; and ; and (B) in section 8101 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ), by amending paragraph (36) to read as follows: (36) Outlying area The term outlying area — (A) means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and (B) for the purpose of any discretionary grant program under this Act, includes the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, to the extent that any such grant program continues to be available to State and local governments in the United States. . (5) Technical amendment to the compact of free association amendments act of 2003 Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B) ) is amended by striking clause (ix). (6) Head start programs (A) Definitions Section 637 of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9832 ) is amended, in the paragraph defining the term State , by striking the second sentence and inserting The term State includes the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. . (B) Allotment of funds Section 640(a)(2)(B) of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(2)(B) ) is amended— (i) in clause (iv), by inserting the Republic of Palau, before and the Virgin Islands ; and (ii) by amending clause (v) to read as follows: (v) if a base grant has been established through appropriations for the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to provide an amount for that jurisdiction (for Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start agencies) in the jurisdiction) that is equal to the amount provided for base grants for such jurisdiction under this subchapter for the prior fiscal year, by allotting to each agency described in this clause an amount equal to that agency’s base grant for the prior fiscal year