FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 1973
(S.B, 89; S.D.1)
AN ACT
To provide for certain care and benefits to the people of Rongelap
and Utirik Atolls exposed to the March 1, 1954, I]-Bomb fallout; to
provide for care and benefits to certain other people from Rongelap
and Utirik, and for other purposes.
Section 1.
Short title.
This act is know and may be cited
as the Trust Territory Fallout Survivors Act.
Section 2,
Statement of intent.
As a result of the March 1,
1954, "Bravo'' shot of the Castle Test Series conducted by Joint
Task Force Seven at Bikini Atoll, 82 Ronpgelapese, 157 Utirikese,
23 Japanese fishermen, and 28 American servicemen were exposed
to radioactive fallout which contaminated their places of
habitation.
Jt is thus the sense of the Congress of Micronesia
that the exposed Rongelapese and Utirikese represent unique
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groups of people in the Trust Territory because of their experience.
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It is the further sense of the Congress that because of the special
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and unique effects of radiation which, in the case of the Rongelapesce,
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have .been manifested in cases of thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, one
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possible case of leukemia, and other effects -- that these people
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should be accorded special care and treatment by the Trust
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Territory Government in order to preserve and protect tneir health.
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Finally, it is also the sense of the Congress, that examination
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of these exposed people requires the examination of nonexposed
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persons; that the health of these nonexposed persons must be
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maintained at the same level as those exposed; and that these
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nonexposed persons as provided for in this act should also be
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entitled to the same care and benefits as exposed persons,
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