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4	4	STSESSION S. 243
5	5	To extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure Com-
6	6	pensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for
7	7	claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation
8	8	for workers involved in uranium mining.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	JANUARY24, 2025
11	11	Mr. H
12	12	AWLEY(for himself, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr.
13	13	K
14	14	ELLY, and Mr. CRAPO) introduced the following bill; which was read
15	15	twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation
18	18	Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for com-
19	19	pensation under such Act for claims relating to Manhat-
20	20	tan Project waste, and to improve compensation for
21	21	workers involved in uranium mining.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
25	25	(a) S
26	26	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
27	27	‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization 5
28	28	Act’’. 6
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32	32	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
33	33	this Act is as follows: 2
34	34	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
35	35	TITLE I—MANHATTAN PROJECT WASTE
36	36	Sec. 101. Short title.
37	37	Sec. 102. Claims relating to Manhattan Project waste.
38	38	Sec. 103. Cooperative agreement.
39	39	TITLE II—COMPENSATION FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN URA-
40	40	NIUM MINING AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING DOWNWIND OF AT-
41	41	MOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING
42	42	Sec. 201. Short title.
43	43	Sec. 202. References.
44	44	Sec. 203. Extension of fund.
45	45	Sec. 204. Claims relating to atmospheric testing.
46	46	Sec. 205. Claims relating to uranium mining.
47	47	Sec. 206. Expansion of use of affidavits in determination of claims; regulations.
48	48	Sec. 207. Limitation on claims.
49	49	Sec. 208. Grant program on epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and
50	50	milling.
51	51	Sec. 209. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
52	52	Sec. 210. GAO study and report.
53	53	TITLE I—MANHATTAN PROJECT 3
54	54	WASTE 4
55	55	SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 5
56	56	(a) S
57	57	HORTTITLE.—This title may be cited as the 6
58	58	‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation Expansion Act’’. 7
59	59	SEC. 102. CLAIMS RELATING TO MANHATTAN PROJECT 8
60	60	WASTE. 9
61	61	The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public 10
62	62	Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by insert-11
63	63	ing after section 5 the following: 12
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67	67	‘‘SEC. 5A. CLAIMS RELATING TO MANHATTAN PROJECT 1
68	68	WASTE. 2
69	69	‘‘(a) I
70	70	NGENERAL.—A claimant shall receive com-3
71	71	pensation for a claim made under this Act, as described 4
72	72	in subsection (b) or (c), if— 5
73	73	‘‘(1) a claim for compensation is filed with the 6
74	74	Attorney General— 7
75	75	‘‘(A) by an individual described in para-8
76	76	graph (2); or 9
77	77	‘‘(B) on behalf of that individual by an au-10
78	78	thorized agent of that individual, if the indi-11
79	79	vidual is deceased or incapacitated, such as— 12
80	80	‘‘(i) an executor of estate of that indi-13
81	81	vidual; or 14
82	82	‘‘(ii) a legal guardian or conservator 15
83	83	of that individual; 16
84	84	‘‘(2) that individual, or if applicable, an author-17
85	85	ized agent of that individual, demonstrates that the 18
86	86	individual— 19
87	87	‘‘(A) was physically present in an affected 20
88	88	area for a period of at least 2 years after Janu-21
89	89	ary 1, 1949; and 22
90	90	‘‘(B) contracted a specified disease after 23
91	91	such period of physical presence; 24
92	92	‘‘(3) the Attorney General certifies that the 25
93	93	identity of that individual, and if applicable, the au-26
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97	97	thorized agent of that individual, is not fraudulent 1
98	98	or otherwise misrepresented; and 2
99	99	‘‘(4) the Attorney General determines that the 3
100	100	claimant has satisfied the applicable requirements of 4
101	101	this Act. 5
102	102	‘‘(b) L
103	103	OSSESAVAILABLE TOLIVINGAFFECTEDINDI-6
104	104	VIDUALS.— 7
105	105	‘‘(1) I
106	106	N GENERAL.—In the event of a claim 8
107	107	qualifying for compensation under subsection (a) 9
108	108	that is submitted to the Attorney General to be eligi-10
109	109	ble for compensation under this section at a time 11
110	110	when the individual described in subsection (a)(2) is 12
111	111	living, the amount of compensation under this sec-13
112	112	tion shall be in an amount that is the greater of 14
113	113	$50,000 or the total amount of compensation for 15
114	114	which the individual is eligible under paragraph (2). 16
115	115	‘‘(2) L
116	116	OSSES DUE TO MEDICAL EXPENSES .—A 17
117	117	claimant described in paragraph (1) shall be eligible 18
118	118	to receive, upon submission of contemporaneous 19
119	119	written medical records, reports, or billing state-20
120	120	ments created by or at the direction of a licensed 21
121	121	medical professional who provided contemporaneous 22
122	122	medical care to the claimant, additional compensa-23
123	123	tion in the amount of all documented out-of-pocket 24
124	124	medical expenses incurred as a result of the specified 25
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128	128	disease suffered by that claimant, such as any med-1
