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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1804. Direct grant assistance
(a) Composite price index adjustments not applicable
Section 704(c) of the foregoing Covenant shall not apply to the
Federal financial assistance which is provided to the Government of
the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to section 1803 of this
title.
(b) Additional years of assistance
Upon the expiration of the period of Federal financial assistance
which is provided to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands
pursuant to section 1803 of this title, payments of direct grant
assistance shall continue at the annual level provided for the last
fiscal year of the additional period of seven fiscal years except
that, for fiscal years 1996 through 1999, payments to the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to the
multi-year funding agreements contemplated under the Covenant shall
be $11,000,000 annually and for fiscal year 2000, payments to the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be $5,580,000,
but shall return to the level of $11,000,000 annually for fiscal
years 2001 and 2002. In fiscal year 2003, the payment to the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be $5,420,000.
Such payments shall be subject to an equal local match and all
other requirements set forth in the Agreement of the Special
Representatives on Future Federal Financial Assistance of the
Northern Mariana Islands, executed on December 17, 1992 between the
special representative of the President of the United States and
special representatives of the Governor of the Northern Mariana
Islands with any additional amounts otherwise made available under
this section in any fiscal year and not required to meet the
schedule of payments in this subsection to be provided as set forth
in subsection (c) of this section until Congress otherwise provides
by law.
(c) Specific allocations for capital infrastructure projects
The additional amounts referred to in subsection (b) of this
section shall be made available to the Secretary for obligation as
follows:
(1) for fiscal years 1996 through 2001, $4,580,000 annually for
capital infrastructure projects as Impact Aid for Guam under
section 1904(e)(6) (!1) of this title;
(2) for fiscal year 1996, $7,700,000 shall be provided for
capital infrastructure projects in American Samoa; $4,420,000 for
resettlement of Rongelap Atoll; and (!2)
(3) for fiscal years 1997 and thereafter, all such amounts
shall be available solely for capital infrastructure projects in
Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
Provided, That, in fiscal year 1997, $3,000,000 of such amounts
shall be made available to the College of the Northern Marianas
and beginning in fiscal year 1997, and in each year thereafter,
not to exceed $3,000,000 may be allocated, as provided in
appropriations Acts, to the Secretary of the Interior for use by
Federal agencies or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands to address immigration, labor, and law enforcement issues
in the Northern Mariana Islands. The specific projects to be
funded in American Samoa shall be set forth in a five-year plan
for infrastructure assistance developed by the Secretary of the
Interior in consultation with the American Samoa Government and
updated annually and submitted to the Congress concurrent with
the budget justifications for the Department of the Interior. In
developing budget recommendations for capital infrastructure
funding, the Secretary shall indicate the highest priority
projects, consider the extent to which particular projects are
part of an overall master plan, whether such project has been
reviewed by the Corps of Engineers and any recommendations made
as a result of such review, the extent to which a set-aside for
maintenance would enhance the life of the project, the degree to
which a local cost-share requirement would be consistent with
local economic and fiscal capabilities, and may propose an
incremental set-aside, not to exceed $2,000,000 per year, to
remain available without fiscal year limitation, as an emergency
fund in the event of natural or other disasters to supplement
other assistance in the repair, replacement, or hardening of
essential facilities: Provided further, That the cumulative
amount set aside for such emergency fund may not exceed
$10,000,000 at any time.(!3)
(4) for fiscal year 2000, $5,420,000 shall be provided to the
Virgin Islands for correctional facilities and other projects
mandated by Federal law.
(d) Resettlement of Rongelap Atoll
Within the amounts allocated for infrastructure pursuant to this
section, and subject to the specific allocations made in subsection
(c) of this section, additional contributions may be made, as set
forth in appropriations Acts, to assist in the resettlement of
Rongelap Atoll: Provided, That the total of all contributions from
any Federal source after April 26, 1996, may not exceed $32,000,000
and shall be contingent upon an agreement, satisfactory to the
President, that such contributions are a full and final settlement
of all obligations of the United States to assist in the
resettlement of Rongelop (!4) Atoll and that such funds will be
expended solely on resettlement activities and will be properly
audited and accounted for. In order to provide such contributions
in a timely manner, each Federal agency providing assistance or
services, or conducting activities, in the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, is authorized to make funds available through the
Secretary of the Interior, to assist in the resettlement of
Rongelap. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit
the provision of ex gratia assistance pursuant to section
1905(c)(2) of this title including for individuals choosing not to
resettle at Rongelap, except that no such assistance for such
individuals may be provided until the Secretary notifies the
Congress that the full amount of all funds necessary for
resettlement at Rongelap has been provided.
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