; (B) environmental challenges and resilience; (C) global health; (D) development and trade; and (E) people-to-people ties; and (3) continue to provide assistance to the Pacific Islands, as appropriate, to support the rule of law, good governance, and economic development. (b) United States-Compacts of Free Association It is the sense of Congress that the Compacts of Free Association entered between the United States and the Freely Associated States (Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau)— (1) enhance the strategic posture of the United States in the Western Pacific; (2) reinforce United States regional commitment; (3) preempt potential adversaries from establishing positional advantage; and (4) further self-governance, economic development, and self-sufficiency of the Freely Associated States. 213. Freedom of navigation and overflight; promotion of international law (a) Freedom of navigation It is the policy of the United States— (1) to conduct, as part of its global Freedom of Navigation Program, regular freedom of navigation, and overflight operations in the Indo-Pacific region, in accordance with applicable international law; and (2) to promote genuine multilateral negotiations to peacefully resolve maritime disputes in the South China Sea, in accordance with applicable international law. (b) Joint Indo-Pacific diplomatic strategy It is the sense of Congress that the President should develop a diplomatic strategy that includes working with United States allies and partners to conduct joint maritime training and freedom of navigation operations in the Indo-Pacific region, including the East China Sea and the South China Sea, in support of a rules-based international system benefitting all countries. 214. Combating terrorism in Southeast Asia (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate