41 SECTION 604 Section 604 would make authorizations for appropriations enacted under H.R. 3756 effective on October 1, 1979. The administration has no objection to section 60+. ‘ BECTION 605 : Section 605 would provide that new borrowing, or paying, authority provided in H.R. 3756 would be effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. The Administration has no objectionto section 605. In addition to the provisions included in H.R. 3756 as passed by the House of Representatives, the Administration recommendsthe enactment of two other provisions. The first of these provisions involves additional compensation for a limited number of nuclear fallout victims. Section 104 of P.L, 95-134, paragraph a(1), provided for the compensation to the inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll and Utirik Atoll for removalof the thyroid gland or a neurofibromain the neck or the development of hypothyroidism or a radiation-related malignancythat may have arisen due to radiation exposure sustained as a result:of a , thermonuclear detonation at. Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954. At the time, P.L. 95-185 (H.R. 6550) was being consid- ered, all concerned with the problemof the fallout victims believed that section 104 of H.R. 6550 covered all potential cases for compensation. Recently, however, several cases which warrant additional compensation have been caled te our attention. These cases involve individuals who have already received compensation under section 10£{a) (1) of P.L. 95-134. In the opinion of the Administration, these individuals should receive additional compensation. However, this Department’s Solicitor has determined that one of the individuals is not entitled to receive additional payments undersection 104(a) (3) of P.L. 95-134, since she received compensation undersection 10-4({a) (1). Two of these individuals were compensated undersection 104(a) (1) for one condition andlater developed another condition listed is section 104(a) (1). The third individual of whoin we are aware had her parathyroid glands removed in error at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam. It was her thyroid gland which should have been removed because of her exposure to radioactive material which fell on Rongelap in 1954. The parathyroidectomy presents # more serious condition than a thyroidectomy, with more serious consequences. In view of the very special circumstances surrounding these cases, the Administration requests that the Secretary be authorized to grant additional compassionate compensation. It recommends the following corrective legislation: Src. 104(a) (3) of Public Law 95-134 (91 Stat. 1159) is hereby amended by deleting all after the word “cause” and inserting in licu thereof the following words, “, even if such an individual has been compensated under paragraph (1) of this section.”. While it is possible under this language for a person to receive 2 third payment if he suifers a third paragraph (1) malady, no such eases have arisen. We hope nonedo arise. But if they do, we believe such individuals are entitled to additional compensation. Our proposed amendinent to section 10£(a) (3) would preserve the Sceretary’s right CF) S.Rept. 96-467 --- 2