[106th Congress Public Law 188]
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Public Law 106-188
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  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. <<NOTE: Apr. 28, 2000 -  [H.R. 2368]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Bikini Resettlement and 
Relocation Act of 2000.>>  assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bikini Resettlement and Relocation 
Act of 2000''.

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.

    Approved April 28, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2368:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-267 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-240 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 145 (1999):
                                    Sept. 13, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 146 (2000):
                                    Apr. 13, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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