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Article VII
General Legal Provisions
Section i171
Except as provided in this Compact or its related agreements,
the application of the laws of the United States to the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands by virtue of the Trusteeship
Agreement ceases with respect to the Marshall Islands and the
Federated States of Micronesia as of the effective date of this
Compact.
Section 172
(a)
Every citizen of the Marshall Islands or the Federated
States of Micronesia who is not a resident of the United States
shall enjoy the rights and remedies under the laws of the United
States enjoyed by any non-resident alien.
(b)
The Governments of the Marshall Islands and the
Federated States of Micronesia and every citizen of the Marshall
Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia shall be considered
a "person" within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act, 5
U.S.C. 552, and of the judicial review provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 701-706, except that only the
Government of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of
Micronesia may seek judicial review under the Administrative
Procedure Act or judicial enforcement under the Freedom of Information Act when such judicial review or enforcement relates to the
activities of the Government of the United States governed by
Sections 161 and 162.
Section 173
The Governments of the United States, the Marshall Islands and
the Federated States of Micronesia agree to adopt and enforce such
measures, consistent with this Compact and its related agreements,
as may be necessary to protect the personnel, property,
installa-
tions, services, programs and official archives and documents
maintained by the Government of the United States in the Marshall
Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia pursuant to this’
Compact and its related agreements and by those Governments in the
United States pursuant to this Compact and its related agreements.
Section 174
Except as otherwise provided in this Compact and its related
agreements: