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 99 STAT. 1780 Ante, p. 229.

PUBLIC LAW 99-239—JAN. 14, 1986 United States and the Marshall Islands. The reports required under section 481(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall include relevant information concerning the Marshall Islands. (b) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS REVIEW PROCESS,—

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Aircraft and air carriers.

(1) SUBMISSION.—Notwithstanding section 211(b) of the Compact, the President may agree to an effective date for the Compact pursuant to section 101(b) of this title if the Government of the Marshall Islands agrees to submit economic development plans consistent with section 211(b) of the Compact to the Government of the United States for concurrence at intervals no greater than every 5 years for the duration of the Compact. Any capital construction project and any planned independent purchase of aircraft which is to be financed (directly or indirectly) through the use of funds provided under section 211 of the Compact shall be identified in the economic development plans. (2) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REVIEW.—The United States

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shall not concur in those development plans described in paragraph (1) of this subsection until— (A) after the President of the United States has conducted a review and reported the findings of the President to the Congress; and (B) the Congress has had 30 days (excluding days on which both Houses of Congress are not in session) to review the findings of the President. (3) REPORT.—The President shall complete the review under paragraph (2) and shall report the findings no later than 60 days after the President's receipt of such plans. (4) VIEWS AND COMMENTS.—The report shall include the views of the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and the heads of such other Executive departments as the President may decide to include in the report, as well as any comments which the Marshall Islands may wish to have included. (c) EJIT.—(1) The President of the United States shall negotiate with the Government of the Marshall Islands an agreement whereby, without prejudice as to any claims which have been or may be Eisserted by any party as to rightful title and ownership of any lands on Ejit, the Government of the Marshall Islands shall assure that lands on Ejit used as of January 1, 1985, by the people of Bikini, will continue to be available without charge for their use, until such time as Bikini is restored and inhabitable and the continued use of Ejit is no longer necessary, unless a Marshall Islands court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that there are legal impediments to continued use of Ejit by the people of Bikini. (2) If the impediments described in paragraph (1) do arise, the United States will cooperate with the Government of the Marshall Islands in assisting any person adversely affected by such judicial determination to remain on Ejit, or in locating suitable and acceptable alternative lands for such person's use. (3) Paragraph (1) shall not be applied in a manner which would prevent the Government of the Marshall Islands from acting in accordance with its constitutional processes to resolve title and ownership claims with respect to such lands or from taking substitute or additional measures to meet the needs of the people of Bikini with their democratically expressed consent and approval. (d) KWAJALEIN PAYMENTS.—

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