129	129	ical expenses not covered, paid for, or reimbursed 2
130	130	through— 3
131	131	‘‘(A) any public or private health insur-4
132	132	ance; 5
133	133	‘‘(B) any employee health insurance; 6
134	134	‘‘(C) any workers’ compensation program; 7
135	135	or 8
136	136	‘‘(D) any other public, private, or employee 9
137	137	health program or benefit. 10
138	138	‘‘(c) P
139	139	AYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES OFDECEASED 11
140	140	I
141	141	NDIVIDUALS.—In the event that an individual described 12
142	142	in subsection (a)(2) who qualifies for compensation under 13
143	143	subsection (a) is deceased at the time of submission of 14
144	144	the claim— 15
145	145	‘‘(1) a surviving spouse may, upon submission 16
146	146	of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the re-17
147	147	quirements of subsection (a) with respect to the de-18
148	148	ceased individual, receive compensation in the 19
149	149	amount of $25,000; or 20
150	150	‘‘(2) in the event that there is no surviving 21
151	151	spouse, the surviving children, minor or otherwise, of 22
152	152	the deceased individual may, upon submission of a 23
153	153	claim and records sufficient to satisfy the require-24
154	154	ments of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased 25
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158	158	individual, receive compensation in the total amount 1
159	159	of $25,000, paid in equal shares to each surviving 2
160	160	child. 3
161	161	‘‘(d) A
162	162	FFECTEDAREA.—For purposes of this section, 4
163	163	the term ‘affected area’ means— 5
164	164	‘‘(1) in the State of Missouri, the ZIP Codes of 6
165	165	63031, 63033, 63034, 63042, 63045, 63074, 63114, 7
166	166	63135, 63138, 63044, 63121, 63140, 63145, 63147, 8
167	167	63102, 63304, 63134, 63043, 63341, 63368, and 9
168	168	63367; 10
169	169	‘‘(2) in the State of Tennessee, the ZIP Codes 11
170	170	of 37716, 37840, 37719, 37748, 37763, 37828, 12
171	171	37769, 37710, 37845, 37887, 37829, 37854, 37830, 13
172	172	and 37831; 14
173	173	‘‘(3) in the State of Alaska, the ZIP Codes of 15
174	174	99546 and 99547; and 16
175	175	‘‘(4) in the State of Kentucky, the ZIP Codes 17
176	176	of 42001, 42003, and 42086. 18
177	177	‘‘(e) S
178	178	PECIFIEDDISEASE.—For purposes of this sec-19
179	179	tion, the term ‘specified disease’ means any of the fol-20
180	180	lowing: 21
181	181	‘‘(1) Any leukemia, other than chronic 22
182	182	lymphocytic leukemia, provided that the initial expo-23
183	183	sure occurred after the age of 20 and the onset of 24
184	184	the disease was at least 2 years after first exposure. 25
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188	188	‘‘(2) Any of the following diseases, provided 1
189	189	that the onset was at least 2 years after the initial 2
190	190	exposure: 3
191	191	‘‘(A) Multiple myeloma. 4
192	192	‘‘(B) Lymphoma, other than Hodgkin’s 5
193	193	disease. 6
194	194	‘‘(C) Primary cancer of the— 7
195	195	‘‘(i) thyroid; 8
196	196	‘‘(ii) male or female breast; 9
197	197	‘‘(iii) esophagus; 10
198	198	‘‘(iv) stomach; 11
199	199	‘‘(v) pharynx; 12
200	200	‘‘(vi) small intestine; 13
201	201	‘‘(vii) pancreas; 14
202	202	‘‘(viii) bile ducts; 15
203	203	‘‘(ix) gall bladder; 16
204	204	‘‘(x) salivary gland; 17
205	205	‘‘(xi) urinary bladder; 18
206	206	‘‘(xii) brain; 19
207	207	‘‘(xiii) colon; 20
208	208	‘‘(xiv) ovary; 21
209	209	‘‘(xv) bone; 22
210	210	‘‘(xvi) renal; 23
211	211	‘‘(xvii) liver, except if cirrhosis or hep-24
212	212	atitis B is indicated; or 25
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216	216	‘‘(xviii) lung. 1
217	217	‘‘(f) P
218	218	HYSICALPRESENCE.— 2
219	219	‘‘(1) I
220	220	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-3
221	221	tion, the Attorney General shall not determine that 4
222	222	a claimant has satisfied the requirements of sub-5
223	223	section (a) unless demonstrated by submission of— 6
224	224	‘‘(A) contemporaneous written residential 7
225	225	documentation and at least 1 additional em-8
226	226	ployer-issued or government-issued document or 9
227	227	record that the claimant, for at least 2 years 10
228	228	after January 1, 1949, was physically present 11
229	229	in an affected area; or 12
230	230	‘‘(B) other documentation determined by 13
231	231	the Attorney General to demonstrate that the 14
232	232	claimant, for at least 2 years after January 1, 15
233	233	1949, was physically present in an affected 16
234	234	area. 17
235	235	‘‘(2) T
236	236	YPES OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE .—For 18
237	237	purposes of determining physical presence under this 19
238	238	section, a claimant shall be considered to have been 20
239	239	physically present in an affected area if— 21
240	240	‘‘(A) the claimant’s primary residence was 22
241	241	in the affected area; 23
242	242	‘‘(B) the claimant’s place of employment 24
243	243	was in the affected area; or 25
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247	247	‘‘(C) the claimant attended school in the 1
248	248	affected area. 2
249	249	‘‘(g) D
250	250	ISEASECONTRACTION IN AFFECTED 3
251	251	A
252	252	REAS.—For purposes of this section, the Attorney Gen-4
253	253	eral shall not determine that a claimant has satisfied the 5
254	254	requirements of subsection (a) unless the claimant sub-6
255	255	mits— 7
256	256	‘‘(1) written medical records or reports created 8
257	257	by or at the direction of a licensed medical profes-9
258	258	sional, created contemporaneously with the provision 10
