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of the Northern Marina Islands, as the cuse may be, if the claim is

otherwise withinits jurisdiction.

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(f) The government comptroller is authorized to communicate

directly with any person or with any department officer or person
having official relation with his office. He may summon witnesses and

administer oaths.

(gz) As soon after the close of eachfiscal year as the accounts of
said fiscal year may be examined and adjusted, the government comp-

troller shall submit to the High Commissioner or Governor, as the case

to this section shall be subject to review by the Comptroller General of
the United States; and reports thereon shall be made ‘by himto the

Ligh Commissioner, or Governor, ux the case may be, the Secretary

of the Interior, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

House of Representatives.
(j) All departments, agencies, and establishments shall furnish to
the governinent comptroller such information regarding the powers,
duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and inethods of
business of their respective offices as he may from timeto time require
of them; and the government comptroller, or anyof his assistants or
employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of
securing such information, have access to and the rightto examine any
books, documents, papers, or records of uny such department, agency,
or establishnient..

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may be, and the Secretary of the Interior an annual report of the
fiscal condition of the government, showing the receipts and disbursements of the various departrients and agencies of the government.
The Secretary of the Interior shall submit such report along with
his comments and recommendations to the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(h) The government comptroller shall make such other reports as
may be required by the High Commissioner, or Governor, as the case
may be, the Comptroller General of the United States, or the Secretary
of the Interior.
(i) Theoffice and activities of the government comptroller pursuant

Act or Ocrozer 15, 1977

(91 Stat. 1160)
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Sree. LOG. (a) fn addition to any other payments or benefits provided by law to compensate inhubitants of the atolls of Bikini,
ivnewetuh, Rongelap, and Utirih, in the Marshall Islands, for radia-

tion. exposure or other losses sustained by themas a result of the

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United States nuclear weapons testing programat or near their atolls
during the period 1946 to 1958, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall provide for
the people of the Atolls of Dikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik
and for the people of such other atolls as may be found to be or to
huce been exposed to radiation fromthe nuclear weapons testing program a program of medical care and treatment and environmental

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