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	2	+	Calendar No. 336
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION S. 3853
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	To extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure Com-
	7	+	pensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for
	8	+	claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation
	9	+	for workers involved in uranium mining.
	10	+	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
	11	+	FEBRUARY29, 2024
	12	+	Mr. H
	13	+	AWLEYintroduced the following bill; which was read the first time
	14	+	M
	15	+	ARCH5, 2024
	16	+	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
	17	+	A BILL
5	18		To extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation
6	19		Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for com-
7	20		pensation under such Act for claims relating to Manhat-
8	21		tan Project waste, and to improve compensation for
9	22		workers involved in uranium mining.
10	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
12		-	†S 3853 ES
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13	28		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
14	29		(a) S
15	30		HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
16	31		‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization 3
17	32		Act’’. 4
18	33		(b) T
19	34		ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 5
20	35		this Act is as follows: 6
21	36		Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
22	37		TITLE I—MANHATTAN PROJECT WASTE
23	38		Sec. 101. Short title.
24	39		Sec. 102. Claims relating to Manhattan Project waste.
25	40		Sec. 103. Cooperative agreement.
26	41		TITLE II— COMPENSATION FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN URA-
27	42		NIUM MINING AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING DOWNWIND OF AT-
28	43		MOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING
29	44		Sec. 201. Short title.
30	45		Sec. 202. References.
31	46		Sec. 203. Extension of fund.
32	47		Sec. 204. Claims relating to atmospheric testing.
33	48		Sec. 205. Claims relating to uranium mining.
34	49		Sec. 206. Expansion of use of affidavits in determination of claims; regulations.
35	50		Sec. 207. Limitation on claims.
36	51		Sec. 208. Grant program on epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and
37	52		milling.
38	53		Sec. 209. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
39	54		Sec. 210. GAO study and report.
40	55		TITLE I—MANHATTAN PROJECT 7
41	56		WASTE 8
42	57		SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 9
43	58		(a) S
44	59		HORTTITLE.—This title may be cited as the 10
45		-	‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation Expansion Act’’. 11 3
46		-	†S 3853 ES
	60	+	‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation Expansion Act’’. 11
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47	64		SEC. 102. CLAIMS RELATING TO MANHATTAN PROJECT 1
48	65		WASTE. 2
49	66		The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public 3
50	67		Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by insert-4
51	68		ing after section 5 the following: 5
52	69		‘‘SEC. 5A. CLAIMS RELATING TO MANHATTAN PROJECT 6
53	70		WASTE. 7
54	71		‘‘(a) I
55	72		NGENERAL.—A claimant shall receive com-8
56	73		pensation for a claim made under this Act, as described 9
57	74		in subsection (b) or (c), if— 10
58	75		‘‘(1) a claim for compensation is filed with the 11
59	76		Attorney General— 12
60	77		‘‘(A) by an individual described in para-13
61	78		graph (2); or 14
62	79		‘‘(B) on behalf of that individual by an au-15
63	80		thorized agent of that individual, if the indi-16
64	81		vidual is deceased or incapacitated, such as— 17
65	82		‘‘(i) an executor of estate of that indi-18
66	83		vidual; or 19
67	84		‘‘(ii) a legal guardian or conservator 20
68	85		of that individual; 21
69	86		‘‘(2) that individual, or if applicable, an author-22
70	87		ized agent of that individual, demonstrates that the 23
71		-	individual— 24 4
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73	92		‘‘(A) was physically present in an affected 1
74	93		area for a period of at least 2 years after Janu-2
75	94		ary 1, 1949; and 3
76	95		‘‘(B) contracted a specified disease after 4
77	96		such period of physical presence; 5
78	97		‘‘(3) the Attorney General certifies that the 6
79	98		identity of that individual, and if applicable, the au-7
80	99		thorized agent of that individual, is not fraudulent 8
81	100		or otherwise misrepresented; and 9
82	101		‘‘(4) the Attorney General determines that the 10
83	102		claimant has satisfied the applicable requirements of 11
84	103		this Act. 12
85	104		‘‘(b) L
86	105		OSSESAVAILABLE TOLIVINGAFFECTEDINDI-13
87	106		VIDUALS.— 14
88	107		‘‘(1) I
89	108		N GENERAL.—In the event of a claim 15
90	109		qualifying for compensation under subsection (a) 16
91	110		that is submitted to the Attorney General to be eligi-17
92	111		ble for compensation under this section at a time 18
93	112		when the individual described in subsection (a)(2) is 19
94	113		living, the amount of compensation under this sec-20
95	114		tion shall be in an amount that is the greater of 21
96	115		$50,000 or the total amount of compensation for 22
97	116		which the individual is eligible under paragraph (2). 23
98	117		‘‘(2) L
99	118		OSSES DUE TO MEDICAL EXPENSES .—A 24
100		-	claimant described in paragraph (1) shall be eligible 25 5
101		-	†S 3853 ES
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102	123		to receive, upon submission of contemporaneous 1
103	124		written medical records, reports, or billing state-2
104	125		ments created by or at the direction of a licensed 3
105	126		medical professional who provided contemporaneous 4
106	127		medical care to the claimant, additional compensa-5
107	128		tion in the amount of all documented out-of-pocket 6
108	129		medical expenses incurred as a result of the specified 7
109	130		disease suffered by that claimant, such as any med-8
110	131		ical expenses not covered, paid for, or reimbursed 9
111	132		through— 10
112	133		‘‘(A) any public or private health insur-11
113	134		ance; 12
114	135		‘‘(B) any employee health insurance; 13
115	136		‘‘(C) any workers’ compensation program; 14
116	137		or 15
