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provision in the Compact of Free Association or in a
supplemental U.S.-Marshallese agreement,
will expire when the Trusteeship ends.

this legislation
The United

States should continue the compensation provided for
in Public Law 95-134 in the post-trusteeship period and
extend that coverage to all affected Marshallese.
All presently-known personal
compensated

injury has been

for,

and the cost of this program to date has

been $1,383,000.

The cost of the extended program cannot

now be estimated.
(3)

See Tab B.

Medical Treatment

and

Land

Monitoring

The programs of medical care and treatment and
environmental research and monitoring established in
Public Law 95-134 for Rongelap and Utirik should be
continued,
warrants,

and

if

later-established medical evidence

such care and

treatment programs

should be

extended to all radiation-affected Marshallese who were
similarly affected.

Such programs should include

transportation as required to U.S. medical facilities
and should remain available to all affected persons,
free, without time limitation.

We would expect that

other programs,

tailored

if any develop,

of radiation-affected Marshallese,

to additional medical problems,

would be devised as appropriate.

ee

cost-

Appropriate benefits

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