66 N-2 * COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION ACI’ OF 1985 . PUBLIC . LAW 99-239-JAN. 14, 1986 99 STAT. department or agency of the United States or by contract with a United Sta& firm) shall continue b rovide special medical ,. care and logistical support thereto for t\ e remaining 174 rnembem of the population or Rongelap and Utnk who were exposed to radiation resulting from the 1954 United States thermo nuclear “Bravo” test, pursuant to Public Laws 95-134 and 96-205. Such medical care and ik accompanying logistical support of the ~rnpact. shall total $22,500,000 over the first 11 y-n (2) AGRICULTURAL AND POOD wmc~hss.-Notwitktandmg 1783 91sat. 1159. 94SUL 84. PraidmtofUS. any other provision of law, upon the request of the Government ,of the Mamhall Islands, for the first five yea= afk the eff=tive date of the @npact, the President (either through an appropriate department or agency of the United Stites or by contract with a United States find shall provide technical and other assista.ne (A) without reimbu-inent, to coptinue the Ismt.ing and agricultuml maintenance program on Eneweta i ; (B) without reimbursement, to continue the food regrams of the Bikini and Eneweti people descri bel in section l(d) of Afiicle 11 of the Subsidiary Agreement for the Implementation of %tion 177 of the bmpact and for h; p.1812 continued watertmme transposition of agricultural products to Enewetak including operations and maintenance of the vessel d for such purposes. (3) PArrwzm%-Payments under this subsection shall be pre for vialed to such extint or in such amounts as are necessa services and other assistance providd pursuant to this suL tion. It is the sense of C2mgr- that aftir the periods of time speci-fi@ in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this suba@ion, consideration wdl be given to such additional, funding for these pgrarns as may be n~ry. -use Rongelap was directly affixted by &rdous (i) RorwmAP.--tl) fallout from a 1954 United S~tes thermonuclear test and because II18terids. Cmtrads. the Rongelap people remain unconvinced that it is safe to continue ta live on Rongelap Island, it is the intent of Con ess to take such w overcome K e effects of such ste (if any) as may be necesa of Kc)ngelap Island, and to are fad%ut on the habitability Rongelap Iaiand, if n=essary, m that it can be safely inhabited. Accordingly, it is the ex~tion of the Congress that the Government of the Mamhall Islands shall use such portion of the funds ified in Afiicle II, =tion l(e) of the subsidiary agreement for s t r e implementation of section 177 of the Corn act as are mxessaw up of for the purpose of contracting with a qualifi J scientist or scientis~ to review the da- collti by the Depatiment o r Energy relating to radiation levels and other conditions on Ronge!ap Island resulting from the thermonuclear Wst. It is the expectation of the Cmgress that the Government of the Marshall Islands, after consultation with the people of Rongelap, shall select the party to review such data, and shall contract for such review and for submis sion of a report to the President of the United States and the Con = as b the reaulta thereof. (2~The PUITKW of the review refe~ed b in paragraph (1) of this su~tion shall be ti estiblish whether the dab citi in support of the conclusions = ta the habitability of Rongelap Island, as set forth in the Department of Energy rePort entitled: “The Meaning of Atolls in the Notihern Part of the Ma=hall Radiation for ThIslands That Were Sunew4 in 1978”, dated November 1982, are