[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3521]
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  SA 523. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. REPORT REGARDING GOVERNMENT NUCLEAR TESTING AND 
                   COMPENSATION FOR RADIATION EXPOSURE.

       By not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General, shall prepare and submit a report to the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives that--
       (1) assesses the extent to which individuals affected by 
     Federal Government nuclear testing are prevented from 
     receiving compensation under the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note); and
       (2) describes the different groups, including an estimate 
     of the number of people in each group, who are affected by 
     Federal Government nuclear testing but are not compensated 
     under such Act, including people of the United States who 
     live in close proximity to where such testing occurred.
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