against the United States or Trust Territory Governments

by reason of their use of Bikini Atoll."
also expressly agreed:
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The signatories

-~that any future claims by

‘Bikinians based on the use of Bikini

by the Governments’of the United States

or the Trust Territory or on the moving
of the Bikini people from Bikini Atoll
to Kili Island shall be against them
and not against the Government." *
In 1975,

Congress passed Public Law No.

94-34 which

_-authorized and appropriated an additional $3 million in

ex gratia payments aS compensation for use Of the land
on the atoll.
In 1977, Congress passed Public Law No.
95-134 which authorized an additional $100,000 for the

Bikini community. _Finally,. a,clean-up. was.conducted in...

1969: and ‘rehabikitation in the?! early 1970's... Some $4
However, recent
million were expended in this program.
studies leave in question the effectiveness”“of this

program.

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from March 1946 to (1974/

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i lost the use of Bikini Atoll
In compensation for the’ loss

of the land, the pe
were given use and occupancy of
416 acres of substitute land on Rongerik Atoll from 1946

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to 1948 and about 200 acres of substitute land on Kili
Isiand from 1948 to the present.

In addition, ex gratia_,

payments have been made in the. amount of $3,425,600, to

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‘compensate the people for the loss of use of ‘the atoll.
Finally, a clean-up and rehabilitation program was
completed at a cost of approximately $4 million.
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Other Atolls.

Other than as described above, no nuclear testing
was conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands.

However, Test Bravo detonated at Bikini Atoll on March 1,
1954, had impacts on other. atolls to the north because

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an unexpected high yield combined with an unpredicted
Shift in winds.

As.a result,

the radioactive cloud .

deposited fallout on Rongelapand Utirik Atolls, and

perhaps elsewhere.

The 82 people residing on Rongelap Atoll and the

‘158 people residing on Utirik Atoll were evacuated

“tn March 1966, the Iroij of Bikini accepted $15,000
and gave to the Trust Government a release of all of his
rights to the atoll.
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