117	138		‘‘(D) any other public, private, or employee 16
118	139		health program or benefit. 17
119	140		‘‘(c) P
120	141		AYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES OFDECEASED 18
121	142		I
122	143		NDIVIDUALS.—In the event that an individual described 19
123	144		in subsection (a)(2) who qualifies for compensation under 20
124	145		subsection (a) is deceased at the time of submission of 21
125	146		the claim— 22
126	147		‘‘(1) a surviving spouse may, upon submission 23
127	148		of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the re-24
128		-	quirements of subsection (a) with respect to the de-25 6
129		-	†S 3853 ES
	149	+	quirements of subsection (a) with respect to the de-25
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130	153		ceased individual, receive compensation in the 1
131	154		amount of $25,000; or 2
132	155		‘‘(2) in the event that there is no surviving 3
133	156		spouse, the surviving children, minor or otherwise, of 4
134	157		the deceased individual may, upon submission of a 5
135	158		claim and records sufficient to satisfy the require-6
136	159		ments of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased 7
137	160		individual, receive compensation in the total amount 8
138	161		of $25,000, paid in equal shares to each surviving 9
139	162		child. 10
140	163		‘‘(d) A
141	164		FFECTEDAREA.—For purposes of this section, 11
142	165		the term ‘affected area’ means— 12
143	166		‘‘(1) in the State of Missouri, the ZIP Codes of 13
144	167		63031, 63033, 63034, 63042, 63045, 63074, 63114, 14
145	168		63135, 63138, 63044, 63121, 63140, 63145, 63147, 15
146	169		63102, 63304, 63134, 63043, 63341, 63368, and 16
147	170		63367; 17
148	171		‘‘(2) in the State of Tennessee, the ZIP Codes 18
149	172		of 37716, 37840, 37719, 37748, 37763, 37828, 19
150	173		37769, 37710, 37845, 37887, 37829, 37854, 37830, 20
151	174		and 37831; 21
152	175		‘‘(3) in the State of Alaska, the ZIP Codes of 22
153	176		99546 and 99547; and 23
154	177		‘‘(4) in the State of Kentucky, the ZIP Codes 24
155		-	of 42001, 42003, and 42086. 25 7
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157	182		‘‘(e) SPECIFIEDDISEASE.—For purposes of this sec-1
158	183		tion, the term ‘specified disease’ means any of the fol-2
159	184		lowing: 3
160	185		‘‘(1) Any leukemia, other than chronic 4
161	186		lymphocytic leukemia, provided that the initial expo-5
162	187		sure occurred after the age of 20 and the onset of 6
163	188		the disease was at least 2 years after first exposure. 7
164	189		‘‘(2) Any of the following diseases, provided 8
165	190		that the onset was at least 2 years after the initial 9
166	191		exposure: 10
167	192		‘‘(A) Multiple myeloma. 11
168	193		‘‘(B) Lymphoma, other than Hodgkin’s 12
169	194		disease. 13
170	195		‘‘(C) Primary cancer of the— 14
171	196		‘‘(i) thyroid; 15
172	197		‘‘(ii) male or female breast; 16
173	198		‘‘(iii) esophagus; 17
174	199		‘‘(iv) stomach; 18
175	200		‘‘(v) pharynx; 19
176	201		‘‘(vi) small intestine; 20
177	202		‘‘(vii) pancreas; 21
178	203		‘‘(viii) bile ducts; 22
179	204		‘‘(ix) gall bladder; 23
180	205		‘‘(x) salivary gland; 24
181		-	‘‘(xi) urinary bladder; 25 8
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183	210		‘‘(xii) brain; 1
184	211		‘‘(xiii) colon; 2
185	212		‘‘(xiv) ovary; 3
186	213		‘‘(xv) bone; 4
187	214		‘‘(xvi) renal; 5
188	215		‘‘(xvii) liver, except if cirrhosis or hep-6
189	216		atitis B is indicated; or 7
190	217		‘‘(xviii) lung. 8
191	218		‘‘(f) P
192	219		HYSICALPRESENCE.— 9
193	220		‘‘(1) I
194	221		N GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-10
195	222		tion, the Attorney General shall not determine that 11
196	223		a claimant has satisfied the requirements of sub-12
197	224		section (a) unless demonstrated by submission of— 13
198	225		‘‘(A) contemporaneous written residential 14
199	226		documentation and at least 1 additional em-15
200	227		ployer-issued or government-issued document or 16
201	228		record that the claimant, for at least 2 years 17
202	229		after January 1, 1949, was physically present 18
203	230		in an affected area; or 19
204	231		‘‘(B) other documentation determined by 20
205	232		the Attorney General to demonstrate that the 21
206	233		claimant, for at least 2 years after January 1, 22
207	234		1949, was physically present in an affected 23
208		-	area. 24 9
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210	239		‘‘(2) TYPES OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE .—For 1
211	240		purposes of determining physical presence under this 2
212	241		section, a claimant shall be considered to have been 3
213	242		physically present in an affected area if— 4
214	243		‘‘(A) the claimant’s primary residence was 5
215	244		in the affected area; 6
216	245		‘‘(B) the claimant’s place of employment 7
217	246		was in the affected area; or 8
218	247		‘‘(C) the claimant attended school in the 9
219	248		affected area. 10
220	249		‘‘(g) D
221	250		ISEASECONTRACTION IN AFFECTED 11
222	251		A
223	252		REAS.—For purposes of this section, the Attorney Gen-12
224	253		eral shall not determine that a claimant has satisfied the 13
225	254		requirements of subsection (a) unless the claimant sub-14
226	255		mits— 15
227	256		‘‘(1) written medical records or reports created 16
228	257		by or at the direction of a licensed medical profes-17
229	258		sional, created contemporaneously with the provision 18
230	259		of medical care to the claimant, that the claimant, 19
231	260		after a period of physical presence in an affected 20
232	261		area, contracted a specified disease; or 21
233	262		‘‘(2) other documentation determined by the At-22
234	263		torney General to demonstrate that the claimant 23
235	264		contracted a specified disease after a period of phys-24
236		-	ical presence in an affected area.’’. 25 10
237		-	†S 3853 ES
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238	269		SEC. 103. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 1
239	270		(a) I
240	271		NGENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2
241	272		2024, the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Direc-3
242	273		tor of the Office of Legacy Management, shall award to 4
243	274		an eligible association a cooperative agreement to support 5
