Executive Orders & Public Laws
Executive Orders
Guiding Authorities for the Secretary of Interior in Carrying out Responsibilities for the U.S. Insular Areas
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Executive Order 5566, February 27, 1931
- Guam - Executive Order 10137, August 1, 1950
- American Samoa – Executive Order 10264, July 1, 1951
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Revised Organic Act of 1954
- Executive Order 11021—Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the Secretary of the Interior (Superceded by Executive Order 12569)
- Secretary’s Order #2918 – Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- Executive Order 12569--Management of the Compact of Free Association With the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
- Northern Mariana Islands – Executive Order 12572, November 3, 1986
- Coral Reef Protection – Executive Order 13089, June 11, 1998
- Establishment of IGIA – Executive Order 13299, May 8, 2003
- Establishment of Assistant Secretary – Insular Areas, July 2, 2009
- White House Co-Chair of IGIA, Executive Order 13537, April 14, 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Public Laws
Public Laws Guiding Interior’s Responsibilities for the Territories and Freely Associated States
- Treaty of 1898 Between Spain and the U.S. Regarding Guam
- 1917 Proclamation on Cession of the Danish West Indies - Treaty No.629, 39 Stat. 1706"
- Public Law 90-496, sec.13, August 23, 1968 – USVI and Federal Government relations under Interior
- Public Law 90-497, sec.12(a), September 11, 1968 Guam and Federal Government relations under Interior
- Public Law 96-597, sec.601(a), December 24, 1980 – Methods of Assistance to Insular Areas
- Executive Order 11021—Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the Secretary of the Interior (superceded by Executive Order 12569)
- Proclamation 5564, November 3, 1986 Termination of U.S. Trusteeship
- Presidential Proclamation No. 6726, 59 Federal Register 49777 (Sept. 27, 1994) - Entry into Force of Palau Compact, October 1, 1994
- Proclamation 6763 December 23, 1994 – Duty Free Treatment to Products of Palau
Compacts of Free Association:
- Executive Order 11021—Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the Secretary of the Interior (superceded by Executive Order 12569)
- Public Law 99-239, January 14, 1986 Compact of Free Association – FSM & RMI
- Executive Order 12569--Management of the Compact of Free Association With the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
- Public Law 99-658, November 14, 1986 (EIF: October 1, 1994) Palau Compact of Free Association
- 2010 Palau Compact Review Agreement, Signed September 19, 2018
- Public Law 108-188, December 17, 2003 Amended Compact of Free Association – FSM & RMI
