HQOO9S BROOKHAVEN NATLONAL LABORATORY . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FOSTTION PAPER ON THE BURTON BILIL Public Law 96-205 (the Burton Bill), PL 96-205 enacted in March 1980, requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the people of the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, and for the people of such other atolls as may be found to be or to have been exposed to radiation from the nuclear weapons testing program, a program of medical care and treatment and environmental research and monitoring for any injury, illness or condition which may be the result directly or indirectly of such nuclear weapons testing program. The plan for this program developed in conjunction with a number of other Federal agencies, contractors, and representatives from the Marshallese shall set forth as appropriate to the situation, condition, and needs of the individual atoll peoples: 1, "An integrated, comprehensive health care program including primary, secondary, and tertiary care with special not exclusive') (implies 'but emphasis upon the biologic effects of ionizing ‘radiation; 2. A schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of the radiologic status of the atolls to and at appropriate intervals, but not less frequently than once every five years, the development of an updated radiation dose assessment, together with an estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure, 3. for each such atoll; and An education and information program to enable the people of such atolls to more fully understand nuclear radiation and its effects;".... " aa S000 3 oC a BEST COPY AVAILABLE