December 17, 2003
On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, the President signed into law:
H.J.Res. 63, which approves and authorizes implementation of the Compacts of Free Association, as amended, between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.J.Res. 63 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/280219