- 24to pay the outstanding and unpaid final awards of the Micronesian Claims Commission should not be enacted. 95th Cong., lst Sess. 7 (1977). with this conclusion. S.Rep.No. 95-332, We must respectfully disagree In the original legislation, a total of $10 million was available for the payment of awards under Title I, for losses suffered during the actual hostilities. 50 U.S.C.App. §2019(a). One-half was a contribution from Japan and the other one-half was contributed by the United States. The total of all claims filed by Micronesians under Title I is about $2.5 billion. 1976 FCSC Ann. Rep. 102. The total amount awarded by the Commission was only $34.3 million, or 98% less than the total of all claims. Id. Under Title II, the total amount claimed was about $11.1 billion. Id. The total of all awards granted by the Commission under Title II is $32.6 million, a difference when compared with the total amount claimed of over 99%. Id. To a great extent, the disparity between the amount claimed and the amount awarded is the result of the arbitrary manner in which the Commission ignored solid evidence and the applicable legal measure of damages. is being litigated by our clients. That is the issue which If they are successful, each and every claimant who elects to do so must be given the opportunity to have his claim reopened, properly heard and correctly decided. This can only result in an increase in the total amount of the awards.