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(3) Where circumstances warrant, as he shall determine, the
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Sceretary. shall pay an amount not in excess of 325.000 as he deter.
mincs to be an appropriate compassionate courpenssuion to each
such individual who has sutfered any physical injury or harm
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from a radintion-related cause but who is not an individual
described in paragraph (1).
(4) In addition to the payments provided in paraeraphs (1).
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(2), and (3) of this subsettion. the Secretary shall provide hy
treatment
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appropriate means adequate medical exfe and treatment for any
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person who has a continuing need for the care and treatinent of
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any radiation injury or Ulness directly related to the thermo.
nuclear detonation referred to in paraytraph (a) of this section.
The costs of such medical care and treatment shall be assume
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report to the appropriate committees of the United States Congres.
by the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development
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Administration.
(5) Not later than December 31,.1980, the Secretary shall
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for their consideration what. if any, additional compassionate
compensation may be justified for those individuals continuing
to suffer from injuries or illnesses directly related to radiation
resulting from the thermonuclear detonation referred to in paragraph (a) of this section.
In the ense of the demise of anyindividual entitled to receive payment
under this section who expires before receiving such payment. the
Scorctary shall pay the amount which that individual woulet have bees
entitled to receive under this section to the heirs or lezatees of sucn
individual, in accordance with an appropriate method of distribute:
per stirpes, and not per capita, Wherthedemise of any individus:
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oftits section, the Secretary may make anediliiona conpatsstanat.
paynicit no oO paceed SLCQ000 to the neirs or iventees of such ined:
Vidital, Th determining tie aOuTit OF SUCH payTCNOTINGSTOTCLAPY sina
consider, but is not limited to. the following: any payments which t..
deceased has received or would have been eligible to receive under tis
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Rongelap, Utirik,
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(b) For the use of each of the island communities of Rongels:
Utink, and Bikini Atolls there is authorized to be appropnite?
$100,000. Such funds are to be paid by the Secretary, in conjunctewith guidelines to be established by the High Commissioner of © °
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, for such community purpe
as the municipal councils of such island communitics may diret.
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arising out of the thennonuelear detonation on Mareh 1, 195-1.
(da) Thre decisions of the Secretary in allowing or denying any ©
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claims and final
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questions of lawand fact and not subject to review by anyother ol. §
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of the United States. or by any court by mandamus or otherwise.
(e) The Scerctary ts authorized to make such rules and regs!
as he determines necessary to carry our the provirions of this se"
Src. 105. In addition to amounts heretofore anthorized pursue’
the Micronesian Claims Act of 3971 (85 Stat. 96). there are hue:
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior-
sums as may be necesstry to satisfy all adjudicated claims and |”
awards made by the Micronesian Claims Commission to date a
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