244	275		the safeguarding of human and ecological health at the 6
245	276		Amchitka, Alaska, Site. 7
246	277		(b) R
247	278		EQUIREMENTS.—A cooperative agreement 8
248	279		awarded under subsection (a)— 9
249	280		(1) may be used to fund— 10
250	281		(A) research and development that will im-11
251	282		prove and focus long-term surveillance and 12
252	283		monitoring of the site; 13
253	284		(B) workforce development at the site; and 14
254	285		(C) such other activities as the Secretary 15
255	286		considers appropriate; and 16
256	287		(2) shall require that the eligible association— 17
257	288		(A) engage in stakeholder engagement; and 18
258	289		(B) to the greatest extent practicable, in-19
259	290		corporate Indigenous knowledge and the partici-20
260	291		pation of local Indian Tribes in research and 21
261	292		development and workforce development activi-22
262	293		ties. 23
263	294		(c) D
264		-	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 11
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266	299		(1) ELIGIBLE ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-1
267	300		ble association’’ means an association of 2 or more 2
268	301		of the following: 3
269	302		(A) An institution of higher education (as 4
270	303		that term is defined in section 101(a) of the 5
271	304		Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6
272	305		1001(a))) located in the State of Alaska. 7
273	306		(B) An agency of the State of Alaska. 8
274	307		(C) A local Indian Tribe. 9
275	308		(D) An organization— 10
276	309		(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of 11
277	310		the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-12
278	311		empt from taxation under section 501(a) 13
279	312		of such Code; and 14
280	313		(ii) located in the State of Alaska. 15
281	314		(2) L
282	315		OCAL INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘local In-16
283	316		dian Tribe’’ means an Indian tribe (as that term is 17
284	317		defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 18
285	318		and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) 19
286	319		that is located in the Aleut Region of the State of 20
287		-	Alaska. 21 12
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289	324		TITLE II— COMPENSATION FOR 1
290	325		WORKERS INVOLVED IN URA-2
291	326		NIUM MINING AND INDIVID-3
292	327		UALS LIVING DOWNWIND OF 4
293	328		ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR 5
294	329		TESTING 6
295	330		SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 7
296	331		This title may be cited as the ‘‘Radiation Exposure 8
297	332		Compensation Act Amendments of 2024’’. 9
298	333		SEC. 202. REFERENCES. 10
299	334		Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 11
300	335		this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 12
301	336		of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi-13
302	337		sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 14
303	338		to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 15
304	339		Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 16
305	340		note). 17
306	341		SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF FUND. 18
307	342		Section 3(d) is amended— 19
308	343		(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 20
309	344		‘‘The Fund shall terminate 6 years after the date of 21
310	345		the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-22
311	346		tion Act Amendments of 2024.’’; and 23
312		-	(2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘6-year’’. 24 13
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314	351		SEC. 204. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 1
315	352		(a) L
316	353		EUKEMIACLAIMSRELATING TOTRINITYTEST 2
317	354		INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENEVADASITE AND 3
318	355		IN THEPACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 4
319	356		(1) in clause (i)— 5
320	357		(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘October 6
321	358		31, 1958’’ and inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 7
322	359		(B) in subclause (II)— 8
323	360		(i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ 9
324	361		and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 10
325	362		(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-11
326	363		colon; 12
327	364		(C) by redesignating subclause (III) as 13
328	365		subclause (V); and 14
329	366		(D) by inserting after subclause (II) the 15
330	367		following: 16
331	368		‘‘(III) was physically present in an af-17
332	369		fected area for a period of at least 1 year 18
333	370		during the period beginning on September 19
334	371		24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 20
335	372		1962; 21
336	373		‘‘(IV) was physically present in an af-22
337	374		fected area— 23
338	375		‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 1 24
339		-	year during the period beginning on 25 14
340		-	†S 3853 ES
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341	380		July 1, 1946, and ending on Novem-1
342	381		ber 6, 1962; or 2
343	382		‘‘(bb) for the period beginning on 3
344	383		April 25, 1962, and ending on No-4
345	384		vember 6, 1962; or’’; and 5
346	385		(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres-6
347	386		ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 7
348	387		or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’ 8
349	388		and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub-9
350	389		clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 10
351	390		participation described in clause (i)(V)’’. 11
352	391		(b) A
353	392		MOUNTS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-12
354	393		KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 13
355	394		(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an 14
356	395		amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 15
357	396		(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 16
358	397		the following: 17
359	398		‘‘(B) A
360	399		MOUNT.—If the conditions de-18
361	400		scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi-19
362	401		vidual who is described in subparagraph (A) 20
363	402		shall receive $100,000.’’. 21
364	403		(c) C
365	404		ONDITIONS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-22
