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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4426 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation |
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| 6 | 6 | | for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JUNE30, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | EGERFERNANDEZ(for herself, Mr. MOYLAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. |
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| 12 | 12 | | LUNTROCHESTER, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRI- |
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| 13 | 13 | | JALVA, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEEof California, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ms. L |
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| 15 | 15 | | OFGREN, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. ROSS, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Ms. S |
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| 17 | 17 | | CANLON, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. STAN- |
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| 18 | 18 | | TON, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. WEBERof |
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| 19 | 19 | | Texas, Ms. W |
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| 20 | 20 | | ILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. VASQUEZ, and Mr. FULCHER) in- |
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| 21 | 21 | | troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 24 | 24 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 25 | 25 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 26 | 26 | | A BILL |
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| 27 | 27 | | To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to im- |
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| 28 | 28 | | prove compensation for workers involved in uranium min- |
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| 29 | 29 | | ing, and for other purposes. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radiation Exposure 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Compensation Act Amendments of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi-4 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 5 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 6 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 7 |
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| 45 | 45 | | note). 8 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 9 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 3(d) is amended— 10 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 11 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘The Fund shall terminate 19 years after the date 12 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com-13 |
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| 51 | 51 | | pensation Act Amendments of 2023.’’; and 14 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘19- 15 |
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| 53 | 53 | | year’’. 16 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (a) L |
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| 56 | 56 | | EUKEMIACLAIMSRELATING TOTRINITYTEST 18 |
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| 57 | 57 | | INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENEVADASITE AND 19 |
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| 58 | 58 | | IN THEPACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 20 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) in clause (i)— 21 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘October 22 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31, 1958’’ and inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 23 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (B) in subclause (II)— 24 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 26 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-1 |
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| 69 | 69 | | colon; 2 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (C) by redesignating subclause (III) as 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | subclause (V); and 4 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (D) by inserting after subclause (II) the 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | following: 6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(III) was physically present in an af-7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | fected area for a period of at least 1 year 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | during the period beginning on September 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 1962; 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(IV) was physically present in an af-12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | fected area— 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 1 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | year during the period beginning on 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | July 1, 1946, and ending on Novem-16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ber 6, 1962; or 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(bb) for the period beginning on 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | April 25, 1962, and ending on No-19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | vember 6, 1962; or’’; and 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres-21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’ 23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub-24 |
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| 95 | 95 | | clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 1 |
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| 96 | 96 | | participation described in clause (i)(V)’’. 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (b) A |
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| 98 | 98 | | MOUNTS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the following: 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 105 | 105 | | MOUNT.—If the conditions de-9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi-10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | vidual who is described in subparagraph (A) 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | shall receive $150,000.’’. 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (c) C |
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| 110 | 110 | | ONDITIONS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1)(C) is amended— 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (1) by striking clause (i); and 15 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (d) S |
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| 116 | 116 | | PECIFIEDDISEASESCLAIMSRELATING TO 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | T |
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| 118 | 118 | | RINITYTEST INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENE-19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | VADASITE AND IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is 20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | amended— 21 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) in subparagraph (A)— 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 24 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | year’’; and 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (C) by striking ‘‘October 31, 1958’’ and 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (2) in subparagraph (B)— 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | paragraph (E); and 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(C) was physically present in an affected 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | area for a period of at least 1 year during the 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | period beginning on September 24, 1944, and 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ending on November 6, 1962; 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ‘‘(D) was physically present in an affected 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | area— 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(i) for a period of at least 1 year 19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | during the period beginning on July 1, 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | 1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or 21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(ii) for the period beginning on April 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | 25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | 1962; or’’. 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (e) AMOUNTS FORCLAIMSRELATED TOSPECIFIED 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | D |
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| 156 | 156 | | ISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol-2 |
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| 157 | 157 | | lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (d) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | $75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara-6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (f) M |
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| 163 | 163 | | EDICALBENEFITS.—Section 4(a) is amended 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(5) M |
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| 166 | 166 | | EDICAL BENEFITS.—An individual re-10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 13 |
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| 170 | 170 | | medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro-15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | gram Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384t).’’. 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (g) D |
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| 174 | 174 | | OWNWINDSTATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amend-17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ed to read as follows: 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara-20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 21 |
