ed peoples,

the MIG,

and aporopriate USG agencies,

a plan that will provice tie affected people with:

to

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1) an integrated, comprehensive health.cars program
with special emphasis on the effects of radiation;
2)

gram.

3)

pericdic radiological surveys of affected Land;

and

a nuclear radiation education and information pro-

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The periodic
reGiological survey program will be conducted until sich

-time

as

the USG

decides,

the aifected peoples,

arter consultation with

the MIG and

that normal use of an area would not

result in “unaccestable radiation dcses.
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Tt is anticipated the vast majority,

if not the entire

Of effort and expvense included in these programs will

be directed towards the people and governmant of the Marshall

Ts*ards.
The estinated recurring costs for the programs
enurerated in P.L. 96-205 will probably be between $12 and
$15 million per year for the foreseeable future, depending
on inflation and the expansion of program participation.
pay

3.

Bikini Settlement.

for a suitable

The USG should be prepared to

community reconstruction for displaced

Bikinians until such time as Bikini Atedl1 may be ready for
habitation, estimated to be at least 60 years from now, and

to fund a subsistence program for a period of years based on
an agreed estimated time needed to reach self-sufficiency.

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The present subsistence program for the people of Bikini,

costing $250,000

to

$350,000 per year, should continue until

otherwise provided for in the settlement agreement.
The
full cost of community resettlement including development of

infrastructure, for which there is already an unfunded $9

million authorization,
Of this amount,

is estimated at roughly $25 million.

$15 million will fund infrastructure and a

$10 million trust fund will provide compensation for loss of

copra export revenue from Bikini Atoll.
4.

Enewetak Settlement.

An expanded subsistence pro-

-gram costing $200,000 to $250,000 per year will be required
for the people of Enewetak,

the majority of whom returned to

the southern islands of Enewetak Atoll in April 1980, fit
will also be necessary to finance construction of a community on Engebi Island when radiation levels permit habi‘tation, to
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