for development of the American Memorial Park on
Saipan. We support Section 205.
Section 501 would provide for the payment of salary
and expenses of the Government Comptroller of
American Samoa by the Department of the Interior.
This Department is already paying such salary and
expenses and thus we have no objection to Section 501.
Section 602 provides that moneys authorized by this
Act but not appropriated would be authorized for
suceeding years.

We have no objection.

Section 603 provides that the governments of the
territories and Trust Territory may avail themselves
of the services, facilities, and equipment of agencies
and instrumentalities of the United States Government
on a reimbursable basis.
We have no objection.
Section 604 would make authorizations for appropri-

ations enacted under H.R. 3756 effective on October
1, 1979.
We have no objection.

Section 605 would provide that new borrowing or
paying authority provided in H.R. 3756 would be
effective only to the extent and in such amounts as
are provided in advance in appropriation acts.
We
have no objection.
The Administration disapproves of the following sections:

Section 102 would authorize the appropriation of up

to 50% of the outstanding amounts payable under the
adjudicated claims and final awards made by the Micronesian Claims Commission under Title I of the Micronesian
Claims Act of 1971.
That percentage of such outStanding awards amounts to approximately $11.3 million.
At present, there are Micronesian claims cases on
appeal in the Federal courts where the plaintiffs
request class action certification.
If such class
action certification is granted it could open 10,000
of the approximately 13,000 adjudicated claims cases.
The Administration continues to oppose additional
payments on Title I awards.
In these circumstances
we think we must await the Court of Appeals decision
on class action certification before we can intelligently
deal with whatever steps remain.
Section 202 would authorize $24.4 million

(indexed

to October 1979 prices) for health care services in

the Northern Mariana Islands.
Such an authorization
seems to be out of line with hospital construction costs
in other territories.
In addition, the contemplated
90-bed hospital would provide 5.6 beds per thousand

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