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| 179 | 179 | | Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Guam; 23 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi-1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or sub-2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | section (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi-4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or sub-5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | section (a)(2)(D), only Guam.’’. 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (h) C |
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| 191 | 191 | | HRONICLYMPHOCYTICLEUKEMIA AS ASPECI-7 |
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| 192 | 192 | | FIEDDISEASE.—Section 4(b)(2) is amended by striking 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘including chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’. 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | SEC. 5. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (a) E |
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| 197 | 197 | | MPLOYEES OF MINES ANDMILLS.—Section 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | 5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971; and’’ and 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990; or’’; and 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(II) was employed as a core driller in 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | a State referred to in subclause (I) during 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the period described in such subclause; 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | and’’. 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (b) M |
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| 208 | 208 | | INERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | by inserting ‘‘or renal cancer or any other chronic renal 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in-24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (c) MILLERS, COREDRILLERS, ANDORETRANS-1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘, core driller,’’ after ‘‘was a 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | miller’’; 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (2) by inserting ‘‘, or was involved in remedi-5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | mill,’’ after ‘‘ore transporter’’; 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (3) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (4) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri-11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (d) C |
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| 228 | 228 | | OMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I); 15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | and 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi-18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tions of subclause (I) or (II); 19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de-20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | the following positions: miner, miller, core 22 |
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| 238 | 238 | | driller, and ore transporter; 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para-24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | graph (4) or (5), or both; and 25 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu-1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | mentation that the individual developed 2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | disease or renal cancer or any other chron-4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ic renal disease, including nephritis and 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | radiation through work in one or more of 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | the positions referred to in item (bb);’’. 8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (e) D |
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| 253 | 253 | | ATES OFOPERATION OFURANIUMMINE.—Sec-9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | 1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (f) S |
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| 257 | 257 | | PECIALRULESRELATING TOCOMBINEDWORK 12 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ISTORIES.—Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the 13 |
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| 260 | 260 | | end the following: 14 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(4) S |
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| 262 | 262 | | PECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 15 |
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| 263 | 263 | | WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST 16 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE .—An individual meets 17 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 18 |
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| 266 | 266 | | worked in one or more of the positions referred to 19 |
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| 267 | 267 | | in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at 20 |
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| 268 | 268 | | least one year during the period described in para-21 |
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| 269 | 269 | | graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 22 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(5) S |
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| 271 | 271 | | PECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 23 |
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| 272 | 272 | | WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS .—An individual 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi-25 |
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| 277 | 277 | | vidual, during the period described in paragraph 1 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 2 |
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| 279 | 279 | | such number of working level months that the Attor-3 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ney General determines, when combined with the ex-4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | posure of such individual to radiation through work 5 |
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| 282 | 282 | | as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during 6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re-7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | exposure of an individual described in paragraph 10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (4).’’. 11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (g) D |
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| 289 | 289 | | EFINITION OFCOREDRILLER.—Section 5(b) is 12 |
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| 290 | 290 | | amended— 13 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 14 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (7); 15 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (2) by striking the period at the end of para-16 |
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| 294 | 294 | | graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi-19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va-21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.’’. 23 |
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| 304 | 304 | | SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA-1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (a) A |
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| 307 | 307 | | FFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) is amended by adding 3 |
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| 308 | 308 | | at the end the following: 4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 310 | 310 | | FFIDAVITS.— 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 312 | 312 | | MPLOYMENT HISTORY .—For pur-6 |
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| 313 | 313 | | poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac-7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi-8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | dence to substantiate the employment history of 9 |
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| 316 | 316 | | an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or 10 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ore transporter if the affidavit— 11 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 12 |
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| 319 | 319 | | material that may be used to substantiate 13 |
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| 320 | 320 | | the employment history of the individual; 14 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | of the individual; 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 17 |
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| 324 | 324 | | perjury; and 18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | the individual filing the claim. 20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 328 | 328 | | HYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED 21 |
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| 329 | 329 | | AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the Attorney 22 |
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| 330 | 330 | | General shall accept a written affidavit or dec-23 |
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| 331 | 331 | | laration as evidence to substantiate an individ-24 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ual’s physical presence in an affected area dur-25 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ing a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) 1 |
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| 337 | 337 | | or section 4(a)(2) if the affidavit— 2 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 3 |
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| 339 | 339 | | material that may be used to substantiate 4 |
