Attachment_05_-_Compact_of_Free_Association.pdf

TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 04-501

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

Agreement between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the MARSHALL ISLANDS

Amending the Agreement of June 25, 1983, concerning the Compact of Free Association, As Amended

Signed at Majuro April 30, 2003

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof.”

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Compact of Free Association

Agreement amending the agreement of June 25, 1983 concerning the Compact of Free Association, as amended.

Signed at Majuro April 30, 2003;

Entered into force May 1, 2004.