"(3) an education and information program to enable the
people of such atolls to more fully understand nuclear radiation
and its effects;
The law requires that the Secretary shall submit the plan to
Congress no later than January 1, 1980, together with his

recommendations,

if any,

In signing H.R.

3756

for further legislation.
(which became P.L.

96-205), the President

noted that the provision regarding health care and environmental

monitoring for the residents of the Northern Marshalls was drafted
very broadly.

The President stated that it was his intention that

the Secretary of the Interior should implement the provision to
focus the benefits on those Northern Marshalls residents directly

affected by U.S. nuclear testing.
The Secretary of the Interior has requested the Department of
Energy working with appropriate agencies and consultants to
develop the necessary plans for items

"2"

and

"3",

i.e.,

a schedule

for radiological monitoring, etc., and the development of an
ecucation and information program.

These two aspects will later be

integrated into the overall plan called for by P.L.

96-205.

The Secretary of the Interior has determined that the prepara:
tion of a plan for a health care program for the peoples of the
atolls of Bikini,

Enewetak,

Rongelap,

Utirik,

and for the people

of such other atolls as may bound to be or have been exposed to
radiation from nuclear weapons testing program shall be prepared
by a private health care organization under contract and shall
cover the aspects set forth in the accompanying "Scope of Work".

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