DRAFT 1983 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP RELOCATION Congress creates the Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Comnfittee (BARC) to investigate and report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of Atoll. The BARC is funded by the DOI.‘* The Marshail Islands Legislature passes a resolution sup request to the U.S. Congress by the Rongelapese.*” Jan 83 68 rahabilitating Bikini ing a relocation ADMINISTRATION CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP MEDICAL Committee Print No. 3 prepared by the staff of the] U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks mmendsthat the committee reiterate to the administration the congressional intent in P.L. 96-205 that the U.S. provide health care for the Marshallese adversely aff@cted by the U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific.‘” At the suggestion of the DOE assistant general counsel for Benerallitigation, the deputy assistant secretary for defense programs creates an ifformallitigation support working group to coordinate litigation support activities. This group’s work will include support on cases filed by Marshall Islands inhabitants for claims arising from the atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific.“ 11 Jan 83 ADMINISTRATION Assistant Secretary for DP Herman E. Roser concurs in the tfansferring of the EP Marshall Islands and Dose Assessment Programs to DP with the understanding that the FY 1984 funding levels of $4.15 million and $1.4 millioh also po to DP because the FY 1984 DP budget contains no money for these programs.“ 26 jan 83 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR MEDICAL RADIATION Replying to Tommy McCraw’s critique of the 8-9 Decermber 1982 DOE meeting with Marshallese at Majuro, Roger Ray denies that repregentatives of the DOE and contractors made or advocated any change in DOEpolicyjor that he made statements incompatible with past policy. Ray explains As to the alleged confusion on the part of our Marshallese hosts ! would say that if there were not some confusion it would suggest that we were not communicating effectively. | have never yet ajtended a public meeting on radiation matters where the complexity of the subject did not evoke some degree of confusion and concem. Ray quotes from the meeting transcript to highlight the impfessions of two Marshallese representatives. A member of the parliamenttells Ray "That we can now ask things that we want to know and feel comfortable, we want to build on this relationship of sharing information with each other." At the end of the meetings the RMI chief secretary, representing the RMI! president, expr "our extreme gratitude...for the teams coming....for this kind of setting we are ablefto sit down face to face...discuss these matters, raise questions and get answers or atileast have them raised so the answers can be forthcoming eventually.“”