101 S3853 ES: Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Manhattan Project wasteSec. 101. Short title.Sec. 102. Claims relating to Manhattan Project waste.Sec. 103. Cooperative agreement.TITLE II—Compensation for workers involved in uranium mining and individuals living downwind of atmospheric nuclear testingSec. 201. Short title.Sec. 202. References.Sec. 203. Extension of fund.Sec. 204. Claims relating to atmospheric testing.Sec. 205. Claims relating to uranium mining.Sec. 206. Expansion of use of affidavits in determination of claims; regulations.Sec. 207. Limitation on claims.Sec. 208. Grant program on epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling.Sec. 209. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.Sec. 210. GAO study and report.<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Manhattan Project waste</header><section id="id38de856a0f0548ff830bf4792c358353" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><subsection id="S1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Expansion Act</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id30c5c815a0eb48d4a4f9ab94b7b53351" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Claims relating to Manhattan Project waste</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/426">Public Law 101–426</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfddb91b8745e4439a7774906776bb2f5"><section id="id72bf9562f1b242939d94192f842437d9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Claims relating to Manhattan Project waste</header><subsection id="id1bed1ff2131e41e882e6099e49005287" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A claimant shall receive compensation for a claim made under this Act, as described in subsection (b) or (c), if—</text><paragraph id="id10f591f3d46044cf9b8736c7e75f4536" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a claim for compensation is filed with the Attorney General—</text><subparagraph id="id1b8fa0920aac428582c75d185d5d818a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by an individual described in paragraph (2); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55f6a65213184403bea08b8bcfa207ce" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on behalf of that individual by an authorized agent of that individual, if the individual is deceased or incapacitated, such as—</text><clause id="idca160012e236415bb5926492e9ce06d3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an executor of estate of that individual; or</text></clause><clause id="iddb04646e3b434763b933e5b61590846f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a legal guardian or conservator of that individual;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcca97204225948cab0ff8afecd0c4750" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that individual, or if applicable, an authorized agent of that individual, demonstrates that the individual—</text><subparagraph id="id8b8b08f644374483976b1746c5d4985a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was physically present in an affected area for a period of at least 2 years after January 1, 1949; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2f21afa55954b03acc2273a5fd8ab5d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracted a specified disease after such period of physical presence;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id596b44872dd445edb426365256b5150a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Attorney General certifies that the identity of that individual, and if applicable, the authorized agent of that individual, is not fraudulent or otherwise misrepresented; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ac4dfc5fa304b4b8a545b3f10619287" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Attorney General determines that the claimant has satisfied the applicable requirements of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9bea8152fea943eab364382c509137ed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Losses available to living affected individuals</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6045e4b3ba8e4f708568435074521343"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of a claim qualifying for compensation under subsection (a) that is submitted to the Attorney General to be eligible for compensation under this section at a time when the individual described in subsection (a)(2) is living, the amount of compensation under this section shall be in an amount that is the greater of $50,000 or the total amount of compensation for which the individual is eligible under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e0258cca9aa4a7ba6f5046009214be7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Losses due to medical expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A claimant described in paragraph (1) shall be eligible to receive, upon submission of contemporaneous written medical records, reports, or billing statements created by or at the direction of a licensed medical professional who provided contemporaneous medical care to the claimant, additional compensation in the amount of all documented out-of-pocket medical expenses incurred as a result of the specified disease suffered by that claimant, such as any medical expenses not covered, paid for, or reimbursed through—</text><subparagraph id="id48b2c13aa85c48a59ef0ab3729c55905" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any public or private health insurance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e0c86661e044fc897ab1b452e129f0c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee health insurance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb63f95c2508b47c4a6289686c159cc20" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any workers’ compensation program; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4d3fff06a6bb422bbaa01793ec700e06" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other public, private, or employee health program or benefit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id11a9a02d0d424ec0add1c47751b9fc40" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to beneficiaries of deceased individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that an individual described in subsection (a)(2) who qualifies for compensation under subsection (a) is deceased at the time of submission of the claim—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf3afcea97b947b6ad6b34e99faaf930"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a surviving spouse may, upon submission of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased individual, receive compensation in the amount of $25,000; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd7520a8b47f472f9008c4b4cdab96dd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the event that there is no surviving spouse, the surviving children, minor or otherwise, of the deceased individual may, upon submission of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased individual, receive compensation in the total amount of $25,000, paid in equal shares to each surviving child.