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On the recordDecember 19, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for the approval of an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau in response to Super Typhoon Bopha) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. APPROVAL OF THE 2010 U.S.-PALAU AGREEMENT IN RESPONSE TO SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA. (a) In General.--The agreement entitled ``The Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'' signed on September 3, 2010 (including the appendices to the agreement) (referred to in this section as the ``Agreement'') is approved (other than Article 7 to the extent it extends Article X of the Federal Programs and Services Agreement) and may only enter into force after the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, enters into an implementing arrangement with the Republic of Palau that makes the adjustments to dates and amounts as set forth in Senate Amendment 3331. (b) Amendment.--Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S. C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2024''.…
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