“(a) Services. The Government of the United States shall make available to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in accordance with and to the extent provided in the Federal Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231, the services and related programs of:“(1) the United States Weather Service;
“(2) the United States Postal Service;
“(3) the United States Federal Aviation Administration;
“(4) the United States Department of Transportation;
“(5) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and
“(6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Agency for International Development.
The United States Departments and Agencies named or having responsibility to provide these services and related programs shall have the authority to implement the relevant provisions of the Federal Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231.
“(b) Programs“(1) Other than the services and programs covered by subsection (a) of this section, and to the extent authorized by the Congress of the United States, the Government of the United States shall make available to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands the services and programs that were available to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on May 1, 2004, to the extent that such services and programs continue to be available to State and local governments of the United States.
“(2) Unless provided otherwise by United States law, the services and programs described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be extended in accordance with the terms of the Federal Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231.
“(c) The Government of the United States shall have and exercise such authority as is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Title and the Federal Programs and Services Agreement referred to in section 231, including the authority to monitor and administer all service and program assistance provided by the Government of the United States to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
“(d) Except as provided elsewhere in this Compact, as amended, under any separate agreement entered into under this Compact, as amended, or otherwise under United States law, all federal domestic programs extended to or operating in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be subject to all applicable criteria, standards, reporting requirements, auditing procedures, and other rules and regulations applicable to such programs and services when operating in the United States.
“(e) The Government of the United States may make available to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands alternate energy development projects, studies, and conservation measures to the extent provided for the Freely Associated States in the laws of the United States.
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