110 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL and the use of troop labor. DNA furnished detailed supporting data their planned costs and savings.222 The committee considered obtaining 4 waiver of further claims by the dri-Enewetak to hold project costs down LTG Johnson expressed his belief that it would be extremely difficult tg complete the project for the $20 million.223 The committee subsequently approved only $15 million of the $29 million requested by DNA and required DOD and DOI to develop additional plans to reduce project costs, including a maximum amount of effort by the dri-Enewetak in the nonradiological cleanup ang rehabilitation efforts. The committee also added an amendmentto the appropriations bill which prohibited spending anyof the $15 million being appropriated until TTPI certified to DOD that the dri-Enewetak agreeg that the $15 million constituted the total commitment ofthe United States Government for the cleanup of the atoll. This was to assure that the project did not become‘‘. . .an endless drain. . .’’ on the United States,224 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION ACT OF FY 1977; JULY 1976 On 22 June 1976, The Senate Committee on Appropriations recommendedapprovalof the full $20 million appropriation. Based onthe exhaustive studies and documentation submitted by DNA, the Committee was convinced costs would be minimized through use of DOD resources already funded in other programs. Other considerations for accomplishing the project without delay were potential loss of goodwill and the long-term costs of maintaining the quarantine on Runit until it could be cleaned ofradiological contamination.225 In the conference to resolve Senate and House differences on the MILCON appropriation bill, the conferees approved the $20 million requested with two provisions: (1) that the dri-Enewetak agree that this amount was the extent of the Government’s obligation for cleanup; and (2) that maximum use be made of the Military Services resources to accomplish the cleanup.226 Thebill passed the House on ! July 1976, the Senate on 2 July 1976, and, upon signature by the President on 16 July 1976, became Public Law 94-367. The law included the following key provisions: ‘‘Noneof the funds appropriated for the cleanup may be expendedfor the Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll until such time as the Secretary of Defense receives certification from appropriate administering authorities of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands that an agreement has been reached with the owners of the land of Enewetak Atoll or their duly constituted representatives that this appropriation shall constitute the total commitment of the Governmentof the United States for the cleanup of - fice