---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1958"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "1958"
heading: "Referendum costs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/1958"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau"
  - "Subchapter II — Palau"
  - "Part B — Implementation of Compact"
---

# §1958. Referendum costs


The Secretary of the Interior shall provide such sums as may be necessary for a further referendum on approval of the Compact, if one is required, or other appropriate costs associated with the approval process in Palau.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–219, title I, § 109, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1872.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Compact, referred to in text, is the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau, which is contained in section 201 of Pub. L. 99–658, set out as a note under section 1931 of this title.

### Codification

Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.