- 25 It seems to us that the awards of the Commission which are oOitstanding and unpaid are a bare minimum of the actual amount: of the losses suffered, which the Micronesian Claims program was intended to compensate. Payment of these losses by the United States was, to be sure, ex gratia and we do not advocate approval of section 102 on any other basis than that it is the morally right and proper thing to do, just as was the original $5 million appropriation. Enactment of the Original program was seen as another way of the United States to fulfill its “responsibility for the welfare of the Micronesian people” under the Trusteeship Agreement. 117 Cong. Rec. 18973-90 85 Stat. 92; (daily ed., June 9, 1971). In that same spirit, we urge you to authorize at least that amount of money necessary to pay the United States' once 50% share of the outstanding, unpaid claims awards.