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb6129a8bd644461ca3594f0801f488b7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affected area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>affected area</term> means—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bfbd56e6acb4c08b7c9640070d17010"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the State of Missouri, the ZIP Codes of 63031, 63033, 63034, 63042, 63045, 63074, 63114, 63135, 63138, 63044, 63121, 63140, 63145, 63147, 63102, 63304, 63134, 63043, 63341, 63368, and 63367;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0f8c2dd42534d6db0484aa9d4f1e2ba"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the State of Tennessee, the ZIP Codes of 37716, 37840, 37719, 37748, 37763, 37828, 37769, 37710, 37845, 37887, 37829, 37854, 37830, and 37831;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77363e33e6f3443f85b0f77fa5631820"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the State of Alaska, the ZIP Codes of 99546 and 99547; and </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc07163b69f9c4433bdddc0be6b5b7dd3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the State of Kentucky, the ZIP Codes of 42001, 42003, and 42086. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa2518e3862e421c9fb9411ba7f7c55b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specified disease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>specified disease</term> means any of the following:</text><paragraph id="id88c4630f7ef14158911934972834946f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any leukemia, other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia, provided that the initial exposure occurred after the age of 20 and the onset of the disease was at least 2 years after first exposure.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcec8e3d55706418d9cfd53cc9302b5ad" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any of the following diseases, provided that the onset was at least 2 years after the initial exposure:</text><subparagraph id="id7f96d3a9dfdb49ac96771a887bc902b4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiple myeloma.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8f20e25b41d4876aabe179cc2e8c948" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lymphoma, other than Hodgkin’s disease.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0475ec00a9bf49d193a8678e364576f7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary cancer of the—</text><clause id="ida988a0c84b60401ea05e867b31a0fd36" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thyroid;</text></clause><clause id="idc64ea2052d014eac9320a5b267c2f006" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">male or female breast;</text></clause><clause id="id0f18b123c5664f8fbcfe1de1ce41ea37" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">esophagus;</text></clause><clause id="ide04b0bc1008443cebebb8680818ac5ed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">stomach;</text></clause><clause id="id9d3967c5976d45d8bbf763f85a56174a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pharynx;</text></clause><clause id="idc3faebc242494f8ab85e32a837dddf3c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">small intestine;</text></clause><clause id="ide7f1f77dd326418984274219c8e2d76c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pancreas;</text></clause><clause id="id7edcca2020194eefbcf129097795fa25" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bile ducts;</text></clause><clause id="idcc4eea58a94f4ed790edc8c9162f6bf6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gall bladder;</text></clause><clause id="id16846f7b591644699735597ff578d1e8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">salivary gland;</text></clause><clause id="ide7fd6596afc449149572f0124c0c00bd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urinary bladder;</text></clause><clause id="idf9a43452792441ad85e68c9909e2564e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">brain;</text></clause><clause id="id386fdeb3c1574146b30e9df4871854f5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">colon;</text></clause><clause id="id716692a6da5142c888aeb996e348170f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ovary;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4ae9f65334d4a0b8b86619a81e43afd"><enum>(xv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bone;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6a09025918246fdbf618223d7cf119a"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renal;</text></clause><clause id="idb7f9e18cf45c41da914cadc2161887d6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">liver, except if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated; or</text></clause><clause id="id26ecc2f19b0b429da2c83d721caf21dc" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lung.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide27817ba417f42ba890abc28417fbea2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Physical presence</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9aeee8849a47489cb61c5c32c348cad9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the Attorney General shall not determine that a claimant has satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) unless demonstrated by submission of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cfbae931d0f45438cfe20384c2104ff"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contemporaneous written residential documentation and at least 1 additional employer-issued or government-issued document or record that the claimant, for at least 2 years after January 1, 1949, was physically present in an affected area; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3f786bcbc754e09a64db68a94a60e24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other documentation determined by the Attorney General to demonstrate that the claimant, for at least 2 years after January 1, 1949, was physically present in an affected area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id305d7be87dcb45c3af0a061ba8add308" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Types of physical presence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining physical presence under this section, a claimant shall be considered to have been physically present in an affected area if—</text><subparagraph id="iddf5cf077816b4dcd8363d3f5394cacf8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claimant’s primary residence was in the affected area;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4d97f04a7ec42febc8af99544a4630c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claimant’s place of employment was in the affected area; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida1a9461e49964c08a04196268de4619d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claimant attended school in the affected area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfd86ac59fe2940a4bf681c9fff6243cb" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disease contraction in affected areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the Attorney General shall not determine that a claimant has satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) unless the claimant submits—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id643cda405c6e4c959e39635b7abc5496"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">written medical records or reports created by or at the direction of a licensed medical professional, created contemporaneously with the provision of medical care to the claimant, that the claimant, after a period of physical presence in an affected area, contracted a specified disease; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaeee87978a34edfb83e7c49037b1556"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other documentation determined by the Attorney General to demonstrate that the claimant contracted a specified disease after a period of physical presence in an affected area.