Hearing: Indo-Pacific Task Force Oversight Hearing on “The Biden’s Administration’s Proposed Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023.”

Committee on Natural Resources

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 (10:15 AM - 12:15 PM)

1324 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Joseph Y Yun
Special Envoy for Compact Negotiations, United States of America, Washington, DC., on behalf of Secretary Antony Blinken

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

Mr. Keone Nakoa
Deputy Assistant Secretary - Insular and International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of Secretary Deb Haaland

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

Dr. Siddharth Mohandas
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, on behalf of Secretary Lloyd Austin III

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

Panel two

The Honorable Surangel S. Whipps Jr.
President, Republic of Palau

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

The Honorable Kenneth Kedi
Speaker, The Parliament of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, on behalf of President David Kabua

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

Mr. Leo A. Falcam Jr.
Chief Compact Negotiator, Federated States of Micronesia, on behalf of President Wesley W. Simina

Added 07/17/2023 at 03:54 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:16 AM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 07/14/2023 at 04:32 PM
  • Mr. Falcam Jr. Statement For The Record - President Simina of The Federated States of Micronesia Statement [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:23 AM
  • The Hon. Kedi Statement For The Record - 7.1.22 The Republic of the Marshall Islands Renewed Compact of Free Association [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:23 AM
  • His Excellency Whipps Jr. Statement For The Record - Palau Congress 2023 Compact Review Agreement Resolution [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:23 AM
  • The Hon. Kedi Statement For The Record - 7.10.23 Pacific Islands Forum Letter to President Biden [PDF] Added 07/19/2023 at 10:23 AM
  • Rep. Grijalva [D-AZ] - CANN Testimony FTR [PDF] Added 07/24/2023 at 02:37 PM
  • QFR Responses - Mr. Falcam Jr. [PDF] Added 08/30/2023 at 05:33 PM
  • QFR Responses - His Excellency Whipps Jr. [PDF] Added 08/30/2023 at 05:33 PM
  • QFR Responses - Deputy Asst. Sect. Nakoa [PDF] Added 09/25/2023 at 03:03 PM
  • QFR Responses - Dr. Mohandas [PDF] Added 09/25/2023 at 03:03 PM

Hearing Record

  • Indo-Pacific Task Force Membership [PDF]

First Published: July 11, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Last Updated: October 7, 2024 at 12:08 PM


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