Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act

Bill: 115-s-2182
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-12-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marshall Islands

Nuclear weapons

Oceania

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-501.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982, to: (1) allocate funds for the relocation and resettlement of the Bikini people living on Kili and Ejit Islands, subject to the right of disapproval of the Department of the Interior; and (2) limit annual expenditures from the Resettlement Fund to 5% of the principal amount of the fund.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2182 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 1, 2017 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the resettlement and relocation of the people of Bikini.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act . 2. Resettlement and relocation for the people of Bikini The matter under the heading trust territory of the pacific islands under the heading Office of territorial affairs under the heading department of the interior in chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982 ( Public Law 97–257 ; 96 Stat. 840), is amended by striking the first proviso and inserting Provided , That such funds, including funds provided pursuant to the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 ( Public Law 100–446 ; 102 Stat. 1774), shall be available for the relocation and resettlement of the Bikini people living on Kili and Ejit Islands, subject to the right of disapproval of the Secretary of the Interior, with the exercise of the right to continue until the date on which the Secretary of the Interior submits to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a resettlement plan developed in coordination with the Bikini Atoll leadership: Provided further , That, until the date on which a resettlement plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior has been submitted to each of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, for any fiscal year, annual expenditures from the Resettlement Fund established by this section and pursuant to the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 ( Public Law 100–446 ; 102 Stat. 1774), may not exceed 5 percent of the principal of the Fund, based on the average market value of the Fund for the previous 5 fiscal years, as determined as of September 30 of each fiscal year: .