PUBLIC LAW 95-134—OCT. 15, 1977
91 STAT. 1159
Public Law 95-134 95th Congress An Act To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,
Oct. 15, 1977 [H.R. 6550]
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TITLE I SEC. 101. (a) Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended, is further amended by changing " and such amounts as were authorized but not appropriated for jfiscal year 1975," to read "and such amounts as were authorized but not appropriated for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977: for fiscal year 1978, $90,000,000; for fiscal year 1979, $122,700,000; for fiscal year 1980, $112,000,000;". (b) Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended, is further amended by (1) deleting "but not to exceed $10,000,000," and (2) deleting all of the language beginning with the words "which amounts for each fiscal year " u p to and including the words "calendar year 1974,". SEC. 102. Until the provisions of the covenant to establish a Commonwealth for the Northern M a r i a n a Islands (90 Stat. 263) have been met and approved as required in section 1003(b) thereof, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated $13,515,000 for the government of the Northern Mariana Islands. W h e n such conditions are met, the appropriations authorized in article VII, section 704, of said covenant shall become effective. SEC. 103. For the rehabilitation and resettlement of Enewetak Atoll in the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands there is hereby authorized to be appropriated $12,400,000 ( July 1976 prices) plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved. SEC. 104. (a) I n addition to appropriations authorized to compensate inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll and U t i r i k Atoll in the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands for radiation exposure sustained by them as a result of a thermonuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954, pursuant to the Act of August 22, 1964 (78 Stat. 598), effective October 1, 1977, there are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter m this section referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to make the payments as hereafter provided in this paragraph to individuals, or to their heirs or legatees, as the case may be, who were on March 1, 1954, residents on Rongelap Atoll or U t i r i k Atoll in the Marshall Islands: (1) The Secretary shall pay $25,000 to each such individual from whom the thyroid gland or a neurofibroma in the neck was surgically removed, or who has developed hypothyroidism, or who develops a radiation-related malignancy, such as leukemia. (2) The Secretary shall pay $1,000 to each individual who, on such date, was a resident on U t i r i k Atoll.
Territories of the United States. Appropriation authorization. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 48 USC 1681 note.
Northern Mariana Islands. 48 USC 1681 note.
Enewetak Atoll.
Rongelap Atoll and Utirik Atoll. Radiation victims. Payments to heirs or legatees.
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