259	259	of medical care to the claimant, that the claimant, 11
260	260	after a period of physical presence in an affected 12
261	261	area, contracted a specified disease; or 13
262	262	‘‘(2) other documentation determined by the At-14
263	263	torney General to demonstrate that the claimant 15
264	264	contracted a specified disease after a period of phys-16
265	265	ical presence in an affected area.’’. 17
266	266	SEC. 103. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 18
267	267	(a) I
268	268	NGENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 19
269	269	2025, the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Direc-20
270	270	tor of the Office of Legacy Management, shall award to 21
271	271	an eligible association a cooperative agreement to support 22
272	272	the safeguarding of human and ecological health at the 23
273	273	Amchitka, Alaska, Site. 24
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277	277	(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A cooperative agreement 1
278	278	awarded under subsection (a)— 2
279	279	(1) may be used to fund— 3
280	280	(A) research and development that will im-4
281	281	prove and focus long-term surveillance and 5
282	282	monitoring of the site; 6
283	283	(B) workforce development at the site; and 7
284	284	(C) such other activities as the Secretary 8
285	285	considers appropriate; and 9
286	286	(2) shall require that the eligible association— 10
287	287	(A) engage in stakeholder engagement; and 11
288	288	(B) to the greatest extent practicable, in-12
289	289	corporate Indigenous knowledge and the partici-13
290	290	pation of local Indian Tribes in research and 14
291	291	development and workforce development activi-15
292	292	ties. 16
293	293	(c) D
294	294	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
295	295	(1) E
296	296	LIGIBLE ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-18
297	297	ble association’’ means an association of 2 or more 19
298	298	of the following: 20
299	299	(A) An institution of higher education (as 21
300	300	that term is defined in section 101(a) of the 22
301	301	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 23
302	302	1001(a))) located in the State of Alaska. 24
303	303	(B) An agency of the State of Alaska. 25
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307	307	(C) A local Indian Tribe. 1
308	308	(D) An organization— 2
309	309	(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of 3
310	310	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-4
311	311	empt from taxation under section 501(a) 5
312	312	of such Code; and 6
313	313	(ii) located in the State of Alaska. 7
314	314	(2) L
315	315	OCAL INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘local In-8
316	316	dian Tribe’’ means an Indian tribe (as that term is 9
317	317	defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 10
318	318	and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) 11
319	319	that is located in the Aleut Region of the State of 12
320	320	Alaska. 13
321	321	TITLE II—COMPENSATION FOR 14
322	322	WORKERS INVOLVED IN URA-15
323	323	NIUM MINING AND INDIVID-16
324	324	UALS LIVING DOWNWIND OF 17
325	325	ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR 18
326	326	TESTING 19
327	327	SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 20
328	328	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Radiation Exposure 21
329	329	Compensation Act Amendments of 2025’’. 22
330	330	SEC. 202. REFERENCES. 23
331	331	Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 24
332	332	this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 25
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336	336	of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi-1
337	337	sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 2
338	338	to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 3
339	339	Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 4
340	340	note). 5
341	341	SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF FUND. 6
342	342	Section 3(d) is amended— 7
343	343	(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 8
344	344	‘‘The Fund shall terminate 6 years after the date of 9
345	345	the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-10
346	346	tion Act Amendments of 2025.’’; and 11
347	347	(2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘6-year’’. 12
348	348	SEC. 204. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 13
349	349	(a) L
350	350	EUKEMIACLAIMSRELATING TOTRINITYTEST 14
351	351	INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENEVADASITE AND 15
352	352	IN THEPACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 16
353	353	(1) in clause (i)— 17
354	354	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘October 18
355	355	31, 1958’’ and inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 19
356	356	(B) in subclause (II)— 20
357	357	(i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ 21
358	358	and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 22
359	359	(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-23
360	360	colon; 24
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364	364	(C) by redesignating subclause (III) as 1
365	365	subclause (V); and 2
366	366	(D) by inserting after subclause (II) the 3
367	367	following: 4
368	368	‘‘(III) was physically present in an af-5
369	369	fected area for a period of at least 1 year 6
370	370	during the period beginning on September 7
371	371	24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 8
372	372	1962; 9
