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To pmrlde for the aettlemeot of clnima of certain residruts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Be it enacted b y the Sem te end ZZowe of Represenlative8 of the United Stalee of Atncricn in Conqrsss aa.senzbled, That the Con b psb ngel ap Atoll. hereby assunies cornpassionate responsibiliry to compensate inhnbit- Radiation v i e - Islands, for radgtion ezpmurcs sustained by them a s :I result of i~ sationthermonuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll in the Jlarshnll Isl:i~ids011 SEC.2. There is authorized to be appropriated for such purpose out b~pprcpriatlm) of the Treasury of the United %:ires the sum of j95O,OOo to be oondifions for expended by the Secretary of the Interior (Iiereui:ifter referred to as ~ - P e f i - the “Secretary”) in the manner hereinafter provided. After deducting the amount provided for in section 5 hereof. the Secretary shall pay the remainder in equal amounts to e x h of tlie aliected inhabitantsof Rongelap, except that ( a ) with respect to each such inhnbitant who has died before receipt of such pnyment, the Secretary shall pay such sum to tlie heirs or legatees of such inhabitanr, a n d ( b ) wi:h respect to any such inhabitant who is less than trrenty-one gears of age or a110 has been adjudzed incompetent or insane. piyment shail be made, in the discretion of the Secretary, to a parent, relative, other person, or institution for his benefit. SEC.3. T h e Secretary shall give adcice eoncernine prudent financial management to each person receivinr a payment pursmnt to this dc:, to the end that each such person xili have informnt ion a s to met lids of conserving his funds and as to suitable objects for rrhich such funds JUI beex nded. Jm.4.r pag men trn de under the revisions of this Act shall be m full settlement and discharge of all cpai,ms against :he United States a%mg out of the thermonuciear detona:lon on Xnrch 1, 1954. %C. 5. T h e Secretam is authorized to pay reasonable attorney fees Attorney fees. for legal s c r ~ c e srendered on behalf of the people of Rongelap prior to the date of enactment of this .\ct. Such fees shall be paid out cf the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 2 of this Act, but the total of such fees paid shall not. exceed 5 per centum of the appmSEC.6. T h e decisions of the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of this Act shnll be Lial and not subject to revrew. mUSE lwoF3 No. 110 (Cw. on Interior & Insular Affairs). SENATE PIPORT No. 1257 (Ccw. on Iz rte rl or & Insular Airairs). Val. 109 1963)s Aipr. 1. considered and passed House. Aug. 12. House omcurred In Senate amendment.