[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8791-S8792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4850. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXTENSION OF FUND.

       (a) In General.--Section 3(d) of the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting ``The Fund 
     shall terminate 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``22-year'' and inserting ``2-year''.
       (b) Transfer of Amounts.--Section 3 of the Radiation 
     Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 
     note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Transfer of Amounts.--Notwithstanding any limitations 
     on the use of amounts described in section 524(c) of title 
     28, United States Code, during the 2-year period described in 
     subsection (d), the Attorney General shall transfer such 
     amounts as are necessary to carry out disbursements under 
     this Act from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
     Fund established under such section 524(c) to the Fund.''.
       (c) Affected Areas.--Section 4 of the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101-426) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in clause (i)--

       (aa) in subclause (II), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (bb) by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (IV); 
     and
       (cc) by inserting after subclause (II) the following:

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       ``(III) was physically present in the affected area 
     described in subsection (b)(1)(D) for the period beginning on 
     July 16, 1945, and ending on August 16, 1945; or''; and
       (II) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``physical presence 
     described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) or onsite 
     participation described in clause (i)(III)'' and inserting 
     ``physical presence described in subclause (I), (II), or 
     (III) of clause (i) or onsite participation described in 
     clause (i)(IV)''; and

       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``subclause (I) or (II) of 
     subparagraph (A)(i)'' and inserting ``subclause (I), (II), or 
     (III) of subparagraph (A)(i)''; and
       (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``subclause (III)'' and 
     inserting ``subclause (IV)''; and

       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, or'' and inserting 
     a comma;
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
       (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C) was physically present in the affected area described 
     in subsection (b)(1)(D) for the period beginning on July 16, 
     1945, and ending on August 16, 1945, or''; and
       (iv) in the matter following subparagraph (D), as so 
     redesignated, by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and all 
     that follows through ``subparagraph (C)'' and inserting 
     ``subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)) or $75,000 (in the case of 
     an individual described in subparagraph (D)''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``in the State'' and 
     all that follows through ``Piute'' and inserting ``the State 
     of Utah'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) with respect to a claim by an individual under 
     subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or subsection (a)(2)(C), only 
     the counties of Bernalillo, Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln, 
     Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, and 
     Valencia in the State of New Mexico; and''.
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