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99 STAT. 1784
PUBLIC LAW 99-239—JAN. 14, 1986
adequate and whethersuch conclusions are fully sup
data. If the
party reviewing the data concludes that such
the
conclBsions |
as to habitability are fully supported by adequate data, the regort to
thePresident of the United States and the Congress shal! so site. If.
the party reviewing thedata concludes that the data are inaddquate
to support such conclusions as to habitability or that such apncelu-
sions as to habitability are not fully supported by the dath, the
Government of the Marshall Islands shall contract with an bppropriate scientist or group of scientists to undertake a complete gurvey
of radiation and othereffects of the nuclear testing programfreiating to the habitability of Rongelap Island. Such sums as
nec-
essary for such survey and report concerning the results therebf and
as to steps needed to restore the habitability of Rongelap Islahd are
authorized to be made available to the Government of
an
the Marshz
(3) It is the intent of Congress that such steps
(if any)
are
necessary to restore thehabitability of Rongelap island and feturn
the Rongelap people to their homeland will
taken by the Pnited
Hazardous
materials.
Anz, p. 1781.
91 Stat. 1159.
94 Stat.84.
States in consultation with the Government of the Marshall
lands
and, in accordance with its authority under the Constitution[of the
Marshall Islands, the Rongelap local government council.
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(j) Four Arot, Heattn Care Procram.—(1) Services provided by
the United States Public Health Service or any other United Btates
agency pursuant to section 1(a) of Article II of the Agreementfor the
Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter
this
subsection referred to as the “Section 177 Agreement”) shall He
only
for services to the people of the Atolls of Bikini, Enejvetak,
Rongelap, and Utrik who were affected by the consequenceslof the
United States nuclear testing
am,
pursuant to the pipgram
described in Public Law 95-134 and Public Law 96-205 and their
descendants (and any other persons identified as having been so
affected if such identification occurs in the manner descriped in
such public laws). Nothing in this subsection shall be constmed as
prejudicial to the views or policies of the Government of
Mar-
shal] Islands as to the persons affected by the consequencesjof the
United States nuclear testing program.
(2) At the end of the first year after the effective date lof the
Compact and at the end of each
thereafter, the prqviding
egency or agenciesshal! return to Government of the
Is
any unexpended funds to be returned to the Fund Manager
(as described in Article I of the Section 177 Agreement) to be @overed
{nto the Fund'to be available for future use.
(3) The Fund Manager shall retain the funds returned py
the
Government of the Marshal) Islands pursuant to paragrap (2) of
this subsection, shall invest and
of 15 years after the effective date of
e such funds, and at fhe end
the Compact, shall malle from
the total] amount so retained and the proceeds thereof
materials.
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Post, p. 1812.
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Annual
disbursements sufficient to continue to make payments
for
the
specified in Article V of the subsidiary agreement
fhe im-
provision of health services as
ified in paragraph (1) pf this
subsection to such extent as may
provided in contracts between
the Government of the Marshall Islands and appropriate United
States providers of such health services.
(k) Enzes: Communtry Trust Funn—Notwithstandi
other
rovision of law, the Secretaryof the Treasury shall es
ish on the
Cooks of the Treasury of the United States a fund having thé status
for
plementation of Section 177 of the Compact, to be knownj as the