[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4292 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4292

   To require the Secretary of Energy to report on certain radiation 
                  experiments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1994

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Energy to report on certain radiation 
                  experiments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Radiation Experimentation Victims 
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON CERTAIN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Congress a report on all 
experiments that exposed individuals to radiation and were conducted or 
funded (in whole or in part) by the Department of Energy, the Atomic 
Energy Commission, or the Energy Research and Development 
Administration. The report shall include the following:
            (1) A statement of the number of such radiation experiments 
        that, in the determination of the Secretary, provided no 
        therapeutic or medical benefit to the individuals who were the 
        subjects of such experiments.
            (2) An explanation of the nature of each such experiment.
            (3) For each such experiment, a statement of the number of 
        individuals who were the subject of the experiment.
            (4) A statement of the extent to which the Secretary has--
                    (A) notified each individual who was the subject of 
                any such experiment of the nature of the experiment; 
                and
                    (B) provided to each such individual medical 
                information on possible adverse effects on the 
                individual as a result of participation in the 
                experiment, available treatments for such effects, and 
                likely sources of such treatment.

SEC. 3. PLAN FOR CONDUCT OF HEALTH STUDIES.

    The Secretary of Energy shall, after consulting with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, develop a plan to conduct appropriate 
studies of the long-term health effects of the experiments described in 
section 1 on the individuals referred to in such section and on the 
natural children of such individuals.

SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 
Congress the Secretary's recommendations regarding the appropriate 
compensation, if any, for the following:
            (1) An individual described in section 1 who has contracted 
        a disease which is related to exposure to radiation. The 
        Secretary shall make recommendations regarding whether 
        compensation is appropriate in the case of any such individual 
        if a causal relationship between the contract of the disease 
        and the individual's participation in an experiment referred to 
        in section 1 cannot be established.
            (2) The natural child of an individual referred to in 
        paragraph (1) if the natural child has contracted a disease 
        which is related to exposure to radiation. The Secretary shall 
        make recommendations regarding whether compensation is 
        appropriate in the case of any such natural child if a causal 
        relationship between the contract of the disease and the 
        participation of the natural child's parent in an experiment 
        referred to in section 1 cannot be established.
            (3) An individual who, in the determination of the 
        Secretary, otherwise has been wronged by the conduct of an 
        experiment referred to in section 1.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary of Energy shall consult with the 
Attorney General and the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, 
Safety and Health in preparing the recommendations required by 
subsection (a).

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