373	373	‘‘(IV) was physically present in an af-10
374	374	fected area— 11
375	375	‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 1 12
376	376	year during the period beginning on 13
377	377	July 1, 1946, and ending on Novem-14
378	378	ber 6, 1962; or 15
379	379	‘‘(bb) for the period beginning on 16
380	380	April 25, 1962, and ending on No-17
381	381	vember 6, 1962; or’’; and 18
382	382	(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres-19
383	383	ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 20
384	384	or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’ 21
385	385	and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub-22
386	386	clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 23
387	387	participation described in clause (i)(V)’’. 24
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391	391	(b) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-1
392	392	KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 2
393	393	(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an 3
394	394	amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 4
395	395	(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 5
396	396	the following: 6
397	397	‘‘(B) A
398	398	MOUNT.—If the conditions de-7
399	399	scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi-8
400	400	vidual who is described in subparagraph (A) 9
401	401	shall receive $100,000.’’. 10
402	402	(c) C
403	403	ONDITIONS FOR CLAIMSRELATED TO LEU-11
404	404	KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1)(C) is amended— 12
405	405	(1) by striking clause (i); and 13
406	406	(2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 14
407	407	clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 15
408	408	(d) S
409	409	PECIFIEDDISEASESCLAIMSRELATING TO 16
410	410	T
411	411	RINITYTEST INNEWMEXICO ANDTESTS AT THENE-17
412	412	VADASITE AND IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is 18
413	413	amended— 19
414	414	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 20
415	415	(A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 21
416	416	inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 22
417	417	(B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 23
418	418	year’’; and 24
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422	422	(C) by striking ‘‘October 31, 1958’’ and 1
423	423	inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 2
424	424	(2) in subparagraph (B)— 3
425	425	(A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 4
426	426	inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 5
427	427	(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 6
428	428	(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-7
429	429	paragraph (E); and 8
430	430	(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-9
431	431	lowing: 10
432	432	‘‘(C) was physically present in an affected 11
433	433	area for a period of at least 1 year during the 12
434	434	period beginning on September 24, 1944, and 13
435	435	ending on November 6, 1962; 14
436	436	‘‘(D) was physically present in an affected 15
437	437	area— 16
438	438	‘‘(i) for a period of at least 1 year 17
439	439	during the period beginning on July 1, 18
440	440	1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or 19
441	441	‘‘(ii) for the period beginning on April 20
442	442	25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 21
443	443	1962; or’’. 22
444	444	(e) A
445	445	MOUNTS FORCLAIMSRELATED TOSPECIFIED 23
446	446	D
447	447	ISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol-24
448	448	lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 25
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452	452	(d) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 1
453	453	an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or 2
454	454	$75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara-3
455	455	graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 4
456	456	(f) D
457	457	OWNWINDSTATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amended 5
458	458	to read as follows: 6
459	459	‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 7
460	460	‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara-8
461	461	graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 9
462	462	Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 10
463	463	Guam; 11
464	464	‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi-12
465	465	vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or sub-13
466	466	section (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 14
467	467	‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi-15
468	468	vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or sub-16
469	469	section (a)(2)(D), only Guam.’’. 17
470	470	(g) C
471	471	HRONICLYMPHOCYTICLEUKEMIA AS ASPECI-18
472	472	FIEDDISEASE.—Section 4(b)(2) is amended by striking 19
473	473	‘‘other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’ and inserting 20
474	474	‘‘including chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’. 21
475	475	SEC. 205. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 22
476	476	(a) E
477	477	MPLOYEES OF MINES ANDMILLS.—Section 23
478	478	5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 24
479	479	(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; 25
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483	483	(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971; and’’ and 1
484	484	inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990; or’’; and 2
485	485	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
