to accomplish the clean-up using personnel and equipment paid for out of their respective budgets. It is estimated that this work will cost the services approximately $60 million. Another $12.4 million was appropriated for rehabilitation. Additionally, completion of necessary radiological work will cost the Department of Energy at least $5.2 million which will come outof its budget. wee ne tee mee When it passed “the legislation for the clean-up of Enewetak, Congress expressed a clear intention that its appropriation constituted the total commitment of the United States. for this purpose. Thus, the-Act provided: "That none of the funds appropriated under this [Military Construction, Defense Agencies] paragraph may be: expended for the soc Cleanup.ofEnewetak ‘Atoll until such time aS the. Secretary of Defense receives certification from appropriate administering authorities of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands that an agreement has been reached with the owners of the land of Enewetak Atoll or their duly constituted _ representatives that this appropriation -Shall constitute the total commitment of the Government of the United States for the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll...” On September 16, 1976, the Trust Government and representatives of the Enewetak people entered into an agreement recognizing that the appropriation made under Public Law No. 94-367 constituted the total commitment of the United States Government for the clean-up of the atoll. A copy of this agreement is attached at Tab D. 7 To summaxi.ze, the people lost the use of the land on -Enewetak Atoll from 1947 to the present. In compensation for this loss of use, the people already have been paid . monetary compensation of $1,195,000, and given use, occupancy and full title.to'428.8 acres of substitute land on Ujelang Atoll which has been valued by the ‘ Department of the Interior at $425,000. Finally, the United States has undertaken a comprehensive clean-up and rehabilitation program that: will cost -more than $96 million when completed. OT ema ere ere ee mettre pt ela mee TRE OTT te coteteene ae er mere ee aden ae ee eee er TT eet cy