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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 488 Duties and taxes. 48 USC 1421h.

91 Stat. 1162.

PUBLIC LAW 95-348—AUG. 18, 1978 (c) Section 30 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Beginning as soon as the government of Guam enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commence^ ment of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of Guam the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the governor of Guam, with the concurrence of the government comptroller of Guam, has estimated will be collected in or derived from Guam under this section during the next fiscal year, except for those sums covered directly upon collection into the treasury of Guam. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from or add to the amounts so remitted the difference between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, including any deductions which may be required as a result of the operation of Public Law 94-395 (90 Stat. 1199) or Public Law 88-170, as amended (82 Stat. 863).". (d) Section 205 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 95-134) is amended by striking out "$25,000,000: Provided'^ and inserting in lieu thereof "$35,000,000: Provided, That $10,000,000 of such sums is not authorized to be appropriated prior to October 1, 1978. Health care needs shall include goods and services provided to maintain and operate the Medical Center of the Marianas: Provided further'. TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

89 Stat. 212.

Report to Congress. 48 USC 1681 note.

SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the Bikini people evacuated from Bikini Atoll, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as a result of United States nuclear tests commencing in 1946, and their descendants. Of this $15,000,000: (1) $12,000,000 is authorized for the relocation and resettlement of the Bikini people within the Marshall Islands; and (2) to compensate the Bikini people for any radiological damage to their atoll an additional $3,000,000 shall be held in trust pursuant to the trust agreement established by Public Law 94-34, with the proceeds to be distributed in accordance with the provisions thereof. (b) None of the funds authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(2) above shall be available for payment of any attorneys fees or associated expenses. (c) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to Congress by July 1, 1979, a progress report on his efforts to establish a permanent location for the displaced people of Bikini Island. Such report shall review: alternative actions taken to provide the people of Bikini with temporary homes; political and social consequences of the relocation of these people on Kili Island; and the Secretary's attempt to locate, acquire, and develop a permanent location for the settlement of these people. Such report shall also suggest probable economic, social, political, and cultural consequences which may result from the permanent settlement of these people in various alternative locations and inform the Congress of additional plans adopted by the