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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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