-6have the force of law and shall be similar to arrangements which the United States has with other nations. Section 176. This section preserves the decisional law established in civil litigation during the Trusteeship by the courts of the Trust Territory, subject to the pewer of the courts of the FAS derived from their respective constitutions to modify judgments in appfopriate cases. Section 177. In this section, the United States accepts responsibliity for compensation owing to citizens of the FAS for loss or damage to person and property resulting from the nuclear testing program conducted by the United States in the Northern Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958. This section also provides that the United States Government and the Government the Marshall Islnads shall set forth in a separate agreement provisions for a full and complete settlement of all uncompensated claims which have arisen as to the Marshall Islands and its citizens. The separate agreement is also to contain agreed provisions for medical services and radiological monitoring as well as utilization of affected lands. This agreement has been concluded, is incorporated into the Compact, and provides for the establishment of a $150 million fund to finance the purposes of this agreement. This agreement settles all Marshall Islands claims arising from the nuclear testing program. Section 178. This section enables federal agencies providing services and programs in the FAS to settle and pay tort claims arising from their activities in the FAS pursuant to the administrative procedures set forth at 28 U.S.C. 2672. Claims not resolved through that procedure will be referred to arbitration under the conference and dispute resolution process set forth in Title Four, Article II, of the Compact, and paid in accordance with the arbitration award payment provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1304. The United States will be immune from suits based on claims arising under the provisions of this section. TITLE Two ECONOMIC RELATIONS (The chart attached at Appendix A displays the amounts and schedule for payment of grant funding and assistance set forth in the Compact and discussed in the following analysis.) Article I, Grant Assistance Section 211. This section sets forth the basic grant assistance constituting the economic foundation of free association. The fundamental concept underlying the grant assistance is that the FAS will be provided with the resources to implement development programs and provide public services appropriate to conditions and needs as determined by the FAS. A capital account and a current