Congress still has not extended and updated the Compact of Free Association (COFA) agreements between the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. The COFA agreements are critical national security arrangements with these three island nations in the Pacific. The longer Congress takes to fund these agreements, the more likely it is that the three nations—as well as others in the Pacific—will need to look for other security partners, including China. That would be a blunder that the United States cannot afford.