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SENATE JusNT RESOLUTION NO. 95
to allow restoration and rehabilitation costs for-the settlement of the
Bikini people within the budgetary ceiling for the Trust Territory would in
effect reduce the amount of grant funds that would otherwise be available
upon request to fund other essential programs and services in the Trust
Territcry;
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WHEREAS, it is the sense of this Congress that, since the restoration
project of Einini Atoli was necessitated by the actions of the United States
Department of Deferse and the Atomic Fnerry Commission,
these agencies should
bear the budgetary costs in their respective appropriated funds and not have
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such financial burden falling on the alrecdy low Trust Territory budget; now,
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therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Third Congress of Micronesia,
Third Regular Session,
1970, the House of Representatives concurring,
that
the United States Congress be and is hereby respectfully apprised of the
sense of the Congress of Micronesia that the restoration and rehabilitation
costs of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands District, Trust Territory of
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the Pacific Islands, should be borne jointiy or singularly by the United
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States Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that eny realty, island or groups of island of
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the Trust Territory that will be returned to the Micronesian people from the
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United States Department of Defense or the Atomic Energy Ccommission be
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restored and rehabilitated at the expense and cost of the responsible
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agency and not the Trust Territory Goverment; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certifiec copies of this Joint Resolution
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be transmitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House