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block display="yes">. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idbf90ee95b14e48ea89ea9f435dedebb3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreement</header><subsection id="id7a16c8bc6c99411fadac7107378fcf86" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director of the Office of Legacy Management, shall award to an eligible association a cooperative agreement to support the safeguarding of human and ecological health at the Amchitka, Alaska, Site.</text></subsection><subsection id="id57a61d87ccd34bc09d048da01c759b5b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A cooperative agreement awarded under subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="idc198600c6f1d4aa6b3e3c533b875b8ba" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be used to fund—</text><subparagraph id="id7785f6f090a042e28b310871f1b4497d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research and development that will improve and focus long-term surveillance and monitoring of the site;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id609819a542b344049fceeae0d0c0df3d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">workforce development at the site; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8aa26919c1d44756ae4dac2287683878" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other activities as the Secretary considers appropriate; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb741c55c950b43b892f1239b3da59f85" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall require that the eligible association—</text><subparagraph id="id58817699d298408489c51f334ebfe7e0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engage in stakeholder engagement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8d6d62ce8b743cf9649011b34114e52" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the greatest extent practicable, incorporate Indigenous knowledge and the participation of local Indian Tribes in research and development and workforce development activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4458ec32a5d44fae8b19a973782c5f6d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="id76e90759f473423cad9541ca1fa50c1c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible association</term> means an association of 2 or more of the following:</text><subparagraph id="idf4b06bd7feda438dbb99795f08e5a236" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education (as that term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)) located in the State of Alaska.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55b71a5b50004f04a3f71211bd62472f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency of the State of Alaska.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d212540230b4ce48d3cb8503c3298d6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local Indian Tribe.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id508438f4e85843d09c886ef968266124" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization—</text><clause id="id46572f2aaff4473db2996b10fad17f2b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text></clause><clause id="id9adf719e29ec44b89f7e14254869b447" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located in the State of Alaska.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf702ebf7e9ec4e3bbbc0bd31531cb76e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>local Indian Tribe</term> means an Indian tribe (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)) that is located in the Aleut Region of the State of Alaska.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation for workers involved in uranium mining and individuals living downwind of atmospheric nuclear testing</header><section id="HCE56A3F50AE24C88BEAD951C96CF2687" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="idba6a2c7a2fde4e3791c3b40715459e0f"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision of law, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/426">Public Law 101–426</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note).</text></section><section id="H8E6EDE9FE05542D5BC3E168789E7A6BA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(d) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H2DAD05C931294B88A4DAF361AEA84C00" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the first sentence and inserting <quote>The Fund shall terminate 6 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H53EF8986009C4BE68135FAF400B2999C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2-year</quote> and inserting <quote>6-year</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HB0C12E4B7F63414F86B3B297BCFA56D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Claims relating to atmospheric testing</header><subsection id="id19FC0311184F4A4DBBE44805E4861840" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leukemia claims relating to Trinity Test in New Mexico and tests at the Nevada site and in the Pacific</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1)(A) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2ACD4B1DBF5C46E3BEEA6809A3D63028" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4CC9644C63194545A04559CD820A1270" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I), by striking <quote>October 31, 1958</quote> and inserting <quote>November 6, 1962</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83C74FED28F34B668B0D03E96DC6024B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II)—</text><clause id="id6EEB1ACB5841423C96FA900258ED2F76" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in the affected area</quote> and inserting <quote>in an affected area</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id53FBF73EC2EA47D4A84EEA5C94651456" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE06171A0024C4FBCA93DF16BA00F11C4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (V); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1A0D760D3DA54D29999E0896D186E2DB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subclause (II) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D3E3CB4F69E470495085B4ECFD4C374"><subclause id="id63D63BEFB93B4F608122EBA752E6E076" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was physically present in an affected area for a period of at least 1 year during the period beginning on September 24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 1962; </text></subclause><subclause id="id579C4BA999914FBE9B09BDB2B7215048" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was physically present in an affected area—</text><item id="id37BDB7889FC9489CBC33758DB156B9D2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period of at least 1 year during the period beginning on July 1, 1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or</text></item><item id="idD4038DFAAF574983904DA0EC40A58453" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the period beginning on April 25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 