On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force will hold an oversight hearing titled “The Biden’s Administration’s Proposed Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023”.

Witnesses and Testimony

Panel 1: 

The Honorable Joseph Y. Yun
Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations
United States of America
Washington, D.C. 

Mr. Keone Nakoa
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Insular and International Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C. 

Dr. Siddharth Mohandas
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, D.C.

Panel 2: 

His Excellency Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau 

The Hon. Kenneth Kedi
Speaker
The Parliament of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands 

Mr. Leo A. Falcam, Jr.
Chief Compact Negotiator, Federated States of Micronesia