induced thyroid disorders, for the death of Lekoj Anjain, for addi- tional "inconvenience" payments to the people of Utirik, and for the two $25,000 funds as described previously. This legislation shall be open-ended and a procedure shall be: established whereby payments can be provided to those additional persons who may develop illnesses in the future after the individual compensation recommended in this report is paid. 2. The Trust Territory Government, in conjunction with the United States Congress shall establish within the annual grant fund appropriations, funds as described above. The money for these two $25,000 funds shall not come out of the normal budgetary ceiling for the civil administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but shall be in addition to such ceiling/s/ and no part of the funds shall be subject to transfer to another account or project by the High Commissioner, or any other government official. Furthermore, there shall be no limit of time that this fund shall be available annually shall be subject to amendment according to the needs of the people and economic effects including, but not limited to, inflation. 3. Should the United States Government fail or prove unwilling to follow these specific guidlines for compensation, the Committee recommends that the people of Rongelap and Utirik engage legal cousel, such as that 4 fa offered by the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation, and that this legal counsel file a class action suit against the United States Government to recover the amounts suggested by the Committee to be used in the manner suggested by the Committee, or any amounts to be used in any manner as deemed appropriate by the people of Rongelap and Utirik. ~39-~