Initiated by the Mori administration in Sept. 2007, the CRC’s purpose is to formulate the FSM’s recommendations to the U.S. executive branch on its mandated review of the amended Compact and eventual report to the U.S. Congress.
The amended Compact requires the U.S. president to report to the U.S. Congress every five years on the progress of the treaty.
The first report is due at the end of December .
The chairman of the CRC, Fabian Nimea, reported on a recent visit to Washington, D.C., during which he met with key players in the five-year review process.