366	405		KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1)(C) is amended— 23
367		-	(1) by striking clause (i); and 24 15
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369	410		(2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 1
370	411		clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 2
371	412		(d) S
372	413		PECIFIEDDISEASESCLAIMSRELATING TO 3
373	414		T
374	415		RINITYTEST INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENE-4
375	416		VADASITE AND IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is 5
376	417		amended— 6
377	418		(1) in subparagraph (A)— 7
378	419		(A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 8
379	420		inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 9
380	421		(B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 10
381	422		year’’; and 11
382	423		(C) by striking ‘‘October 31, 1958’’ and 12
383	424		inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 13
384	425		(2) in subparagraph (B)— 14
385	426		(A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 15
386	427		inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 16
387	428		(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 17
388	429		(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-18
389	430		paragraph (E); and 19
390	431		(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-20
391	432		lowing: 21
392	433		‘‘(C) was physically present in an affected 22
393	434		area for a period of at least 1 year during the 23
394	435		period beginning on September 24, 1944, and 24
395		-	ending on November 6, 1962; 25 16
396		-	†S 3853 ES
	436	+	ending on November 6, 1962; 25
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397	440		‘‘(D) was physically present in an affected 1
398	441		area— 2
399	442		‘‘(i) for a period of at least 1 year 3
400	443		during the period beginning on July 1, 4
401	444		1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or 5
402	445		‘‘(ii) for the period beginning on April 6
403	446		25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 7
404	447		1962; or’’. 8
405	448		(e) A
406	449		MOUNTS FORCLAIMSRELATED TOSPECIFIED 9
407	450		D
408	451		ISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol-10
409	452		lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 11
410	453		(d) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 12
411	454		an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or 13
412	455		$75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara-14
413	456		graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 15
414	457		(f) D
415	458		OWNWINDSTATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amended 16
416	459		to read as follows: 17
417	460		‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 18
418	461		‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara-19
419	462		graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 20
420	463		Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 21
421	464		Guam; 22
422	465		‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi-23
423	466		vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or sub-24
424		-	section (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 25 17
425		-	†S 3853 ES
	467	+	section (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 25
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426	471		‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi-1
427	472		vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or sub-2
428	473		section (a)(2)(D), only Guam.’’. 3
429	474		(g) C
430	475		HRONICLYMPHOCYTICLEUKEMIA AS ASPECI-4
431	476		FIEDDISEASE.—Section 4(b)(2) is amended by striking 5
432	477		‘‘other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’ and inserting 6
433	478		‘‘including chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’. 7
434	479		SEC. 205. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 8
435	480		(a) E
436	481		MPLOYEES OF MINES ANDMILLS.—Section 9
437	482		5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 10
438	483		(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; 11
439	484		(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971; and’’ and 12
440	485		inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990; or’’; and 13
441	486		(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
442	487		‘‘(II) was employed as a core driller in 15
443	488		a State referred to in subclause (I) during 16
444	489		the period described in such subclause; 17
445	490		and’’. 18
446	491		(b) M
447	492		INERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended 19
448	493		by inserting ‘‘or renal cancer or any other chronic renal 20
449	494		disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in-21
450	495		jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 22
451	496		(c) M
452	497		ILLERS, COREDRILLERS, ANDORETRANS-23
453		-	PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 24 18
454		-	†S 3853 ES
	498	+	PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 24
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455	502		(1) by inserting ‘‘, core driller,’’ after ‘‘was a 1
456	503		miller’’; 2
457	504		(2) by inserting ‘‘, or was involved in remedi-3
458	505		ation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium 4
459	506		mill,’’ after ‘‘ore transporter’’; 5
460	507		(3) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 6
461	508		(4) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 7
462	509		respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer 8
463	510		or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri-9
464	511		tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 10
465	512		(d) C
466	513		OMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 11
467	514		5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 12
468	515		(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I); 13
469	516		and 14
470	517		(2) by adding at the end the following: 15
471	518		‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi-16
472	519		tions of subclause (I) or (II); 17
473	520		‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de-18
474	521		scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 19
475	522		the following positions: miner, miller, core 20
476	523		driller, and ore transporter; 21