486	486	‘‘(II) was employed as a core driller in 4
487	487	a State referred to in subclause (I) during 5
488	488	the period described in such subclause; 6
489	489	and’’. 7
490	490	(b) M
491	491	INERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended 8
492	492	by inserting ‘‘or renal cancer or any other chronic renal 9
493	493	disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in-10
494	494	jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 11
495	495	(c) M
496	496	ILLERS, COREDRILLERS, ANDORETRANS-12
497	497	PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 13
498	498	(1) by inserting ‘‘, core driller,’’ after ‘‘was a 14
499	499	miller’’; 15
500	500	(2) by inserting ‘‘, or was involved in remedi-16
501	501	ation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium 17
502	502	mill,’’ after ‘‘ore transporter’’; 18
503	503	(3) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 19
504	504	(4) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 20
505	505	respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer 21
506	506	or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri-22
507	507	tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 23
508	508	(d) C
509	509	OMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 24
510	510	5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 25
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514	514	(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I); 1
515	515	and 2
516	516	(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
517	517	‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi-4
518	518	tions of subclause (I) or (II); 5
519	519	‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de-6
520	520	scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 7
521	521	the following positions: miner, miller, core 8
522	522	driller, and ore transporter; 9
523	523	‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para-10
524	524	graph (4) or (5), or both; and 11
525	525	‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu-12
526	526	mentation that the individual developed 13
527	527	lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 14
528	528	disease or renal cancer or any other chron-15
529	529	ic renal disease, including nephritis and 16
530	530	kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 17
531	531	radiation through work in one or more of 18
532	532	the positions referred to in item (bb);’’. 19
533	533	(e) D
534	534	ATES OFOPERATION OFURANIUMMINE.—Sec-20
535	535	tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 21
536	536	1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 22
537	537	(f) S
538	538	PECIALRULESRELATING TOCOMBINEDWORK 23
539	539	H
540	540	ISTORIES.—Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the 24
541	541	end the following: 25
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545	545	‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 1
546	546	WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST 2
547	547	ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE .—An individual meets 3
548	548	the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 4
549	549	worked in one or more of the positions referred to 5
550	550	in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at 6
551	551	least one year during the period described in para-7
552	552	graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 8
553	553	‘‘(5) S
554	554	PECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 9
555	555	WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS .—An individual 10
556	556	meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi-11
557	557	vidual, during the period described in paragraph 12
558	558	(1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 13
559	559	such number of working level months that the Attor-14
560	560	ney General determines, when combined with the ex-15
561	561	posure of such individual to radiation through work 16
562	562	as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during 17
563	563	the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re-18
564	564	sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 19
565	565	of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of 20
566	566	exposure of an individual described in paragraph 21
567	567	(4).’’. 22
568	568	(g) D
569	569	EFINITION OFCOREDRILLER.—Section 5(b) is 23
570	570	amended— 24
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574	574	(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 1
575	575	(7); 2
576	576	(2) by striking the period at the end of para-3
577	577	graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4
578	578	(3) by adding at the end the following: 5
579	579	‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi-6
580	580	vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 7
581	581	obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va-8
582	582	nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 9
583	583	the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.’’. 10
584	584	SEC. 206. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETER-11
585	585	MINATION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 12
586	586	(a) A
587	587	FFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) is amended by adding 13
588	588	at the end the following: 14
589	589	‘‘(3) A
590	590	FFIDAVITS.— 15
591	591	‘‘(A) E
592	592	MPLOYMENT HISTORY .—For pur-16
593	593	poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac-17
594	594	cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi-18