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| 340 | 340 | | the individual’s presence in an affected 5 |
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| 341 | 341 | | area during that time period; 6 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres-7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ence in an affected area during that pe-8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | riod; 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 10 |
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| 346 | 346 | | perjury; and 11 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 12 |
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| 348 | 348 | | the individual filing the claim. 13 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 350 | 350 | | ARTICIPATION AT TESTING SITE .— 14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 16 |
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| 353 | 353 | | evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici-17 |
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| 354 | 354 | | pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 18 |
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| 355 | 355 | | detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 19 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | material that may be used to substantiate 21 |
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| 358 | 358 | | the individual’s participation onsite in a 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | test involving the atmospheric detonation 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | of a nuclear device; 24 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici-1 |
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| 365 | 365 | | pation onsite in a test involving the atmos-2 |
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| 366 | 366 | | pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 3 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 4 |
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| 368 | 368 | | perjury; and 5 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 6 |
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| 370 | 370 | | the individual filing the claim.’’. 7 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (b) T |
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| 372 | 372 | | ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 8 |
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| 373 | 373 | | Section 6 is amended— 9 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (1) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘section 10 |
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| 375 | 375 | | 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 11 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 12 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 13 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 14 |
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| 379 | 379 | | by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), 15 |
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| 380 | 380 | | or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and inserting 16 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 17 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 18 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-19 |
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| 384 | 384 | | section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 20 |
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| 385 | 385 | | section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 21 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 22 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 23 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-1 |
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| 392 | 392 | | tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2 |
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| 393 | 393 | | 4(a)(2)(E)’’; and 3 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 4 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in-5 |
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| 396 | 396 | | serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 6 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’. 7 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (c) R |
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| 399 | 399 | | EGULATIONS.— 8 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (1) I |
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| 401 | 401 | | N GENERAL.—Section 6(k) is amended by 9 |
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| 402 | 402 | | adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 10 |
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| 403 | 403 | | days after the date of enactment of the Radiation 11 |
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| 404 | 404 | | Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023, 12 |
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| 405 | 405 | | the Attorney General shall issue revised regulations 13 |
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| 406 | 406 | | to carry out this Act.’’. 14 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (2) C |
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| 408 | 408 | | ONSIDERATIONS IN REVISIONS .—In 15 |
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| 409 | 409 | | issuing revised regulations under section 6(k) of the 16 |
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| 410 | 410 | | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 17 |
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| 411 | 411 | | 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note), as amended under 18 |
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| 412 | 412 | | paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall ensure 19 |
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| 413 | 413 | | that procedures with respect to the submission and 20 |
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| 414 | 414 | | processing of claims under such Act take into ac-21 |
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| 415 | 415 | | count and make allowances for the law, tradition, 22 |
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| 416 | 416 | | and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting 23 |
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| 417 | 417 | | as a record of proof of physical presence for a claim-24 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of 25 |
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| 422 | 422 | | being a holder of a post office box, a letter from an 1 |
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| 423 | 423 | | elected leader of an Indian tribe, or a record of any 2 |
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| 424 | 424 | | recognized tribal association or organization. 3 |
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| 425 | 425 | | SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 4 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (a) E |
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| 427 | 427 | | XTENSION OFFILINGTIME.—Section 8(a) is 5 |
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| 428 | 428 | | amended— 6 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (1) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | years’’; and 8 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (2) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 9 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (b) R |
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| 433 | 433 | | ESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) is 10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | amended to read as follows: 11 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 436 | 436 | | ESUBMITTAL OFCLAIMS.— 12 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 438 | 438 | | ENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact-13 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 14 |
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| 440 | 440 | | Amendments of 2023, any claimant who has been 15 |
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| 441 | 441 | | denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 16 |
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| 442 | 442 | | claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 17 |
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| 443 | 443 | | accordance with this Act not more than three times. 18 |
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| 444 | 444 | | Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact-19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 20 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Amendments of 2023 shall not be applied to the lim-21 |
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| 447 | 447 | | itation under the preceding sentence. 22 |
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| 448 | 448 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 449 | 449 | | REVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS .— 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 451 | 451 | | N GENERAL.—After the date of en-24 |
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| 452 | 452 | | actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | tion Act Amendments of 2023, any claimant 1 |
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| 457 | 457 | | who received compensation under this Act may 2 |
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| 458 | 458 | | submit a request to the Attorney General for 3 |
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| 459 | 459 | | additional compensation and benefits. Such re-4 |
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| 460 | 460 | | quest shall contain— 5 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu-6 |
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| 462 | 462 | | rity number, and date of birth; 7 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 8 |
