1. ‘Introduction The United States Congress passed, and President Carter signed in March of 1980, Public Law No. 96-205, which provides that: The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall provide for the people of the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik and for the people of such other atolls as may be found to be or to have been exposed to radiation from the nuclear weapons testing program, a program of medical care and treatment and environmental research and monitoring for any injury, illness, or condition which may be the result directly or indirectly of such nuclear weapons testing program. The program shall be implemented according to a plan developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Health, Education, and Welfare and with the direct involvement of representatives from the people of each of the affected atolls and from the government of the Marshal? Islands. The plan shal} set forth, aS appropriate to the situation, condition, and needs of the individual atoll peoples: ‘ "(1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program including primary, Secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis upon the biological effects of jtonizing radiation; "(2) a schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of the radiological status of the atolls to and at appropriate intervals, but not less frequently than once every five years, the development of an updated radiation dose assessment, together with an estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure, for each atoll; and