af Pe ‘ he lke wet . NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS CHARLES CONKLIN STAFF DIRECTOR ; MORRIS K. UDALL, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN PHILLIP BURTON, CALIF, RODERT W. KASTENMEIER, WIS. LLoYO MCEOS, WASH. Loe mc ELVAIN JOE SKUBITZ, KANS, DON H. CLAUSEN, CALIF, PHILIP FE, RUPPE, MICH. COMM! MANUEL LUJAN, JR., N. MEX, ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., TEX. TENO RONCALIO, WYO. KEITH G, SEBELIUS, KANS. JOHN F. SEIBERLING, OHIO HOBERT £. BAUMAN, MO. JONATHAN 6B. BINGHAM, N.Y, DON YOUNG, ALASKA HAROLO RUNNELS, N. MEX, ANTONIO BORJA WON PAT, GUAM RON DE LUGO, V.I. 8OB ECKHARDT, TEX. GOODL.OF E. BYRON, MD. JIM SANTINI, NEV, PAUL £. TSONGAS, MASS. JAMES WEAVER, ORCG, BOB CARR, MICH. TT EE ON INTERIOR AND INSU AR AFFA IRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STEVEN BD, SYMMS, IDAHO JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON, COLO, ROBLRT 3. LAGOMARSINO, CALIF, DON MARRIOTT, UTAH RON MARLENEE, MONT. ELDON RUDD, ARIZ, MICKEY EDWARDS, OKLA. GEORGE MILLER,CALIF, OKLA, JAMES J. FLORIO, N.J. L WASHINGTON, D.C. Ju ly L5 ’ 20515 / GENERAL COUNSEL STANLEY E. SCOVILLE SPECIAL COUNSEL MICHAGL C, MARDEN MINORITY COUNSEL L977 Dr. Walter Weyzen,\ Manager Human Health Studies Program . . . . THEODORE mM. (TED) RISENHOOVER, DAWSON MATHIS, GA. Division of Biomedical and . PHILIP R. SHARP, IND, MAATTHEW F, MC HUGH, N.Y. JOHN KREUS, CALIF. Environmental Research EDWARD J. MARKEY, MASS. PETER H. KOSTMAYER, PA. ERDA . BALTASAR COMRADA,FM AUSTIN J. MURPHY, PA, Washington, D.C. 20545 JERRY HUCKADY, LA. Dear HICK JOC RAHALL It, W.VA. PRUCE F. VONTO, MINN, Dr . Weyz en: LAMAR GUOGER, N.C, This is to confirm our phone conversation of July 14 regarding the language the Senate Energy Committee substituted in Section 105(a) (1) of HR 6550, of the House-passed version the omnibus authorization bill for the territories. The Senate committee amended the above section dealing with compensation for the victims of the U.S. thermonuclear bomb tests at Bikini'‘Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Following is the original House Language: "(1L) The Secretary shall pay $25,000 to each such individual from whom the thyroid gland or a neurofibroma in the neck was surgically removed, or who has developed thyroid atrophy resulting in myxedema, or who develops a radiation-related malignancy, such as leukemia," . The underlined phrase in the above, “or who has developed thyroid atrophy resulting in myxedema," was replaced in the Senate committee by the following language: "or who has developed hypothyroidism," . Chairman Phillip Burton was concerned about the change in language and asked me to verify with someone at ERDA that the Senate definition was not narrower than the House language, but that, in fact, it included the House definition. You, as the person in charge of the ERDA medical program for the Marshall Islands, assured me that the Senate version was in- deed broader than the House language and would cover cases of thyroid atrophy as well as include hypothyroidism not included in the original language. Sincerely, Patricia Krause Consultant on Territorial and Insular Affairs Wg i7i0