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| 464 | 464 | | under this Act before the date of enact-9 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ment of the Radiation Exposure Com-10 |
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| 466 | 466 | | pensation Act Amendments of 2023; 11 |
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| 467 | 467 | | ‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com-12 |
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| 468 | 468 | | pensation sought through such request; 13 |
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| 469 | 469 | | and 14 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ‘‘(iv) any additional information re-15 |
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| 471 | 471 | | quired by the Attorney General. 16 |
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| 472 | 472 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 473 | 473 | | DDITIONAL COMPENSATION .—If the 17 |
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| 474 | 474 | | claimant received compensation under this Act 18 |
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| 475 | 475 | | before the date of enactment of the Radiation 19 |
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| 476 | 476 | | Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 20 |
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| 477 | 477 | | 2023 and submits a request under subpara-21 |
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| 478 | 478 | | graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 22 |
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| 479 | 479 | | ‘‘(i) pay the claimant the amount that 23 |
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| 480 | 480 | | is equal to any excess of— 24 |
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| 484 | 484 | | ‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 1 |
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| 485 | 485 | | eligible to receive under this Act (as 2 |
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| 486 | 486 | | amended by the Radiation Exposure 3 |
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| 487 | 487 | | Compensation Act Amendments of 4 |
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| 488 | 488 | | 2023); minus 5 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 6 |
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| 490 | 490 | | to the claimant under this Act before 7 |
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| 491 | 491 | | the date of enactment of the Radi-8 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ation Exposure Compensation Act 9 |
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| 493 | 493 | | Amendments of 2023; and 10 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ‘‘(ii) in any case in which the claimant 11 |
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| 495 | 495 | | was compensated under section 4, provide 12 |
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| 496 | 496 | | the claimant with medical benefits under 13 |
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| 497 | 497 | | section 4(a)(5).’’. 14 |
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| 498 | 498 | | SEC. 8. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACTS 15 |
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| 499 | 499 | | OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 16 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (a) D |
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| 501 | 501 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section— 17 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 18 |
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| 503 | 503 | | has the meaning given under section 101 of the 19 |
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| 504 | 504 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 20 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro-21 |
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| 506 | 506 | | gram established under subsection (b); and 22 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 23 |
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| 508 | 508 | | of Health and Human Services. 24 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 1 |
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| 513 | 513 | | a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 2 |
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| 514 | 514 | | of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 3 |
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| 515 | 515 | | program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 4 |
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| 516 | 516 | | impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu-5 |
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| 517 | 517 | | pationally exposed individuals, including family members 6 |
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| 518 | 518 | | of uranium miners and millers. 7 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (c) A |
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| 520 | 520 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-8 |
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| 521 | 521 | | ister the program through the National Institute of Envi-9 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ronmental Health Sciences. 10 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (d) E |
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| 524 | 524 | | LIGIBILITY ANDAPPLICATION.—Any institution 11 |
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| 525 | 525 | | of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli-12 |
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| 526 | 526 | | gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 13 |
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| 527 | 527 | | institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli-14 |
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| 528 | 528 | | cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 15 |
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| 529 | 529 | | accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 16 |
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| 530 | 530 | | reasonably require. 17 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (e) A |
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| 532 | 532 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 18 |
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| 533 | 533 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 19 |
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| 534 | 534 | | $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026. 20 |
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| 535 | 535 | | SEC. 9. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 21 |
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| 536 | 536 | | COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 22 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (a) C |
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| 538 | 538 | | OVEREDEMPLOYEESWITHCANCER.—Section 23 |
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| 539 | 539 | | 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 24 |
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| 540 | 540 | | Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)) 25 |
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| 544 | 544 | | is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 1 |
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| 545 | 545 | | the following: 2 |
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| 546 | 546 | | ‘‘(A) An individual with a specified cancer 3 |
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| 547 | 547 | | who is a member of the Special Exposure Co-4 |
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| 548 | 548 | | hort, if and only if— 5 |
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| 549 | 549 | | ‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 6 |
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| 550 | 550 | | specified cancer after beginning employ-7 |
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| 551 | 551 | | ment at a Department of Energy facility 8 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (in the case of a Department of Energy 9 |
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| 553 | 553 | | employee or Department of Energy con-10 |
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| 554 | 554 | | tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 11 |
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| 555 | 555 | | employer facility (in the case of an atomic 12 |
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| 556 | 556 | | weapons employee); or 13 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ‘‘(ii) that individual— 14 |
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| 558 | 558 | | ‘‘(I) contracted that specified 15 |
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| 559 | 559 | | cancer after beginning employment in 16 |
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| 560 | 560 | | a uranium mine or uranium mill de-17 |
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| 561 | 561 | | scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 18 |
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| 562 | 562 | | the Radiation Exposure Compensation 19 |
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| 563 | 563 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including 20 |
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| 564 | 564 | | any individual who was employed in 21 |
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| 565 | 565 | | core drilling or the transport of ura-22 |
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| 566 | 566 | | nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 23 |
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| 567 | 567 | | from such mine or mill) located in 24 |
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| 568 | 568 | | Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo-25 |
