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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, 2010 C.R.

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16-127 A RESOLUTION Requesting the Honorable members of the United States House of Representatives, and Senators from the State of Hawaii, the Territory of Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to sponsor an amendment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to include the citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia as eligible to make claims under the Act.
1 WHEREAS, the United States military tested at least sixty- 2 seven nuclear weapons in the territory that is now the Republic of 3 the Marshall Islands; and 4 WHEREAS, the resulting radioactive contamination and fallout 5 was global in scope, but concentrated in the region comprising the 6 Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 7 Islands; and 8 WHEREAS, the post-testing cleanup efforts were protracted and 9 difficult and involved many laborers who were and are citizens of 10 the Federated States of Micronesia; and 11 WHEREAS, the health of many citizens of the Federated States 12 of Micronesia was severely affected by direct and indirect 13 exposure to radiation due to United States nuclear testing in the 14 region; and 15 WHEREAS, the people affected by United States nuclear 16 testing, and their surviving relatives, deserve just compensation 17 for medical conditions and hardships imposed by United States 18 nuclear testing; now, therefore, 19 BE IT RESOLVED by the Sixteenth Congress of the Federated CRL 16-134 C.R.
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16-127 1 States of Micronesia, Fifth Regular Session, 2010, that the 2 Congress requests the honorable members of the United States House 3 of Representatives and Senators from the State of Hawaii, the 4 Territory of Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 5 Northern Marianas Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 6 the U.S. Virgin Islands to sponsor an amendment to the Radiation 7 Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to include the citizens of the 8 Federated States of Micronesia as eligible to make claims under 9 the Act; and 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this 11 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 12 of Micronesia, to the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated 13 States of Micronesia, to the Governor of each FSM state, to the 14 presiding officers of each state legislature, and to the U.S. 15 Congressional delegations of the State of Hawaii, the Territory of 16 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas 17 Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin 18 Islands.
19 20 Date: 9/20/10 Introduced by: /s/ Setiro Paul Setiro Paul 21 22 23 24 2 of 2