1962; or</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id420CB7E336824191827C12405B15C9A4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)(I), by striking <quote>physical presence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)</quote> and inserting <quote>physical presence described in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite participation described in clause (i)(V)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF2BA007FC284C97B5A0FB57F4AE28DA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts for claims related to leukemia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H886E9916959F4381A24278F119978DA2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>an amount</quote> and inserting <quote>the amount</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7342494DC4E4984A20038B52CD43208" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAFC933B6C3C4604B263DF47BEF988D8"><subparagraph id="H7DDEAF4E554B43D3B7A102001DE6EAC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the conditions described in subparagraph (C) are met, an individual who is described in subparagraph (A) shall receive $100,000.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id626E48BBDF784862A87E5F0450F667FD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions for claims related to leukemia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1)(C) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9C0FD1B065E94711B5E7E466A1BB7749" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3371909C84A14D38997C487280207A14" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3EC86D602A3A4CDAB51A656B25FA637A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specified diseases claims relating to Trinity Test in New Mexico and tests at the Nevada site and in the Pacific</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id37E2B5A6F02C4475ABCC9FF8DB691458" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="id00482CADD5414218BDD17F4EDE94EDDF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in the affected area</quote> and inserting <quote>in an affected area</quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4BF25F9EF4FA49B8A89227614F64FCA7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>1 year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0AD71E6D67C43F5BF41C35F52939BDC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>October 31, 1958</quote> and inserting <quote>November 6, 1962</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCAA4FD70C994324A80075977956C29F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)— </text><subparagraph id="idF8F66D0256264B07A69F76D0BA165270" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in the affected area</quote> and inserting <quote>in an affected area</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21E91DA905DA476FB93F84BF4CD328FF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCFDE359382F64A1B9E5BD474A4842273" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (E); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A63F779A1DE43A99D8AD08B8EFA3093"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2D81D5CD85D469589F0AE9031034F02"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id084E7A9648524A5E8E9344354634401E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was physically present in an affected area for a period of at least 1 year during the period beginning on September 24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 1962; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF160297FE023496FB84D8262638BF9A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was physically present in an affected area—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB897766DEC8142F98BAD567A85600FEC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period of at least 1 year during the period beginning on July 1, 1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F95741D87AD487F9B35340CF0E7E9A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the period beginning on April 25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 1962; or</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H793A64A7656E4374A287AD11CC697590" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts for claims related to specified diseases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter following subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) by striking <quote>$50,000 (in the case of an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or $75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subparagraph (C)),</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44E2C17AF5D040AA8FCD64ED16CF16B6" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Downwind States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b)(1) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2934CEFA9BC4C4697031196FE8538A0"><paragraph id="HC0F1D8C35F59494081CCFE900D2F6DE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>affected area</quote> means—</text><subparagraph id="idBDDDEA8BED1042C49813823F153F6325" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided under subparagraphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Guam; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3EDB41F102644466ADF88ABB5986C461" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a claim by an individual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or subsection (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20F99B363DF5470BA2FE6AB96ADDAEFD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a claim by an individual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or subsection (a)(2)(D), only Guam.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id18becdde2e5b4a5c8e795da5952d0a4e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chronic lymphocytic leukemia as a specified disease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b)(2) is amended by striking <quote>other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia</quote> and inserting <quote>including chronic lymphocytic leukemia</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="H15EC6E94604849EF880094E09B529C00" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Claims relating to uranium mining</header><subsection id="H6CFE5EA027FC4151AE7EE2F51E661450" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employees of mines and mills</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H35366FA61445414BB2FB692090C4E0C2" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(I)</quote> after <quote>(i)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB62B26FF029544D3B1B4A0BE06CF5400" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>December 31, 1971; and</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 1990; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8FF677D71EB421ABC92BF7D0734E91" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D239B603D8C4A1A9E00E30033002BA"><subclause id="HCDAB0AF36236440AB740DAC134786506" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was employed as a core driller in a State referred to in subclause (I) during the period described in such subclause; and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00C9E2B60A034815828B081774AB665F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended by inserting <quote>or renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury</quote> after <quote>nonmalignant respiratory disease</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBE027BF3E1F24ABE8F002E15ABD8C201" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Millers, core drillers, and ore transporters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H96B93C284DCB4B34BB627700A8BFD00" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, core driller,</quote> after <quote>was a miller</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDA8A59AE657845428DFB982976E45BF3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or was involved in remediation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium mill,</quote> after <quote>ore transporter</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E51DF4DF03549B0814492A86E4F53F7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(I)</quote> after <quote>clause (i)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H83496DAFF5CD460484046DD8CD28BF66" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking all that follows <quote>nonmalignant respiratory disease</quote> and inserting <quote>or renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D50512E23BC45A88DBF5F769700E822" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combined work histories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended—</text><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45E8AE856D5D4466BD4F9FF6D1471600" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (I); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1ECD92FC0C984C5981005E8597F1BEB9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B377FEA2C7940BBB5EF07C9C62CE279"><subclause id="H0B4E42A8C1AA44CD804399BA78CFD1DE" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9D745F7D28574828ACA8E630E5D4DEE8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not meet the conditions of subclause (I) or (II);</text></item><item id="H76BFE125E0134C9BB5A8D454D78EC97" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">worked, during the period described in clause (i)(I), in two or more of the following positions: miner, miller, core driller, and ore transporter;</text></item><item id="HD543396746614AD78BD926736FDF54CC" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of paragraph (4) or (5), or both; and</text></item><item id="HBD9DAADAD8A04D8AA099D68F87AF41B9" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submits written medical documentation that the individual developed lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory disease or renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to radiation through work in one or more of the positions referred to in item (bb);</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3817516E3A744AE2BFD2115D0217A0FF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dates of operation of uranium mine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 1971</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 1990</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9BDFF1619886428EA744A2585E09169D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rules relating to combined work histories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F1EDD68F5B14E69B47CFD00151E2B56"><paragraph id="HAF2E8236509E4729905EF98178E3615B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule relating to combined work histories for individuals with at least one year of experience</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual meets the requirements of this paragraph if the individual worked in one or more of the positions referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at least one year during the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H708ACCCEBCD84CB0B4767655373CC582" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule relating to combined work histories for miners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual meets the requirements of this paragraph if the individual, during the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to such number of working level months that the Attorney General determines, when combined with the exposure of such individual to radiation through work as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), results in such individual being exposed to a total level of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of exposure of an individual described in <internal-xref idref="HAF2E8236509E4729905EF98178E3615B" legis-path="(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H13D91BEC4982414BBB4923465E5627A2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Core driller</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(b) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HFFA26DE35B72464CA169A1649B000038" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (7);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H25587C1E114941E89D413C93CD91561F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B15A674B69A4B5596B3D78C80C12390" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D3298DED2B34EC19BE8187BAAE84F47"><paragraph id="HB9E219042C3248468214E922BC148DF4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>core driller</term> means any individual employed to engage in the act or process of obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or vanadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H931EBAA8161140329541A02E8B38DF3B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expansion of use of affidavits in determination of claims; regulations</header><subsection id="HD3C3E63985604CADBE2DCFE92C4FB630" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affidavits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(b) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5426E362CB354B588B038DF2BD41353"><paragraph id="HA9D025AF3BB248F483B1A2B8575858E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affidavits</header><subparagraph id="HEEEFD382E2F54D13A2B48F2788CCF79E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment History</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate the employment history of an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or ore transporter if the affidavit—</text><clause id="H44218BE6E444474DAFE0D21186A26C00" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the employment history of the individual;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDC2FB30A8AF4CBC97113ED6D85624EB" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attests to the employment history of the individual;</text></clause><clause id="H4AEB9396B4C445F500A87F00A1BFDB03" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made subject to penalty for perjury; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H22442C9471DF491EBBC895A8624D821D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA2F31B9421040EABBF698F3844474C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Physical Presence in Affected Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s physical presence in an affected area (as defined in section 4(b)(1)) during a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) or section 4(a)(2) if the affidavit—</text><clause id="H4310F4CA168040FD9420314BEA8700D9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s presence in an affected area during that time