[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1590. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1065. STUDY ON RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM ATOMIC TESTING 
                   CLEANUP ON THE ENEWETAK ATOLL.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall 
     conduct a study on radiation exposure from the atomic testing 
     cleanup that occurred on the Enewetak Atoll during the period 
     of years beginning with 1977 and ending with 1980.
       (b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A determination of the amount of radiation that members 
     of the Armed Forces and civilians were exposed to as a result 
     of the atomic testing cleanup that described in subsection 
     (a), especially with respect to those who were located on 
     Runit Island during such cleanup.
       (2) Identification of the effects of the exposure described 
     in paragraph (1).
       (3) An estimate of the number of surviving veterans and 
     other civilians who were exposed as described in paragraph 
     (1).
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