477	524		‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para-22
478	525		graph (4) or (5), or both; and 23
479	526		‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu-24
480		-	mentation that the individual developed 25 19
481		-	†S 3853 ES
	527	+	mentation that the individual developed 25
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482	531		lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 1
483	532		disease or renal cancer or any other chron-2
484	533		ic renal disease, including nephritis and 3
485	534		kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 4
486	535		radiation through work in one or more of 5
487	536		the positions referred to in item (bb);’’. 6
488	537		(e) D
489	538		ATES OFOPERATION OFURANIUMMINE.—Sec-7
490	539		tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 8
491	540		1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 9
492	541		(f) S
493	542		PECIALRULESRELATING TOCOMBINEDWORK 10
494	543		H
495	544		ISTORIES.—Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the 11
496	545		end the following: 12
497	546		‘‘(4) S
498	547		PECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 13
499	548		WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST 14
500	549		ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE .—An individual meets 15
501	550		the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 16
502	551		worked in one or more of the positions referred to 17
503	552		in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at 18
504	553		least one year during the period described in para-19
505	554		graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 20
506	555		‘‘(5) S
507	556		PECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 21
508	557		WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS .—An individual 22
509	558		meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi-23
510	559		vidual, during the period described in paragraph 24
511		-	(1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 25 20
512		-	†S 3853 ES
	560	+	(1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 25
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513	564		such number of working level months that the Attor-1
514	565		ney General determines, when combined with the ex-2
515	566		posure of such individual to radiation through work 3
516	567		as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during 4
517	568		the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re-5
518	569		sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 6
519	570		of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of 7
520	571		exposure of an individual described in paragraph 8
521	572		(4).’’. 9
522	573		(g) D
523	574		EFINITION OFCOREDRILLER.—Section 5(b) is 10
524	575		amended— 11
525	576		(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 12
526	577		(7); 13
527	578		(2) by striking the period at the end of para-14
528	579		graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15
529	580		(3) by adding at the end the following: 16
530	581		‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi-17
531	582		vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 18
532	583		obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va-19
533	584		nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 20
534	585		the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.’’. 21
535	586		SEC. 206. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETER-22
536	587		MINATION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 23
537	588		(a) A
538	589		FFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) is amended by adding 24
539		-	at the end the following: 25 21
540		-	†S 3853 ES
	590	+	at the end the following: 25
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541	594		‘‘(3) AFFIDAVITS.— 1
542	595		‘‘(A) E
543	596		MPLOYMENT HISTORY .—For pur-2
544	597		poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac-3
545	598		cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi-4
546	599		dence to substantiate the employment history of 5
547	600		an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or 6
548	601		ore transporter if the affidavit— 7
549	602		‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 8
550	603		material that may be used to substantiate 9
551	604		the employment history of the individual; 10
552	605		‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 11
553	606		of the individual; 12
554	607		‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 13
555	608		perjury; and 14
556	609		‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 15
557	610		the individual filing the claim. 16
558	611		‘‘(B) P
559	612		HYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED 17
560	613		AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the Attorney 18
561	614		General shall accept a written affidavit or dec-19
562	615		laration as evidence to substantiate an individ-20
563	616		ual’s physical presence in an affected area (as 21
564	617		defined in section 4(b)(1)) during a period de-22
565	618		scribed in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) or section 23
566		-	4(a)(2) if the affidavit— 24 22
567		-	†S 3853 ES
	619	+	4(a)(2) if the affidavit— 24
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568	623		‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 1
569	624		material that may be used to substantiate 2
570	625		the individual’s presence in an affected 3
571	626		area during that time period; 4
572	627		‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres-5
573	628		ence in an affected area during that pe-6
574	629		riod; 7
575	630		‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 8
576	631		perjury; and 9
577	632		‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 10
578	633		the individual filing the claim. 11
579	634		‘‘(C) P
580	635		ARTICIPATION AT TESTING SITE .— 12
581	636		For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General 13
582	637		shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 14
583	638		evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici-15
584	639		pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 16
585	640		detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 17
586	641		‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 18