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| 573 | 573 | | Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 2 |
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| 574 | 574 | | Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen-3 |
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| 575 | 575 | | eral makes a determination under sec-4 |
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| 576 | 576 | | tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 5 |
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| 577 | 577 | | of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of 6 |
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| 578 | 578 | | that Act; and 7 |
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| 579 | 579 | | ‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 8 |
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| 580 | 580 | | mine or uranium mill described under 9 |
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| 581 | 581 | | subclause (I) (including any individual 10 |
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| 582 | 582 | | who was employed in core drilling or 11 |
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| 583 | 583 | | the transport of uranium ore or vana-12 |
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| 584 | 584 | | dium-uranium ore from such mine or 13 |
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| 585 | 585 | | mill) at any time during the period 14 |
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| 586 | 586 | | beginning on January 1, 1942, and 15 |
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| 587 | 587 | | ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 16 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (b) M |
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| 589 | 589 | | EMBERS OFSPECIALEXPOSURECOHORT.— 17 |
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| 590 | 590 | | Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-18 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 592 | 592 | | 7384q) is amended— 20 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 21 |
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| 594 | 594 | | and inserting the following: 22 |
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| 595 | 595 | | ‘‘(1) The Advisory Board on Radiation and 23 |
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| 596 | 596 | | Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 24 |
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| 597 | 597 | | President whether there is a class of employees— 25 |
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| 601 | 601 | | ‘‘(A) at any Department of Energy facility 1 |
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| 602 | 602 | | who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa-2 |
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| 603 | 603 | | cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 3 |
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| 604 | 604 | | with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 4 |
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| 605 | 605 | | received; and 5 |
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| 606 | 606 | | ‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura-6 |
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| 607 | 607 | | nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 7 |
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| 608 | 608 | | of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 8 |
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| 609 | 609 | | (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 9 |
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| 610 | 610 | | who was employed in core drilling or the trans-10 |
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| 611 | 611 | | port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 11 |
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| 612 | 612 | | from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 12 |
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| 613 | 613 | | New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 13 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or-14 |
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| 615 | 615 | | egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen-15 |
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| 616 | 616 | | eral makes a determination under section 16 |
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| 617 | 617 | | 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 17 |
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| 618 | 618 | | under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time 18 |
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| 619 | 619 | | during the period beginning on January 1, 19 |
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| 620 | 620 | | 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 20 |
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| 621 | 621 | | likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 21 |
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| 622 | 622 | | mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 22 |
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| 623 | 623 | | with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 23 |
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| 624 | 624 | | received.’’; and 24 |
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| 629 | 629 | | following: 2 |
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| 630 | 630 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 631 | 631 | | ESIGNATION OFADDITIONALMEMBERS.— 3 |
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| 632 | 632 | | ‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of section 4 |
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| 633 | 633 | | 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 5 |
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| 634 | 634 | | a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 6 |
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| 635 | 635 | | weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem-7 |
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| 636 | 636 | | bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 8 |
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| 637 | 637 | | the compensation program if the President, upon 9 |
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| 638 | 638 | | recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 10 |
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| 639 | 639 | | and Worker Health, determines that— 11 |
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| 640 | 640 | | ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-12 |
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| 642 | 642 | | class received; and 14 |
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| 643 | 643 | | ‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 15 |
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| 644 | 644 | | such radiation dose may have endangered the 16 |
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| 645 | 645 | | health of members of the class. 17 |
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| 646 | 646 | | ‘‘(2) Subject to the provisions of section 18 |
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| 647 | 647 | | 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 19 |
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| 648 | 648 | | employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de-20 |
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| 649 | 649 | | scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 21 |
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| 650 | 650 | | Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 22 |
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| 651 | 651 | | (including any individual who was employed in core 23 |
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| 652 | 652 | | drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana-24 |
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| 658 | 658 | | Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 2 |
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| 659 | 659 | | Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 3 |
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| 660 | 660 | | makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that 4 |
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| 661 | 661 | | Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) 5 |
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| 662 | 662 | | of that Act, at any time during the period beginning 6 |
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| 663 | 663 | | on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 7 |
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| 664 | 664 | | 1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex-8 |
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| 665 | 665 | | posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro-9 |
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| 666 | 666 | | gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 10 |
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| 667 | 667 | | Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 11 |
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| 668 | 668 | | determines that— 12 |
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| 669 | 669 | | ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-13 |
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| 670 | 670 | | ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 14 |
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| 671 | 671 | | class received; and 15 |
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| 672 | 672 | | ‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 16 |
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| 673 | 673 | | such radiation dose may have endangered the 17 |
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