4 IVINGTON & BURLING Mr. Wallace O. Green April 21, 1980 Page Five States to provide to the people of each such atoll "a program of medical care and treatment environmental monitoring for any injury, or condition which may be the result dire indirectly of such nuclear weapons testin d lness ly or program." The statute mandated the development of a plan by the Secretary of Interior in consultation with the Cpyernment integrated, of the Marshall Islands and others that specifies a comprehensive health care program including primary, secondary and tertiary care tailored to the “condition and neeBs of The Government of thb Marshall the individual atoll peoples." Islands cannot assist the Secretary in formulating s uch a plan until it first determines the current medical cphndition of the people living on the various affected atolls. Quite obviously the intention of Congress cannot begin to be carried out without first obtaining the answers to:the questions we pose. As Congress understood and intended, must procede immediately. In Senate Report No. this Pffort 96-4 57 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources clearly ex bressed the view that it "expects the Secretary to immediately begi n the development of the comprehensive health ca e and environmental monitoring plan as provided fn this section using existing authorities." During the House floor consideration of fi nally approved statutory language, Congressman Burton in © Pferring to the deadline of January 1, 1981 for submission of this comprehensive health care and monitoring plan to Con yress, emphasized the point that "the committee encourages the Secretary t commence development of the plan as soon a possible and to complete it earlier than t deadline." Chairman Burton went on to note that "All costs of planning, expenses, including travel a nd other are to be chargeable to the budg at of -