587	642		material that may be used to substantiate 19
588	643		the individual’s participation onsite in a 20
589	644		test involving the atmospheric detonation 21
590	645		of a nuclear device; 22
591	646		‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici-23
592	647		pation onsite in a test involving the atmos-24
593		-	pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 25 23
594		-	†S 3853 ES
	648	+	pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 25
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595	652		‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 1
596	653		perjury; and 2
597	654		‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 3
598	655		the individual filing the claim.’’. 4
599	656		(b) T
600	657		ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 5
601	658		Section 6 is amended— 6
602	659		(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘section 7
603	660		4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 8
604	661		(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 9
605	662		(A) in subparagraph (A)— 10
606	663		(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 11
607	664		by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), 12
608	665		or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and inserting 13
609	666		‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 14
610	667		(a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 15
611	668		(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-16
612	669		section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 17
613	670		section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 18
614	671		(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 19
615	672		(a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 20
616	673		(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-21
617	674		tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
618	675		4(a)(2)(E)’’; and 23
619	676		(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 24
620		-	(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in-25 24
621		-	†S 3853 ES
	677	+	(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in-25
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622	681		serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 1
623	682		(a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’. 2
624	683		(c) R
625	684		EGULATIONS.— 3
626	685		(1) I
627	686		N GENERAL.—Section 6(k) is amended by 4
628	687		adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 5
629	688		days after the date of enactment of the Radiation 6
630	689		Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2024, 7
631	690		the Attorney General shall issue revised regulations 8
632	691		to carry out this Act.’’. 9
633	692		(2) C
634	693		ONSIDERATIONS IN REVISIONS .—In 10
635	694		issuing revised regulations under section 6(k) of the 11
636	695		Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 12
637	696		101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note), as amended under 13
638	697		paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall ensure 14
639	698		that procedures with respect to the submission and 15
640	699		processing of claims under such Act take into ac-16
641	700		count and make allowances for the law, tradition, 17
642	701		and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting 18
643	702		as a record of proof of physical presence for a claim-19
644	703		ant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of 20
645	704		being a holder of a post office box, a letter from an 21
646	705		elected leader of an Indian tribe, or a record of any 22
647		-	recognized tribal association or organization. 23 25
648		-	†S 3853 ES
	706	+	recognized tribal association or organization. 23
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649	710		SEC. 207. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 1
650	711		(a) E
651	712		XTENSION OFFILINGTIME.—Section 8(a) is 2
652	713		amended— 3
653	714		(1) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 4
654	715		years’’; and 5
655	716		(2) by striking ‘‘RECA Extension Act of 2022’’ 6
656	717		and inserting ‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation 7
657	718		Act Amendments of 2024’’. 8
658	719		(b) R
659	720		ESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) is 9
660	721		amended to read as follows: 10
661	722		‘‘(b) R
662	723		ESUBMITTAL OFCLAIMS.— 11
663	724		‘‘(1) D
664	725		ENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact-12
665	726		ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 13
666	727		Amendments of 2024, any claimant who has been 14
667	728		denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 15
668	729		claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 16
669	730		accordance with this Act not more than three times. 17
670	731		Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact-18
671	732		ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 19
672	733		Amendments of 2024 shall not be applied to the lim-20
673	734		itation under the preceding sentence. 21
674	735		‘‘(2) P
675	736		REVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS .— 22
676	737		‘‘(A) I
677	738		N GENERAL.—After the date of en-23
678	739		actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-24
679	740		tion Act Amendments of 2024, any claimant 25
680		-	who received compensation under this Act may 26 26
681		-	†S 3853 ES
	741	+	who received compensation under this Act may 26
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682	745		submit a request to the Attorney General for 1
683	746		additional compensation and benefits. Such re-2
684	747		quest shall contain— 3
685	748		‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu-4
686	749		rity number, and date of birth; 5
687	750		‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 6
688	751		under this Act before the date of enact-7
689	752		ment of the Radiation Exposure Com-8
690	753		pensation Act Amendments of 2024; 9
691	754		‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com-10
692	755		pensation sought through such request; 11
693	756		and 12
694	757		‘‘(iv) any additional information re-13
695	758		quired by the Attorney General. 14
696	759		‘‘(B) A
