cite_ref-dall20241105_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dall20241105-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barry Scott Zellen, a scholar of Arctic strategy at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">United States Coast Guard Academy</a>, suggested Greenland could become an <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">organized and unincorporated territory of the United States</a> but with a clear pathway to eventual admission as a constituent state "not unlike that which Alaska followed". According to Zellen, "Greenlandic Inuit, who suffer from a long legacy of neglect and whose colonial experience, despite recent gains in autonomy, has not been entirely positive, may indeed stand to benefit in many ways" from this arrangement.<sup id="cite_ref-Barryuscga_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barryuscga-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="US_fulfillment_of_commitments">US fulfillment of commitments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: US fulfillment of commitments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States' administration of the former trust territories now covered under the Compacts of Free Association has been subject to ongoing criticism over the past several decades. A 1961 United Nations mission report initially noted deficiencies in "American administration in almost every area: poor transportation, failure to settle war damage claims; failure to adequately compensate for land taken for military purposes; poor living conditions[;] inadequate economic development; inadequate education programs; and almost nonexistent medical care."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Patsy_Mink" title="Patsy Mink">Patsy Mink</a> further noted that "[A]fter winning the right to control Micronesia, [the US] proceeded to allow the islands to stagnate and decay through indifference and lack of assistance. . . . [T]he people are still largely impoverished and lacking in all of the basic amenities which we consider essential – adequate education, housing, good health standards, modern sanitation facilities."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the compacts, criticism was also received by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Asia_and_the_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific">United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific</a> regarding the unfulfilled commitments of the United States to address the impacts of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, which were included as part of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Proving_Grounds" title="Pacific Proving Grounds">Pacific Proving Grounds</a>. Speakers noted that while section 177 of the Compact of Free Association recognized the United States' responsibility "to address past, present and future consequences of the nuclear testing claims," less than $4 million was awarded out of a $2.2 billion judgment rendered by a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Claims_Tribunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Claims Tribunal">Nuclear Claims Tribunal</a> created under the RMI Compact, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Claims" title="United States Court of Claims">United States Court of Claims</a> had dismissed two lawsuits to enforce the judgment.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With respect to these unaddressed claims, medical practitioners also noted the potential widespread impacts of nuclear testing within the Pacific Proving Grounds, indicated by the prevalence of both radiogenic diseases, as well as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity associated with "[a] forced change in dietary patterns and lifestyle" resulting from US administration after the testing.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, lawmakers further noted that the US Congress had continuously failed to cover the costs of promised medical care and services to displaced compact citizens who migrate to the United States for health care, education, and employment opportunities, particularly since the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_Act" title="Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act">Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Questions regarding US responsibility have also been raised regarding the issue of numerous derelict war ships and oil tankers abandoned or destroyed by the US military in atolls and islands throughout the compact area.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care_issues">Health care issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Health care issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, the state of Hawaii, under the administration of then-Governor <a href="/wiki/Linda_Lingle" title="Linda Lingle">Linda Lingle</a>, attempted to restrict health care access for Compact citizens by eliminating all Compact residents of Hawaii from Med-QUEST, the state's comprehensive Medicaid coverage plan.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> COFA residents were instead subject to Basic Health Hawaii, a limited health care plan under which "transportation services are excluded and patients can receive no more than ten days of medically necessary inpatient hospital care per year, twelve outpatient visits per year, and a maximum of four medication prescriptions per calendar month. . . . BHH covers dialysis treatments as an emergency medical service only, and the approximate ten to twelve prescription medications dialysis patients take per month are not fully covered. BHH . . . caus[es] cancer patients to exhaust their allotted doctors' visits within two to three months".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Noting that such a policy likely constituted unlawful discrimination in violation of the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a>, federal District Court Judge <a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Seabright" title="John Michael Seabright">John Michael Seabright</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Preliminary_injunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Preliminary injunction">preliminary injunction</a> against the implementation of Basic Health Hawaii.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In finding a high likelihood of irreparable harm, Judge Seabright took note of the "compelling evidence that BHH's limited coverage . . . is causing COFA Residents to forego much needed treatment because they cannot otherwise afford it".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lingle's successor, Governor <a href="/wiki/Neil_Abercrombie" title="Neil Abercrombie">Neil Abercrombie</a> continued the state's appeal of the injunction to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which ruled in favor of the state. When the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case, the Abercrombie administration removed most COFA residents from Med-QUEST and transferred them onto Affordable Care Act plans.