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induced
thyroid disorders,
for the death o£
tional "inconvenience’” payments
,
ro the people of Utirik,
two $25,000 funds as described previously.
for addiand for the
This legislation shall be
open-ended and a procedure shall ovr: established whereby payments can be
nrovided to those additional persons who may develop illnesses in the
future after the individual compensation recommended in this report is
paid.
2,
The Trust Territory Government, in conjunction with the United
States Congress shall establish within the annual grant fund appropriations,
funds as described above,
The money for these two $25,000 funds shall not.
come out of the normal budgetary ceiling for the civil administration of the
Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands, but shall be in addition to such
ceiling/s/ and no part of the funds shall be subject to transfer to another
account or project by the High Commissioner, or any other government official.
Furthermore, there shall be no limit of time that this fund shall be available annually shall be subject to amendment according to the needs of the
people and economic effects including, but not
3.
Should the United States Government
follow these specific guidlines
limited
to,
inflation.
fail ar prove unwilling
for compensation,
to
the Committee recommends
offered by the Micronesian Legal
Services Corporation,
counsel file a class action suit against
and
that
this legal
the United States Government
to
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thac the people of Rongelap and Utirik engage legal cousel, such as that
recover the amounts suggested by
suggested by the Committee,
the Committee to be used in the manner
or any amounts
to be used in any manner as
deemed appropriate by the people of Rongelap and Utirik.
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