PALAU, REPUBLIC OF

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: designate Guam and Western Pacific Rural Development office as representative of rural development in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Freely Associated States (see H.R. 5445), H4296 [13SE]

Dept. of State: require U.S. to assist in establishment of national security councils in Compacts of Free Association countries (see S. 3547), S5996 [14DE] (see H.R. 6846), H6993 [15DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand access to health care for veterans in Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau (see S. 1913), S2029 [8JN] (see H.R. 3948), H2786 [9JN]

Territories: provide public benefits to citizens of Freely Associated States in U.S. (see S. 792), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 1571), H1284 [14MR]

Treaties and agreements: approve agreements to amend Compact of Free Association and appropriate funds to carry out such agreements (see S.J. Res. 48), S5339 [2NO] (see H.J. Res. 96), H5363 [2NO]

Remarks in House

Micronesia: commend support for Ukraine during ongoing Russian military invasion, H1123 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

Treaties and agreements: approve agreements to amend Compact of Free Association and appropriate funds to carry out such agreements (S.J. Res. 48), S5341 [2NO]

Reports filed

Nomination of Joel Ehrendreich To Be Ambassador to Palau: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2458 [13JY]