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the future may arise, for the continued administration by the Government of the United States of direct radiation related medical
surveillance and treatment programs and radiological monitoring
activities and for such additional programs and activities as may
be mutually agreed, and for the assumption by the Government of
the Marshall Islands of responsibility for enforcement of limitations on the utilization of affected areas developed in cooperat icf
with the Government of the United States and for the assistance by'
the Government of the United States in the exercise of such responsibility as may be mutually agreed.
This separate agreement shall
come into effect simultaneously with this Compact and shall remain
in effect in accordance with its own terms.
(c)
The Government of the United States shall provide to the
Government of the Marshall Islands, on a grant basis, the amount
of $150 million to be paid and distributed in accordance with the
separate agreement referred to in this Section, and shall provide
the services and programs set forth in this separate agreement,

the language of which is incorporated into this Compact.
Section 178

(a)
The federal agencies of the Government of the United States
which provide the services and related programs in the Marshall
Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia pursuant to Articles
II and III of Title Two are authorized to settle and pay tort
claims arising in the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of

Micronesia from the activities of such agencies or from the acts
or omissions of the employees of such agencies.

Except as provided

in Section 178(b), the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 2672 and 31 U.S.C.

1304 shall apply exclusively to such administrative settlements

and payments.
(b)

Claims under Section 178(a) which cannot be settled under

Section 178(a) shall be disposed of exclusively in accordance with
Article II of Title Four.
Arbitration awards rendered pursuant to
this subsection shall be paid out of funds under 31 U.S.C. 1304.
(c)
The Government of the United States and the Government of
the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia shall,
in the separate agreements referred to in Section 232, provide
for:

(1) the administrative settlement of claims referred to
in Section 178(a), including designation of local

agents in the Marshall Islands and each State of the

Federated States of Micronesia; such agents to be

empowered to accept,

investigate and settle such

separate agreements;

and

claims,

in a timely manner, as provided in such

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