697	760		DDITIONAL COMPENSATION .—If the 15
698	761		claimant received compensation under this Act 16
699	762		before the date of enactment of the Radiation 17
700	763		Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 18
701	764		2024 and submits a request under subpara-19
702	765		graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 20
703	766		‘‘(i) pay the claimant the amount that 21
704	767		is equal to any excess of— 22
705	768		‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 23
706	769		eligible to receive under this Act (as 24
707		-	amended by the Radiation Exposure 25 27
708		-	†S 3853 ES
	770	+	amended by the Radiation Exposure 25
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709	774		Compensation Act Amendments of 1
710	775		2024); minus 2
711	776		‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 3
712	777		to the claimant under this Act before 4
713	778		the date of enactment of the Radi-5
714	779		ation Exposure Compensation Act 6
715	780		Amendments of 2024; and 7
716	781		‘‘(ii) in any case in which the claimant 8
717	782		was compensated under section 4, provide 9
718	783		the claimant with medical benefits under 10
719	784		section 4(a)(5).’’. 11
720	785		SEC. 208. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IM-12
721	786		PACTS OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 13
722	787		(a) D
723	788		EFINITIONS.—In this section— 14
724	789		(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 15
725	790		has the meaning given under section 101 of the 16
726	791		Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 17
727	792		(2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro-18
728	793		gram established under subsection (b); and 19
729	794		(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 20
730	795		of Health and Human Services. 21
731	796		(b) E
732	797		STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 22
733	798		a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 23
734	799		of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 24
735		-	program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 25 28
736		-	†S 3853 ES
	800	+	program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 25
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737	804		impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu-1
738	805		pationally exposed individuals, including family members 2
739	806		of uranium miners and millers. 3
740	807		(c) A
741	808		DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-4
742	809		ister the program through the National Institute of Envi-5
743	810		ronmental Health Sciences. 6
744	811		(d) E
745	812		LIGIBILITY ANDAPPLICATION.—Any institution 7
746	813		of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli-8
747	814		gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 9
748	815		institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli-10
749	816		cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 11
750	817		accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 12
751	818		reasonably require. 13
752	819		(e) A
753	820		UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 14
754	821		are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 15
755	822		$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026. 16
756	823		SEC. 209. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 17
757	824		COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 18
758	825		(a) C
759	826		OVEREDEMPLOYEESWITHCANCER.—Section 19
760	827		3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 20
761	828		Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)) 21
762	829		is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 22
763		-	the following: 23 29
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	830	+	the following: 23
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765	834		‘‘(A) An individual with a specified cancer 1
766	835		who is a member of the Special Exposure Co-2
767	836		hort, if and only if— 3
768	837		‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 4
769	838		specified cancer after beginning employ-5
770	839		ment at a Department of Energy facility 6
771	840		(in the case of a Department of Energy 7
772	841		employee or Department of Energy con-8
773	842		tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 9
774	843		employer facility (in the case of an atomic 10
775	844		weapons employee); or 11
776	845		‘‘(ii) that individual— 12
777	846		‘‘(I) contracted that specified 13
778	847		cancer after beginning employment in 14
779	848		a uranium mine or uranium mill de-15
780	849		scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 16
781	850		the Radiation Exposure Compensation 17
782	851		Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including 18
783	852		any individual who was employed in 19
784	853		core drilling or the transport of ura-20
785	854		nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 21
786	855		from such mine or mill) located in 22
787	856		Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo-23
788	857		ming, South Dakota, Washington, 24
789		-	Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 25 30
790		-	†S 3853 ES
	858	+	Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 25
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791	862		Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen-1
792	863		eral makes a determination under sec-2
793	864		tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 3
794	865		of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of 4
795	866		that Act; and 5
796	867		‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 6
797	868		mine or uranium mill described under 7
798	869		subclause (I) (including any individual 8
799	870		who was employed in core drilling or 9
800	871		the transport of uranium ore or vana-10
801	872		dium-uranium ore from such mine or 11
802	873		mill) at any time during the period 12
803	874		beginning on January 1, 1942, and 13
804	875		ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 14
805	876		(b) M
806	877		EMBERS OFSPECIALEXPOSURECOHORT.— 15
807	878		Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-16
808	879		ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 17
809	880		7384q) is amended— 18
