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401088
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
AND THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
The United States Atomic Energy Commission {hereinafter referred to as the
"Comaission'') and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (hereinafter
referred to as the "Trust Territory") desire to enter into an agreement
whereby the AEC will provide partial reimbursement for costs incurred by
the Trust Territory under Public Law No. S-52 of the Congress of Micronesia,
the said law being entitled the "Trust Territory Fallout Survivors Act,''
enacted on April 11, 1973.
Therefore, the Commission hereby agrees to provide funds in an amount not
to exceed $20,000 per annum, on a reimbursable basis, subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. The term of this agreement shall begin on the date of its execution
and, subject to extensions mutually agreed to by the parties or their
successors, shall expire on June 30, 1975.
2.
The estimated cost under this agreement is $20,000 per annum and
payments hereunder shall not in the aggregate at any time exceed this
acount.
Reimbursement will be made quarterly for actual costs in-.
curred upon receipt by the AEC of detailed expenditure statements
from the Trust Territory.
3.
It is expressly understood and agreed that the Commission's reimbursenent hereunder shall be limited to research-related expenditures
incurred by the Trust Territory in accordance with the following
provisions:
' (a)
(b)
Reimbursement shall be provided only for persons on the roster
of the Brookhaven Medical Survey Team; the roster shall include
only exposed persons and designated control persons (enclosure 2).
Reimbursement shall be provided only in the case of medical
iliness (not including injuries due to accidents unrelated to
irradiation) which require transportation to a distant site
for care, and shall include the following classes of
expenditure:
(1)
(2)
Transportation by field ship to include fare and
meals; and
per diem of $9 for the patient and also $9 for one
person accompanying the patient.
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