~19- States acknowledges its interest in promoting the long-term economic advancement and self-sufficiency of the peoples of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. Subsection (b) of this section provides that the separate agreements concluded pursuant to Article II of Title Three will remain in effect according to their terms notwithstanding termin- ation of the Compact or the application of any other provision of the Compact. This provision will continue the SOFA and the following agreements in effect for these terms: - Marshall Islands: -- Military Use and Operating Rights -- up to thirty years. -- Mutual Security -- until terminated or otherwise amended by mutual agreement. ~ Federated States of Micronesia: -- Military Use and Operating Rights -- fifteen years. -- Mutual Security -- until terminated or otherwise amended by mutual agreement. Section 454 also preserves, for the duration of the military use and operating rights agreements, the grant assistance obligations contained in Section 213, which relate to payments to offset the impact of U.S. defense activities in the FAS. Article VI, Definition of Terms Sections 461-462. These sections define various terms used in the Compact, and list the separate agreements concluded pursuant to the Compact. Section 463. This section incorporates by references certain United States statutes, differentiating between those laws which, for purposes of the Compact, will remain as they were on January 1, 1980, and those which will change consistent with amendments of a general nature enacted thereafter. Article VII, Concluding Provisions Section 471. Under this section, all signatory governments agree that they are authorized by their constitutions and laws to enter into and implement the Compact and its related agreements. This section also provides that the FAS will conform their laws to the Compact prior to its effective date, so that they will be able to implement the Compact in a manner consistent with their domestic laws. Finally, in fulfillment of the obligation of the Government of the United States under paragraph (b) of this section to ensure that its laws conform with the provisions of the Compact, paragraph (c) of this section provides that the Compact will have ge force and effect of a statute under the laws of the United tates. ‘ _