595	595	dence to substantiate the employment history of 19
596	596	an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or 20
597	597	ore transporter if the affidavit— 21
598	598	‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 22
599	599	material that may be used to substantiate 23
600	600	the employment history of the individual; 24
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604	604	‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 1
605	605	of the individual; 2
606	606	‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 3
607	607	perjury; and 4
608	608	‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 5
609	609	the individual filing the claim. 6
610	610	‘‘(B) P
611	611	HYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED 7
612	612	AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the Attorney 8
613	613	General shall accept a written affidavit or dec-9
614	614	laration as evidence to substantiate an individ-10
615	615	ual’s physical presence in an affected area (as 11
616	616	defined in section 4(b)(1)) during a period de-12
617	617	scribed in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) or section 13
618	618	4(a)(2) if the affidavit— 14
619	619	‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 15
620	620	material that may be used to substantiate 16
621	621	the individual’s presence in an affected 17
622	622	area during that time period; 18
623	623	‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres-19
624	624	ence in an affected area during that pe-20
625	625	riod; 21
626	626	‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 22
627	627	perjury; and 23
628	628	‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 24
629	629	the individual filing the claim. 25
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633	633	‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION AT TESTING SITE .— 1
634	634	For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General 2
635	635	shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 3
636	636	evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici-4
637	637	pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 5
638	638	detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 6
639	639	‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 7
640	640	material that may be used to substantiate 8
641	641	the individual’s participation onsite in a 9
642	642	test involving the atmospheric detonation 10
643	643	of a nuclear device; 11
644	644	‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici-12
645	645	pation onsite in a test involving the atmos-13
646	646	pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 14
647	647	‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 15
648	648	perjury; and 16
649	649	‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 17
650	650	the individual filing the claim.’’. 18
651	651	(b) T
652	652	ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 19
653	653	Section 6 is amended— 20
654	654	(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘section 21
655	655	4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 22
656	656	(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 23
657	657	(A) in subparagraph (A)— 24
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661	661	(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 1
662	662	by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), 2
663	663	or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and inserting 3
664	664	‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 4
665	665	(a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 5
666	666	(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-6
667	667	section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 7
668	668	section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 8
669	669	(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 9
670	670	(a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 10
671	671	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-11
672	672	tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12
673	673	4(a)(2)(E)’’; and 13
674	674	(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 14
675	675	(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in-15
676	676	serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 16
677	677	(a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’. 17
678	678	(c) R
679	679	EGULATIONS.— 18
680	680	(1) I
681	681	N GENERAL.—Section 6(k) is amended by 19
682	682	adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 20
683	683	days after the date of enactment of the Radiation 21
684	684	Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2025, 22
685	685	the Attorney General shall issue revised regulations 23
686	686	to carry out this Act.’’. 24
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690	690	(2) CONSIDERATIONS IN REVISIONS .—In 1
691	691	issuing revised regulations under section 6(k) of the 2
692	692	Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 3
693	693	101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note), as amended under 4
694	694	paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall ensure 5
695	695	that procedures with respect to the submission and 6
696	696	processing of claims under such Act take into ac-7
697	697	count and make allowances for the law, tradition, 8
698	698	and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting 9
699	699	as a record of proof of physical presence for a claim-10
