[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 573 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 573

    To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to remove the 
requirement that exposure resulting in stomach cancer occur before age 
                      30, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1997

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to remove the 
requirement that exposure resulting in stomach cancer occur before age 
                      30, 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. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT THAT EXPOSURE RESULTING IN STOMACH 
              CANCER OCCUR BEFORE AGE 30.

    Section 4(b)(2) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by striking ``(provided initial exposure 
occurred before age 30)''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE CLAIMS FORMERLY BARRED.

    Section 8 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2210 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``A claim''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Stomach Cancer Claims Formerly Barred.--
            ``(1) Extension of time.--A claim by an individual 
        described in section 4(a)(2), who submits the documentation 
        required by such section to show that the individual contracted 
        cancer of the stomach after initial exposure that occurred at 
        or after age 30, shall be barred unless filed within 20 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
            ``(2) Claims previously denied.--An individual may reapply 
        for payment under this Act if the individual's claim under 
        section 4(a)(2) was denied before the date of the enactment of 
        this subsection on the grounds that the specific disease 
        claimed by the individual was cancer of the stomach and the 
        initial exposure of the individual did not occur before age 
        30.''.
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