[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6470 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6470

For the relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, 
and of other affected citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2010

  Mr. Faleomavaega (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. 
   Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
For the relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, 
and of other affected citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any monies in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the peoples of Bikini, 
Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, and to other affected citizens of the 
Marshall Islands, respectively, or to their respectively designated 
representatives, the sum of $___________, for the benefit of and 
distribution to the people of Bikini, the people of Enewetak, the 
people of Rongelap, the people of Utrik, respectively, and all other 
citizens of the Marshall Islands affected as a result of the United 
States atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program conducted in the 
Marshall Islands between June 30, 1946, and August 18, 1958. The 
payment of such sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against 
the United States of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and 
Utrik, and all claims of other citizens of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, based on, arising out of, or in any way related to such 
atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program.
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