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project fundinq
About $32.4 million has been appropriated by the Congress for the
Enewetak Atoll cleanup, rehabilitation, and resettlement program:

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Department

Purpose

Defense

Cleanup

Interior

Rehabilitation

Amount
(milli~
dollars)
$20.0
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The Military Construction Appropriation Act of 1977 includes funds
for the Enewetak Atoll cleanup.

The Act stipulated that the $20 million

appropriated for military construction could not be spent until the Enewetak
people agreed that it constituted thetotal
for the cleanup.
1976.

commitment of the United States

The people of Enewetak agreed to this on September 16,

The Act enjoined DOD to achieve every possible economy through maximum

use of its resources.

In this regard, it directed that military forces

and support activities funded for normal operations should be used on the
project without reimbursement from military construction funds.

In effect,

the cleanup phase of the project is limited by COD’s willingness to use
other funds and resources.
The Director, DNA, recently estimated the cost of

cleaning up,

... zumunt to-about
rehabilitating, and resettling Enewetak Atoll could
$120 million. This cost includes use ofmil~tary

fomes

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