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LAWS OF 88TH CONG.-2ND SESS. xug, 12 PACIFIC ISLANDS TRUST TERRITORY-CLAIMS PUBLIC LAW 88-485; 78 STAT. 598 An A c t t o provide for the settlement of clalmr of certain residents of the Trust Territory of the Pacific lrlanda. Be it enacted b y the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit rd The Congress hereby assumes compassionate responsibility to COIN - States of America in Congress assembled, That: pensate inhabitants in the RongelaD Atoll, in the Trust Territory 0;’ t h e Pacific Islands, f o r radiation exposures sustained by them a:: n~ .. result of a thermonuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll in thc nfarsl,:~II Islands on March 1, 1954. There is authorized to be appropriated for such p u ~ p o w out of t h e Treasury of the United States t& sum of $950,000 to Ijc t h e “Secretary”) in the manner hereinafter provided. After deducting t h e amount provided for in section 5 hereof, the Secretary slin!i pay the remainder in equal amounts to each of the affected inhalitants of Rongelnp, except that(a) with respect to e&h such inhabitant who has died before receipt of such payment, the Secretary shall pay such sum to the heirs o r legatees of such inlinbit:tnt, and (b) with respect to any such inhabitant who is less tJ1r.n Lwt3:!L:ione years of age o r who has been adjudged incompetent or i!?:.;tf1:, payment shall be made, in the discretion of the Sccrct:ii,y, t g :L parent, relative, other person, or institution for his bencfi?. The Secretary shall give advice concerning prucicrit C1:;iii cia1 management to each person receiving a payment pursiiant tcJ this Act, to the end that each such person will have infomiation 3’ t o methods of conserving his funds and LY to suitab!e objecc.i fur which such funds may be expended. A payment made under the provisions of this Act shall I W in full settlement and discharge of a11 claims against the lTi!itld States arising out of the thermonuclear detonation on Xlni*ch 1, 1!3. The Secretary is authorized to pay reasonable 3itorilc!’ out of the i‘cads authorized l o be appropriated in se:tii,.i 3 0 1 !.‘I,.- Act, b u t the total of such fees paid shall not exceed 5 p ! , ~’ of the appropriated funds. visions of this -4Ct shall be final ncd not SUbJeLt to revki:..