94 STAT.84

Public Law 96-205
Goth Congress
Mar. 12, 1980

United States
insular areas.
Appropriation
authorization.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled,

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Health Service.
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TITLE I—TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

tary of Defense, a
the Secretary st
review and evalt
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advisable.
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Sec. 101. Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), is
amended by inserting after ‘‘for fiscal year 1980, $112,000,000;" the
following: “for fiscal years after fiscal year 1980, such sums as may be

necessary, including, but not limited to, sums needed for completion

of the capital improvement program, for a basic communications
system, andfor a feasibility study and construction of a hydroelectric

project on Ponape;”.

Sec. 102. The Act entitled “An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts

Radiation
exposure,
compensation,
research, and
medical care.
48 USC 1681
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pursuantto this
“¢3) All costs a

provided by law to compensate inhabitants of the atolls of Bikini,
Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, in the Marshall Islands, for radi-

Secretary of En
purposes of this

ation exposure or other losses sustained by them as a result of the

United States nuclear weapons testing program at or neartheir atolls
during the period 1916 to 1938, the Secretary cf the Interior (herein-

October 1, 198
“(c) The Secre
Congress, and t
frequently if ne
report shall inc

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 exposedto radiation from the nuclear weaponstesting program,
@ 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

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scientific advi

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

- been compense
Sec. 104. Ne
cases in which
recipients unc
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plan shall set forth, as appropriate to the situation, condition, and

needs of the individualatoll peoples:
_ (1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program including primary, secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis
upon the biological effects of ionizing radiation;

we

reimbursed tot
of the plan shall

“Sec. 106. (a) In addition to any other payments or benefits

program. The program shall be implemented according to a plan

‘(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 such atoll; and

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provide such inf:

other assistance
functions of this

section:

after in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall provide for

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“(b\ 1) The Secre
than January 1, 1
further legislatio:

To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for

relating thereto, and for other purposes”’ (91 Stat. 1159; Public Law
95-134) is amended by inserting after section 105, the following new

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(H.R. 3756]

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