FUNDING
, creates the organizations
Executive Order No.
management
responsibilities
Compact legislation.
to effectively
implement the provisions of this
It creates an Interagency
Group on Freely Associated
State Affairs, and an Office of Freely Association
The Order also helps define responsibilities
Interior.
“Responsibility
. . ..
Affairs.
of the Secretaries
of State and
of the Secretary of the Interior includes . . .
all other United States assistance
agreement
and defines
specified
in the Compact and its related
The Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate
the provision
of the United States’ services and program to the freely associated
and shall provide . . . to the executive departments
and agencies of the
United States the fiscal resources for such provision.
seek the appropriations~/
of the funds necessary
states,
The Secretary
shall
to carry out the provisions
.
. . . as they relate to the obligations of the United States under the Compact
and its related agreements.”
It is thus clear to and recommended by the MIPG that funding for all DOE-run
programs pursuant to obligation from the Compact or related agreement be
provided through DOI.
~/underlining
by MIPG