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s Republic of the Marshall Islands Jepilpilin Ke Ejukaan NUCLEAR CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 Sponsored by: HON.

MINISTER AMENTA MATTHEW Approved: HON.


SPEAKER KENNETH A. KEDI /s/ Nuclear Claims Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2016 BILL No:37 Index NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 s Republic of the Marshall Islands Jepilpilin Ke Ejukaan NUCLEAR CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 Index Section NUCLEAR CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 Page 1 §101.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS §101.

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This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Claims Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2016.

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(1) Section (2) The use of annual proceeds received by an LDA pursuant to the Section 177 Agreement shall be deemed consistent with the Section 177 Agreement where said funds are used to ensure: compensation of individuals for loss or damage to property and person as a result of the nuclear testing program, supplemental feeding programs, rehabilitation of contaminated lands, resettlement, education, or similar activities addressing the special needs and unique circumstances of the community represented by the local distribution authority.
Except as provided in Sections 105(a)(ii) and 106(4)(i) nothing in this section shall allow the LDA to use the annual proceeds for the purposes of funding wages and salaries of mayors, councilmen local distribution authorities.

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Nuclear Claims Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2016 This Act shall take effect in accordance with the Constitution and the Rules of Procedures of the Nitijela.

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AMENTA MATTHEW___/S_ DATE: _AUG.8, 2016_ INTRODUCED BY _MIN.
KALANI KANEKO___/S_ Page8 r Nuclear Claims Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2016 BILL No:37 NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 NUCLEAR CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 BILL SUMMARY This Bill proposes to remove the restriction to the use of annual proceeds received pursuant to Article II of the Section 177 Agreement for the purposes of funding the wages and salaries of mayors, councilmen (councilwomen) and employees of the four Local Distribution Authorities (“LDA”).
This amendment was made in 2013 which now the proposed Bill seeks to repeal the restriction to go back to the original language of the law.

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