-10Islands and the FSM. If these negotiations are not concluded by the fifteenth anniversary, all of the provisions of the Compact, including U.S. defense rights under Title Three, will remain in effect for an additional two years and continue to be implemented according to their original terms. However, the United States will. provide the avérage of annual amounts of the assistance which had been provided during the initial fifteen year period under Sections 21] (grant assistance); 212 (FSM Civic Action Teams funding); 213 (United States payments for military operating rights in FAS); 214 (FAS energy production funds); 215 (communications grants); and 216 (FAS marine surveillance, medical service and scholarship funding). The inflation adjustment provided under Section 217 will apply to these averaged annual amounts (excluding Sections 212, 213 and 216 funding). This continuation of support during the sixteenth and seventeenth years will ensure the preservation of the economic stability of the FAS and United States defense rights while the United States and the state concerned negotiate a continuation of free association or a different political relationship. Free association will not terminate automatically, but may be terminated by unilateral action of any signatory or mutual agreement between the United States and any or all of the FAS. Section 232. This section provides that the program assistance to be made available under Section 221 be defined in separate agreements. The levels and duration of such assistance, and the legal parameters within which federal agencies will operate -- including the legal status of their employees, payment of claims, entry and departure of employees and other similar matters -- are dealt with in the comprehensive agreement negotiated pursuant to this section. Under that agreement, federal agency civilian employees will enjoy certain privileges, exemptions and limited immunity from FAS laws, including tax laws, and federal agencies are assured the operational freedom necessary to carry out their responsibilities. Section 233. This section authorizes the United States to conduct audits of grant and program assistance provided to the FAS under Articles I and II of Title Two. These audits will enable the United States to determine if the FAS have met the requirements set forth in the Compact and its separate agreements regarding the purposes for which funds and program assistance are to be used and the propriety of their financial transactions. The procedures for conduct of the audits will be the subject of consultation to ensure that institutional integrity is preserved, and that the United States will have full access to financial information relating to Compact funding. The procedures for conducting the audit and obtaining annual reports and other financial information as reguired by the Compact are the subject of a separate agreement on fiscal procedures between the United States and the FAS. Section 234. This-section provides for the transfer to the FAS at