700	700	ant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of 11
701	701	being a holder of a post office box, a letter from an 12
702	702	elected leader of an Indian tribe, or a record of any 13
703	703	recognized tribal association or organization. 14
704	704	SEC. 207. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 15
705	705	(a) E
706	706	XTENSION OFFILINGTIME.—Section 8(a) is 16
707	707	amended— 17
708	708	(1) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 18
709	709	years’’; and 19
710	710	(2) by striking ‘‘RECA Extension Act of 2022’’ 20
711	711	and inserting ‘‘Radiation Exposure Compensation 21
712	712	Act Amendments of 2025’’. 22
713	713	(b) R
714	714	ESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) is 23
715	715	amended to read as follows: 24
716	716	‘‘(b) R
717	717	ESUBMITTAL OFCLAIMS.— 25
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721	721	‘‘(1) DENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact-1
722	722	ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 2
723	723	Amendments of 2025, any claimant who has been 3
724	724	denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 4
725	725	claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 5
726	726	accordance with this Act not more than three times. 6
727	727	Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact-7
728	728	ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 8
729	729	Amendments of 2025 shall not be applied to the lim-9
730	730	itation under the preceding sentence. 10
731	731	‘‘(2) P
732	732	REVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS .— 11
733	733	‘‘(A) I
734	734	N GENERAL.—After the date of en-12
735	735	actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-13
736	736	tion Act Amendments of 2025, any claimant 14
737	737	who received compensation under this Act may 15
738	738	submit a request to the Attorney General for 16
739	739	additional compensation and benefits. Such re-17
740	740	quest shall contain— 18
741	741	‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu-19
742	742	rity number, and date of birth; 20
743	743	‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 21
744	744	under this Act before the date of enact-22
745	745	ment of the Radiation Exposure Com-23
746	746	pensation Act Amendments of 2025; 24
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750	750	‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com-1
751	751	pensation sought through such request; 2
752	752	and 3
753	753	‘‘(iv) any additional information re-4
754	754	quired by the Attorney General. 5
755	755	‘‘(B) A
756	756	DDITIONAL COMPENSATION .—If the 6
757	757	claimant received compensation under this Act 7
758	758	before the date of enactment of the Radiation 8
759	759	Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 9
760	760	2025 and submits a request under subpara-10
761	761	graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 11
762	762	‘‘(i) pay the claimant the amount that 12
763	763	is equal to any excess of— 13
764	764	‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 14
765	765	eligible to receive under this Act (as 15
766	766	amended by the Radiation Exposure 16
767	767	Compensation Act Amendments of 17
768	768	2025); minus 18
769	769	‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 19
770	770	to the claimant under this Act before 20
771	771	the date of enactment of the Radi-21
772	772	ation Exposure Compensation Act 22
773	773	Amendments of 2025; and 23
774	774	‘‘(ii) in any case in which the claimant 24
775	775	was compensated under section 4, provide 25
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779	779	the claimant with medical benefits under 1
780	780	section 4(a)(5).’’. 2
781	781	SEC. 208. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IM-3
782	782	PACTS OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 4
783	783	(a) D
784	784	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 5
785	785	(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 6
786	786	has the meaning given under section 101 of the 7
787	787	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 8
788	788	(2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro-9
789	789	gram established under subsection (b); and 10
790	790	(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 11
791	791	of Health and Human Services. 12
792	792	(b) E
793	793	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 13
794	794	a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 14
795	795	of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 15
796	796	program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 16
797	797	impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu-17
798	798	pationally exposed individuals, including family members 18
799	799	of uranium miners and millers. 19
800	800	(c) A
801	801	DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-20
802	802	ister the program through the National Institute of Envi-21
803	803	ronmental Health Sciences. 22
804	804	(d) E
805	805	LIGIBILITY ANDAPPLICATION.—Any institution 23
806	806	of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli-24
807	807	gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 25
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811	811	institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli-1
812	812	cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 2
813	813	accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 3
814	814	reasonably require. 4
815	815	(e) A
816	816	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 5
