the services and facilities. Agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government may, when practicable, make available to the government of Guam upon request of the Secretary such services and facilities as they are equipped to render or furnish, and they may do so without reimbursement if otherwise authorized by law.

(c) Section 30 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Beginning as soon as the government of Guam enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commencement of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of Guam the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the governor of Guam, with the concurrence of the government comptroller of Guam, has estimated will be collected in or derived from Guam under this section during the next fiscal year, except for those sums covered directly upon collection into the treasury of Guam. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct from or add to the amounts so remitted the difference between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, including any deductions which may be required as a result of the operation of Public Law 94-395 (90 Stat. 1199) or Public Law 88-170, as amended (82 Stat. 863).".

(d) Section 205 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes" (Public Law 95-134) is amended by striking out "$25,000,000: Provided" and inserting in lieu thereof "$35,000,000: Provided, That $10,000,000 of such sums is not authorized to be appropriated prior to October 1, 1978. Health care needs shall include goods and services provided to maintain and operate the Medical Center of the Marianas: Provided further".

TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

"SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby authorized to be approated $15,000,000 for the Bikini people evacuated from Bikini Atoll, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as a result of United States nuclear tests commencing in 1946, and their descendants. Of this $15,000,000:

(1) $12,000,000 is authorized for the relocation and resettlement of the Bikini people within the Marshall Islands; and

(2) to compensate the Bikini people for any radiological damage to their atoll an additional $3,000,000 shall be held in trust pursuant to the trust agreement established by Public Law 94-34, with

the proceeds to be distributed in accordance with the provisions thereof.

(b) None of the funds authorized pursuant to subsection (a) (2) above shall be available for payment of any attorneys fees or associated expenses.

(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to Congress by July 1, 1979, a progress report on his efforts to establish a permanent location for the displaced people of Bikini Island. Such report shall review: alternative actions taken to provide the people of Bikini with temporary homes; political and social consequences of the relocation of these people on Kili Island; and the Secretary's attempt to locate, acquire, and develop a permanent location for the settlement of these people. Such report shall also suggest probable economic, social, political, and cultural consequences which may result from the permanent settlement of these people in various alternative locations and inform the Congress of additional plans adopted by the Secretary, together with any recommendations he may have for legislation necessary to implement those plans, to provide further assistance to the people of Bikini.

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

SEC. 3. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for expenditure after October 1, 1978, not more than $12,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved, to assist in the acquisition and construction of a powerplant for the Northern Mariana Islands together with upgrading, rehabilitation, or replacement of distribution facilities.

(b) (1) The government of the Northern Marianas in carrying out the purposes of this Act, Public Law 95-134, or Public Law 94-241, may utilize, to the extent practicable, the available services and facilities of agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government on a reimbursable basis. Such amounts may be credited to the appropriation or fund which provided the services and facilities. Agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government may, when practicable, make available to the government of the Northern Marianas, upon request of the Secretary, such services and facilities as they are equipped to render or furnish, and they may do so without reimbursement if otherwise authorized by law.

(2) Any funds made available to the Northern Mariana Islands under grant-in-aid programs by section 502 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (Public Law 94-241), or pursuant to any other Act of Congress enacted after March

24, 1976, are hereby authorized to remain available until expended.

(3) Any amount authorized by the Covenant described in paragraph (2) or by any other Act of Congress enacted after March 24, 1976, which authorizes appropriations for the Northern Mariana Islands, but not appropriated for a fiscal year is authorized to be available for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon the request of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for the period during which such legislation is effective, (1) to implement a food stamp program in part or all of the Northern Mariana Islands with such income and household standards of eligibility, deductions, and allotment values as the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Governor, to be suited to the economic and social circumstances of such islands: Provided, That in no event shall such income standards of eligibility exceed those in the forty-eight contiguous States, and (2) to distribute or permit a distribution of federally donated foods in any part of the Northern Mariana Islands for which the Governor has not requested that the food stamp program be implemented. This authority shall remain in effect through September 30, 1981, and shall not apply to section 403 of Public Law 95–135.

