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2, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980

94 STAT. 85

“(3) an education and information program to enable the
people of such atolls to more fully understand nuclear radiation
and its effects;

“(bX1) The Secretary shall submit the plan to the Congress no later Plan. submitta!
than January I, 1981, together with his recommendations,if any, for ‘° Congress
further legislation. The plan shall set forth the specific agencies
responsible for implementing the various elements of the plan. With

e United States, and for

Presentatives of the

respect to general health care the Secretary shall! consider, and shall

include in his recommendations, the feasibility of using the Public
Health Service. After consultation with the Chairman of the Scientific
of Energy, the Secre- dvisory
National Academy of Sciences, the Secre
Education, and Welfare, ™™te
tary of Defense, and the Secretary of Health,

CIFIC ISLANDS
194 (68 Stat. 330), is
}, $112,000,000;” the
such sums as may be
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the Secretary shall establish a scientific advisory committee to

review and evaluate the implementation of the plan and to make
such recommendations for its improvement as such committee deems
advisable.
“(2) At the request of the Secretary, any Federal agency shall Assistance from
provide such information, personnel, facilities, logistical support, or Federal
other assistance as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the °#°n*'*.

ize Certain appropriamendcertain Acts
at. 1159; Public Law
d, the following new

functions of this program; the costs of all such assistance shall be
reimbursed to the provider thereof out of the sums appropriated

pursuantto this section.
“(3) All costs associated with the development and implementation Development
of the plan shall be assumed by the Secretary of Energy and effective fetation

October 1, 1980, there are authorized to be appropriated to the cocts

iyments or benefits

Secretary of Energy such sums as may be necessary to achieve the
purposes ofthis section.

the atolls of Bikini,
all Islands, for radi‘m as a result of the
at or neartheiratolls
the Interior (herein-

“(c) The Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of the Report to

Congress, and to the people of the affected atolls annually, or more congressional
frequently if necessary, on the implementation of the plan. Each such SO™™"€**.

ry’) shall provide for

report shall include a description of the health status of the individ-

uals examined and treated under the plan, an evaluation by the

selap, and Utirik and
und to be or to have
ons testing program,
d environmentalrecondition which may
‘ear weaponstesting

scientific

according to a plan

committee,

and

any

recommendations for

_ in lieu thereof the following words, “, even if such an individual! has
been compensated under paragraph(1) of this section.”’.

-h the Secretaries of
Velfare and with the
people of each of the
Aarshall Islands. The
ation, condition, and

Sec. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in Federal
cases in which the Federal program is terminated with respectto all education and

recipients under the program, Federal programs in the fields of

(eo.

education and health care shal] not cease to apply to the Trust 48

Territory of the Pacific Islands or any successor government or

care program includ“ith special emphasis

are

USC 1695.

governments, nor shall participation in any applicable Federal programs in the fields of education and health care by the Trust
erritory of the Pacific Islands or any successor government or
governments be denied, decreased or ended, either before or after the
termination of the trusteeship, without the express approval of the

on;

2hensive survey and

Is to and at appropri-

United States Congress.

ee eg

mce every five years,
m dose assessment,
associated with the
Nl; and

advisory

improvementof the plan. Thefirst such report shall be submitted not
later than January 1, 1982.”,
Sec. 103. Paragraph 104(aX3) of Public Law 95-134 (91 Stat. 1159)is
hereby amended by deleting all after the word ‘“‘cause”’ and inserting

TITLE U—NORTHERN MARIANAISLANDS
Sec. 201. (a) The salary and expenses of the government comptrol- Government

ler for the Northern Mariana Islands shall be paid from funds comptroller,

appropriated to the Departmentofthe Interior.

48 USC 1681c.

(b) Section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1954, as amended by section 2 of
Public Law 93-111 (87 Stat. 354) is further amended as follows: 48 USC 1681b.

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