810	881		(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 19
811	882		and inserting the following: 20
812	883		‘‘(1) The Advisory Board on Radiation and 21
813	884		Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 22
814	885		President whether there is a class of employees— 23
815	886		‘‘(A) at any Department of Energy facility 24
816		-	who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa-25 31
817		-	†S 3853 ES
	887	+	who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa-25
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818	891		cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 1
819	892		with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 2
820	893		received; and 3
821	894		‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura-4
822	895		nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 5
823	896		of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 6
824	897		(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 7
825	898		who was employed in core drilling or the trans-8
826	899		port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 9
827	900		from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 10
828	901		New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 11
829	902		Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or-12
830	903		egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen-13
831	904		eral makes a determination under section 14
832	905		5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 15
833	906		under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time 16
834	907		during the period beginning on January 1, 17
835	908		1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 18
836	909		likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 19
837	910		mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 20
838	911		with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 21
839	912		received.’’; and 22
840	913		(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 23
841	914		following: 24
842	915		‘‘(b) D
843		-	ESIGNATION OFADDITIONALMEMBERS.— 25 32
844		-	†S 3853 ES
	916	+	ESIGNATION OFADDITIONALMEMBERS.— 25
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845	920		‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of section 1
846	921		3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 2
847	922		a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 3
848	923		weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem-4
849	924		bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 5
850	925		the compensation program if the President, upon 6
851	926		recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 7
852	927		and Worker Health, determines that— 8
853	928		‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-9
854	929		ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 10
855	930		class received; and 11
856	931		‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 12
857	932		such radiation dose may have endangered the 13
858	933		health of members of the class. 14
859	934		‘‘(2) Subject to the provisions of section 15
860	935		3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 16
861	936		employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de-17
862	937		scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 18
863	938		Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 19
864	939		(including any individual who was employed in core 20
865	940		drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana-21
866	941		dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 22
867	942		Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 23
868	943		Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 24
869		-	Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 25 33
870		-	†S 3853 ES
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871	948		makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that 1
872	949		Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) 2
873	950		of that Act, at any time during the period beginning 3
874	951		on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 4
875	952		1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex-5
876	953		posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro-6
877	954		gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 7
878	955		Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 8
879	956		determines that— 9
880	957		‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-10
881	958		ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 11
882	959		class received; and 12
883	960		‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 13
884	961		such radiation dose may have endangered the 14
885	962		health of members of the class.’’. 15
886	963		SEC. 210. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 16
887	964		Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 17
888	965		of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 18
889	966		shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing 19
890	967		the results of, a study on the importance of, and need for, 20
891	968		unmet medical benefits coverage for individuals who were 21
892	969		exposed to radiation in atmospheric nuclear tests con-22
893		-	ducted by the Federal Government, and recommendations 23 34
894		-	~~†S 3853 ES~~
895		-	~~to provide such unmet medical benefits coverage for such 1~~
896		-	~~individuals~~. 2
897		-	~~Passed the Senate March 7,~~ ~~2024~~.
898		-	~~Attest:~~
899		-	~~Secretary.~~ 118
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	971	+	to provide such unmet medical benefits coverage for such 24
	972	+	individuals. 25
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901	978		CONGRESS
902	979		2
903	980		D
904	981		S
905	982		ESSION
906	983
907		-	S. 3853
908		-	AN ACT
	984	+	S. 3853 A BILL
909	985		To extend the period for filing claims under the Ra-
910	986		diation Exposure Compensation Act and to pro-
911	987		vide for compensation under such Act for claims
912	988		relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to im-
913	989		prove compensation for workers involved in ura-
914	990		nium mining.
	991	+	M
	992	+	ARCH
	993	+	5, 2024
	994	+	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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