(d) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, upon the request of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, without reimbursement or other cost to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, to administer and enforce the provisions of section 601, 603, or 604 of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263, 269) and in order to administer and enforce the collection of any payroll tax or other tax measured by income which may be in force in the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to section 602 of such Covenant. This authority shall continue until such time as the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, acting pursuant to legislation enacted in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of article II of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands, requests the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the administration and enforcement of such taxes. The administration and enforcement of such taxes by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall begin on January 1 of the year following the year in which such Northern Mariana Islands law is enacted.

VIRGIN ISLANDS

SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not to exceed $5,000,000 of which not more than $1,000,000 may be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 to be paid to the government of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of promoting economic development in the Virgin Islands. The Secretary shall prescribe the types of programs for which such sums may be used. (b) (1) There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of hospital facilities in the Virgin Islands not more than $52,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs from October 1978 price levels as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved.

(2) Grants provided pursuant to this section and not obligated or expended by the government of the Virgin Islands during any fiscal year will remain available for obligation or expenditure by such government in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated.

(3) Funds provided under paragraph (b) (1) may be used by the Virgin Islands as the matching share for Federal programs and services.

(4) Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated under this subsection shall be effective on October 1, 1978.

(c) (1) Section 9(c) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497) is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and inserting "or such other date as the Legislature of the Virgin Islands may determine.".

(2) Beginning as soon as the government of the Virgin Islands enacts legislation establishing a fiscal year commencing on October 1 and ending on September 30, the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the commencement of any fiscal year, shall remit to the government of the Virgin Islands the amount of duties, taxes, and fees which the Governor of the Virgin Islands, with the concurrence of the government comptroller of the Virgin Islands, has estimated will be collected in or derived from the Virgin Islands under the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands during the next fiscal year, except for those sums covered directly upon collection into the treasury of the Virgin Islands. There shall be deducted from or added to the amounts so remitted, as may be appropriate, at the beginning of the fiscal year, the difference between the amount of duties, taxes, and fees actually collected during the prior fiscal year and the amount of such duties, taxes, and fees as estimated and remitted at the beginning of that prior fiscal year, including any deductions which may be required as a result of the operation of Public Law 94-392 (90 Stat. 1195).

(3) Subsection 28(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands is amended by deleting the phrase "less the cost of collecting all of said duties, taxes, and fees,"

(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $20,000,000 per annum, for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 for grants to the government of the Virgin Islands to offset any anticipated deficit during such fiscal years. The Secretary is authorized and directed, after consultation with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to impose such conditions and requirements, on these grants as he deems advisable. Not later than July 1, 1979, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the financial condition of the Virgin Islands. The report shall:

(1) identify, the specific sources of revenues, both Federal and local, available to the government of the Virgin Islands;

(2) chart the revenues derived from each source and what, if any, increases could be occasioned in the amount of such revenues by actions of the Virgin Islands Government;

(3) describe the extent to which changes in actual revenues were occasioned by actions of the Federal Government or by circumstances beyond the control of the Virgin Islands Government;

(4) analyze expenditures to determine what economies, if any, could be obtained and identify the actions which could be taken by the Virgin Islands Government to obtain such economies;

(5) review the long term debt structure of the Virgin Islands Government, including, but not limited to, whether such debt was incurred for purposes authorized by law, the total amount of such debt, the relation of the total debt ceiling, and the impact retirement of the debt will have on the future economic situation of the Virgin Islands;

(6) detail and discuss various alternatives available to the government of the Virgin Islands and the Federal Government to revise and improve the process of supporting the necessary expenditures of the Virgin Islands Government; and

(7) include his recommendations for any changes he deems advisable in the present Federal-territorial economic relationship.

AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK

SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, is authorized and directed to develop, maintain, and administer the existing American Memorial Park (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "park"), located at Tanapag Harbor