period;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98ACD2584EEF406F92F3C84D88ACD99" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attests to the individual’s presence in an affected area during that period;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A18FEEBEFAD4727B1F2BEA54C65DEB" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made subject to penalty for perjury; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE44B2B7E244A40ECA1469CF8D45B717C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD771FEF1F4AC46D2AE73224B4E2235A6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation at Testing Site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB30B55BC024C473F8D004086F9F76B00" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE98804E012C460382413B31145CA0A9" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attests to the individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00E8529F239B4B00AEA0E8641037CD7F" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made subject to penalty for perjury; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BBAB28943FD4A1400EFD4FD005E4078"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id7B5C22E5A8BE469C9AA7E6C65569F4D1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6">Section 6</external-xref> is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA26E296E9FC34FB1AC73AC4B957A3EF3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking <quote>section 4(a)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4(a)(2)(E)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB9C3AB74C7844E5AA40FECE1072D0AC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id92527BB954D744A29640CDDA612566B6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="idA363052D7DC440A2854C87CF5EB59E95" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id6E8BFA607153481FB5929CCF3AFD85A2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id674AFF36353346AD987B5443AB5E24AA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>section 4(a)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4(a)(2)(E)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1E25F8489BFF4472AA7E3A4A04A01F46" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16CBE7C2A733405E8DE6FF35977D4497" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><paragraph id="id25465190AD28431C82DB2F0C85EF9362" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6">Section 6(k)</external-xref> is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>, the Attorney General shall issue revised regulations to carry out this Act.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD595869FB6A84CE3862FC9845789647C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations in revisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing revised regulations under section 6(k) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/426">Public Law 101–426</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note), as amended under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall ensure that procedures with respect to the submission and processing of claims under such Act take into account and make allowances for the law, tradition, and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting as a record of proof of physical presence for a claimant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of being a holder of a post office box, a letter from an elected leader of an Indian tribe, or a record of any recognized tribal association or organization. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="HD25F3C859E634098AE2D13FB60F13F00" commented="no"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on claims</header><subsection commented="no" id="H2E1477C072D0460A83127C2C408698B8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of filing time</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/8">Section 8(a)</external-xref> is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H8EE04975FA4045220000FEDFE93CFDB6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H873B7FE36C2649CEABEA96B2D0F4B4CC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>RECA Extension Act of 2022</quote> and inserting <quote><short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HECF2BA1839DD4B6581727532F325EECA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resubmittal of claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/8">Section 8(b)</external-xref> is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5EE0CA9F17844E389F2E100728F942F"><subsection id="H6AFE0CE7A6B540458EDA6000BBFC7B3F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resubmittal of claims</header><paragraph id="H663CE3661C7F4C4281B4ED98E09AE27" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denied claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>, any claimant who has been denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a claim for consideration by the Attorney General in accordance with this Act not more than three times. Any resubmittal made before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title> shall not be applied to the limitation under the preceding sentence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H27FF2B5CF95245948BD0EAE5095FDDA7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previously successful claims</header><subparagraph id="H6761C104D75B487CBCD83E71996589EC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>, any claimant who received compensation under this Act may submit a request to the Attorney General for additional compensation and benefits. Such request shall contain—</text><clause id="H7C08939A1E6C4416A05FB18800A200CB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claimant’s name, social security number, and date of birth;</text></clause><clause id="H70EC938871454679BFBA962229520235" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of award received under this Act before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>;</text></clause><clause id="H1507722215A843C7B875F9E5BB704B35" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any additional benefits and compensation sought through such request; and</text></clause><clause id="H59100A1A6F364B6000C7067B04ADB598" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any additional information required by the Attorney General.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FF724F7E23141BC879297C083429971" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional Compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the claimant received compensation under this Act before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title> and submits a request under <internal-xref idref="H6761C104D75B487CBCD83E71996589EC" legis-path="(b)(2)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, the Attorney General shall—</text><clause id="H4D2F4F305641496F8F1BE8088904D67D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pay the claimant the amount that is equal to any excess of—</text><subclause id="H6EE871781A7F453EB2477DCB461212D2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount the claimant is eligible to receive under this Act (as amended by the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>); minus</text></subclause><subclause id="H5F02A8BB74D84FF4009D044C51C83C15" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate amount paid to the claimant under this Act before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024</short-title>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H413335DE815E4A92B73272C9F63D63E0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any case in which the claimant was compensated under section 4, provide the claimant with medical benefits under section 4(a)(5).