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‘Introduction

The United States Congress passed, and President Carter signed in March of
1980, Public Law No. 96-205, which provides that:

The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred to as
the "Secretary") shall provide for the people of the atolls of Bikini,

Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik and for the people of such other atolls as
may be found to be or to have been exposed to radiation from the nuclear
weapons testing program, a program of medical care and treatment and

environmental research and monitoring for any injury, illness, or
condition which may be the result directly or indirectly of such nuclear
weapons testing program.

The program shall be implemented according to a

plan developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretaries of
Defense, Energy, and Health, Education, and Welfare and with the direct
involvement of representatives from the people of each of the affected

atolls and from the government of the Marshall Islands.

The plan shall

set forth, as appropriate to the situation, condition, and needs of the
individual atoll? peoples:

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"(1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program including
primary, secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis upon the

biological effects of ionizing radiation;
"(2) a schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of
the radiological status of the atolls to and at appropriate
intervals, but not less frequently than once every five years, the
development of an updated radiation dose assessment, together with an

estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure,
for each atoll; and

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