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other states, notably Arkansas, which has a significant population of Marshallese, COFA residents have not been eligible for Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the United States Congress restored Medicaid eligibility for COFA residents with the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021" title="Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021">Consolidated Appropriations Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, access to COFA members to many federal programs was restored, such as <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program" title="Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temporary_Assistance_for_Needy_Families" title="Temporary Assistance for Needy Families">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Security_Income" title="Supplemental Security Income">Supplemental Security Income</a> after it had been dropped in the 1990s after a welfare reform bill. Medicaid had already been restored in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Blair_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">Associated state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">Protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territories of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereigntism_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Sovereigntism (Puerto Rico)">Sovereigntism (Puerto Rico)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_the_United_States_to_purchase_Greenland" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland">Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Compact_of_Free_Association&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 12,</span> 2011</span>. <q>The problem of more than 1000 WWII shipwrecks, amounting to over 3 million tons sunk across the pacific, has been with us for 60 years and will not fade away by continuing to ignore the issue</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=conference&rft.btitle=Response+to+an+Oil+Spill+from+a+Sunken+WWII+Oil+Tanker+in+Yap&rft.place=Vancouver&rft.date=2003-04&rft.au=Trevor+Gilbert&rft.au=Sefania+Nawadra&rft.au=Andy+Tafileichig&rft.au=Leonard+Young&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iosc.org%2Fpapers_posters%2FIOSC%25202003%2520a186.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompact+of+Free+Association" class="Z3988"></span>; see also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7603993.stm">WWII wrecks ‘threaten Micronesia’</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111115112816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7603993.stm">Archived</a> 2011-11-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mic-network.blogspot.com/2009/04/assessing-potential-oil-spills-from.html">Assessing potential oil spills from WWII Wrecks</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120426045405/http://mic-network.blogspot.com/2009/04/assessing-potential-oil-spills-from.html">Archived</a> 2012-04-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaundersSchiffRiethYamada2010" class="citation journal cs1">Saunders, Aaron; Schiff, Teresa; Rieth, Katherine; Yamada, Seiji; Maskarinec, Gregory G.; Riklon, Sheldon (June 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123152">"Health as a human right: who is eligible?"</a>. <i>Hawaii Medical Journal</i>. <b>69</b> (6 Suppl 3): <span class="nowrap">4–</span>6. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0017-8594">0017-8594</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123152">3123152</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20539993">20539993</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hawaii+Medical+Journal&rft.atitle=Health+as+a+human+right%3A+who+is+eligible%3F&rft.volume=69&rft.issue=6+Suppl+3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E4-%3C%2Fspan%3E6&rft.date=2010-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3123152%23id-name%3DPMC&rft.issn=0017-8594&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F20539993&rft.aulast=Saunders&rft.aufirst=Aaron&rft.au=Schiff%2C+Teresa&rft.au=Rieth%2C+Katherine&rft.au=Yamada%2C+Seiji&rft.au=Maskarinec%2C+Gregory+G.&rft.au=Riklon%2C+Sheldon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3123152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompact+of+Free+Association" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i>Korab v. Koller</i></cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120314053239/http://www.lejhawaii.org/medicalaccess/pleadings/Korab43.pdf">2010 WL 4688824</a> (D. Haw Dec 10, 2010), archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lejhawaii.org/medicalaccess/pleadings/Korab43.pdf">the original</a> on March 14, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Id. ("Defendants fail to show any particular State interest that is advanced by their decision to exclude COFA residents from the Old Programs. . . . [W]hile the court recognizes that BHH was created in response to the State's budget crisis, when applying strict scrutiny, the 'justification of limiting expenses is particularly inappropriate and unreasonable when the discriminated class consists of aliens'")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Id.; see also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yokwe.net/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=2706">Judge Dismisses Hawaii’s Request for Dismissal of Suit against Basic Health Hawaii</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120204112905/http://www.yokwe.net/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=2706">Archived</a> 2012-02-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> ("Micronesian community representatives reported that elimination of medical benefits has impacted many, including 27 who have died since Sept. 1, 2009")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShekYamada2011" class="citation journal cs1">Shek, Dina; Yamada, Seiji (November 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254229">"Health care for Micronesians and constitutional rights"</a>. <i>Hawaii Medical Journal</i>. <b>70</b> (11 Suppl 2): <span class="nowrap">4–</span>8. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0017-8594">0017-8594</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254229">3254229</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22235150">22235150</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hawaii+Medical+Journal&rft.atitle=Health+care+for+Micronesians+and+constitutional+rights&rft.volume=70&rft.issue=11+Suppl+2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E4-%3C%2Fspan%3E8&rft.date=2011-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3254229%23id-name%3DPMC&rft.issn=0017-8594&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F22235150&rft.aulast=Shek&rft.aufirst=Dina&rft.au=Yamada%2C+Seiji&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3254229&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACompact+of+Free+Association" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092608/http://www.lejhawaii.org/medicalaccess/pleadings/10-483_notice_appeal_pi.pdf">"Korab v. 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