[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 47 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S2796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             BIKINI RESETTLEMENT AND RELOCATION ACT OF 1999

  The bill (H.R. 2368) to assist in the resettlement and relocation of 
the people of Bikini Atoll by amending the terms of the trust fund 
established during the United States administration of the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands, was considered, ordered to a third 
reading, read the third time, and passed.

                               H.R. 2368

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Bikini Resettlement and 
     Relocation Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 2. PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST FUND AMOUNTS.

       Three percent of the market value as of June 1, 1999, of 
     the Resettlement Trust Fund for the People of Bikini, 
     established pursuant to Public Law 97-257, shall be made 
     available for immediate ex gratia distribution to the people 
     of Bikini, provided such distribution does not reduce the 
     corpus of the trust fund. The amount of such distribution 
     shall be deducted from any additional ex gratia payments that 
     may be made by the Congress into the Resettlement Trust Fund.

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