Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 2.djvu/863

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PUBLIC LAW 101-219—DEC. 12, 1989 103 STAT. 1873 SEC. 111. MODIFICATION OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE FUNDING. 48 USC 1681 (a) The President is authorized to negotiate and conclude an President of U.S. agreement, including the obligation of United States funds, with the Government of Palau which shall provide the following: (1) The sum of $28,000,000, adjusted by section 215 of the Compact at the time of its availability to Palau, shall be pro- vided to Palau pursuant to section 211(b) of the Compact and upon entry into force of the Compact. (2) Palau shall pay to the United States, on or before the 15th anniversary of the effective date of the Compact, an amount equal to the net economic cost to the United States of making available the section 211(b) funds in the manner specified in this subsection rather than as provided in section 211(b). (3) Such economic cost shall reflect the time value of money and be determined using the rate determined for an equivalent loan by the Federal Financing Bank as of the date these funds are advanced, and using an inflation rate consistent with the determinations made under the provisions of section 215 of the Compact. (4) If the Government of Palau has not paid such net economic costs to the United States by the 15th anniversary of the effective date of the Compact, then the United States shall be automatically paid such sums from the fund established under section 211(f) of the Compact. (5) The provision of section 211(b) funds, as appropriated by Public Law 99-349 and pursuant to this subsection, shall be in fulfillment of all United States obligations under such section 211(b) of the Compact and shall be subject to section 236 of the Compact. (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) and upon the request of the Government of Palau, the sum of $28 million appropriated by Public Law 99-349 to fulfill the obligations of the United States under section 211(b) of the Compact (approved in Public Law 99-658), adjusted by section 215 of such Compact, shall be provided to Palau upon entry into force of the Compact. (c) Funding provided in Public Law 101-121 under the "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" appropriation account shall remain available until expended. SEC. 112. SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENTS. 48 USC 1681 Any agreement concluded with the Government of Palau pursu- ant to this joint resolution including the agreement entitled "Agree- ment Concerning Special Programs related to the Entry into Force of the Compact of Free Association Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Palau" signed on May 26, 1989, and any agreement which would amend, change, or terminate any such agreement, or portion thereof, shall be submit- ted to the Congress and may not take effect until after 30 days after the date on which such agreement is so submitted. An amendment or agreement substituting or in addition to the subsidiary agree- ment negotiated under section 212(a) of the Compact or its annex shall take effect only when approved by an Act of Congress. SEC. 113. TRANSITION FUNDING. 48 USC 1681 For the purposes of applying section 105(c)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1792) to Palau, the terms " fiscal year 1987", "fiscal year 1988", and "fiscal year 1989" in