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id0EF091CAB7774C69AA5986CBC2EDE34B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program on epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling</header><subsection id="id3B113F64B07F4A1C89375BE750E3B41F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text><paragraph id="id4615179882B9406F8BECA19918672750" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA95BF23FEFAC42439094BAE3EB2C0AE4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>program</term> means the grant program established under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8DD5345064DC4543B9060E2AD7A82596" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEA781614BBCC4516869CA6D55941FD70" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occupationally exposed individuals, including family members of uranium miners and millers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id56ABAF4037644732A7386068BC37B215" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall administer the program through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.</text></subsection><subsection id="idAACBA58742634E5391846827AAE40C5B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility and application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any institution of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eligible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID8F61DCA28AD140DFBD3B7672EC07DCC0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5A5141F3481743E98769E7F3F7FE71C2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program</header><subsection id="id90DB4DAC99F041E6B47374C3F70658ED" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered employees with cancer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7384l">42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53DC8489021B4D35929E07769F412E4B"><subparagraph id="IDae0bf359912f46ffa0ed8af284c1b2a6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual with a specified cancer who is a member of the Special Exposure Cohort, if and only if—</text><clause id="idA57C25E872574E2EAA5981B9E353019A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that individual contracted that specified cancer after beginning employment at a Department of Energy facility (in the case of a Department of Energy employee or Department of Energy contractor employee) or at an atomic weapons employer facility (in the case of an atomic weapons employee); or</text></clause><clause id="idD58101D7D061489BACD05EB9D6157EF4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that individual—</text><subclause id="id88E39951A8184BC6AABFD931574972AC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracted that specified cancer after beginning employment in a uranium mine or uranium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note) (including any individual who was employed in core drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, or any State the Attorney General makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of that Act; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A7821534A5E4C019C9B84BB67DF0E1C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill described under subclause (I) (including any individual who was employed in core drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idAAECEE5D56614139878A0102E61EC215" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of Special Exposure Cohort</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7384q">42 U.S.C. 7384q</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idE8954D447D1843A4B779EC3A6777D08F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE8941546D0F47158C4996D8412C9C6B"><paragraph id="id3132E2565A5D4300B634BA3FCD4E7B51" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the President whether there is a class of employees—</text><subparagraph id="id994EC2ABAD164CA994A030C459DBAC8F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at any Department of Energy facility who likely were exposed to radiation at that facility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they received; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4E2393B35CF4AD0BE14FBDA5883634F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note) (including any individual who was employed in core drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they received.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idD24847F04B7D494CB760AA1C0C49D8EF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9988305770544E16872105BDCFA28283"><subsection id="ID30801204c3444f77a63e71d99131599a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of additional members</header><paragraph id="IDaf0737d8c97b4390a77a7aaa89fef95f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the provisions of section 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic weapons employer facility, may be treated as members of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of the compensation program if the President, upon recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, determines that—</text><subparagraph id="IDf9aebdb627fa4c7590ad72b0a2dc3f2f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is not feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose that the class received; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6a27f9b3342244c1b2673a53771a84ab" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation dose may have endangered the health of members of the class.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7DE528C135234207B8396747D8CD83B0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the provisions of section 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2210">42 U.S.C. 2210</external-xref> note) (including any individual who was employed in core drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, may be treated as members of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of the compensation program if the President, upon recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, determines that—</text><subparagraph id="id178021D4561542A8ACC81C8935B89919" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is not feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose that the class received; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB6D368EA45A4BBBB8A21569571ABEC1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation dose may have endangered the health of members of the class.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idde489f4374ff4bd49fca686141c1c06b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO study and report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, a study on the importance of, and need for, unmet medical benefits coverage for individuals who were exposed to radiation in atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the Federal Government, and recommendations to provide such unmet medical benefits coverage for such individuals.</text></section>Passed the Senate March 7, 2024.Secretary