94 STAT. 84 PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980 Public Law 96-205 96th Congress An Act 12, To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United Staves. and for United States Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, (H.R. 3756) insular areas. other purposes. ape 42USC 1651 note. amended by inserting after “for fiscal year 1980, $112,000,000." the following: ‘for fisca] years after fiscal year 1980, such sums as maybe necessary, including, but not limited to, sums needed for completion of the capital improvement program, for a basic communications system, and for a feasibility study and construction of a hydroelectric project on Ponape;”. . Sec. 102. The Act entitled “An Act to authorize certain approprivations for the territories of the United Staves, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes” (91 Stat. 1159; Public Law 95-134) is amended by inserting after section 105, the following new section: . “Sec. 106. (a} In addition to any other payments or benefits vovided by law to compensate inhabitants of the atolls of Bikini Radiation Ceieatio researchend. medica) care. 48 USC 1681 note. TITLE J-TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Sec, 101. Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), is newetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, in the Marshall Islands, for radi- ation exposure or other losses sustained by them as a result of the United States nuclear weapons testing program at or neartheir atolls during the period 1946 to 1958, the Sec-etary of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shal! 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, & program of medica} care and treatment and environmental! re a search and monitoring for any injury, illness, or condition which may be the result dirertly or indirectly of such nuclear weaponstesting Popion The Broviéon Hal Be Implemented according to a plan developed by the Secietary in consultation with the Secretaries o! Defense, Energy, and Health, Education, and Welfare and with the direct involvement of representatives from the people ofeach of the__ affected atolls and from the government of theMarshall Islands’The plan shall set forth, as appropriate to the situation, condition, and needs of the individual atol! peoples: “(1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program includy ing primary, secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis | upon the biological effects of ionizing radiation; ‘(2) @ schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of the radiological status of the atolls to and at appropri- / y ate intervals, but not Jess frequently than once everyfive years, the development of an updated radiation dose assessment, together with an estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure, for each such atoll; and