817	817	are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 6
818	818	$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027. 7
819	819	SEC. 209. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 8
820	820	COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 9
821	821	(a) C
822	822	OVEREDEMPLOYEESWITHCANCER.—Section 10
823	823	3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 11
824	824	Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)) 12
825	825	is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 13
826	826	the following: 14
827	827	‘‘(A) An individual with a specified cancer 15
828	828	who is a member of the Special Exposure Co-16
829	829	hort, if and only if— 17
830	830	‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 18
831	831	specified cancer after beginning employ-19
832	832	ment at a Department of Energy facility 20
833	833	(in the case of a Department of Energy 21
834	834	employee or Department of Energy con-22
835	835	tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 23
836	836	employer facility (in the case of an atomic 24
837	837	weapons employee); or 25
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841	841	‘‘(ii) that individual— 1
842	842	‘‘(I) contracted that specified 2
843	843	cancer after beginning employment in 3
844	844	a uranium mine or uranium mill de-4
845	845	scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 5
846	846	the Radiation Exposure Compensation 6
847	847	Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including 7
848	848	any individual who was employed in 8
849	849	core drilling or the transport of ura-9
850	850	nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 10
851	851	from such mine or mill) located in 11
852	852	Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo-12
853	853	ming, South Dakota, Washington, 13
854	854	Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 14
855	855	Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen-15
856	856	eral makes a determination under sec-16
857	857	tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 17
858	858	of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of 18
859	859	that Act; and 19
860	860	‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 20
861	861	mine or uranium mill described under 21
862	862	subclause (I) (including any individual 22
863	863	who was employed in core drilling or 23
864	864	the transport of uranium ore or vana-24
865	865	dium-uranium ore from such mine or 25
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869	869	mill) at any time during the period 1
870	870	beginning on January 1, 1942, and 2
871	871	ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 3
872	872	(b) M
873	873	EMBERS OFSPECIALEXPOSURECOHORT.— 4
874	874	Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-5
875	875	ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 6
876	876	7384q) is amended— 7
877	877	(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 8
878	878	and inserting the following: 9
879	879	‘‘(1) The Advisory Board on Radiation and 10
880	880	Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 11
881	881	President whether there is a class of employees— 12
882	882	‘‘(A) at any Department of Energy facility 13
883	883	who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa-14
884	884	cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 15
885	885	with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 16
886	886	received; and 17
887	887	‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura-18
888	888	nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 19
889	889	of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 20
890	890	(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 21
891	891	who was employed in core drilling or the trans-22
892	892	port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 23
893	893	from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 24
894	894	New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 25
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898	898	Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or-1
899	899	egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen-2
900	900	eral makes a determination under section 3
901	901	5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 4
902	902	under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time 5
903	903	during the period beginning on January 1, 6
904	904	1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 7
905	905	likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 8
906	906	mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 9
907	907	with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 10
908	908	received.’’; and 11
909	909	(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 12
910	910	following: 13
911	911	‘‘(b) D
912	912	ESIGNATION OFADDITIONALMEMBERS.— 14
913	913	‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of section 15
914	914	3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 16
915	915	a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 17
916	916	weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem-18
917	917	bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 19
918	918	the compensation program if the President, upon 20
919	919	recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 21
920	920	and Worker Health, determines that— 22
921	921	‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-23
922	922	ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 24
923	923	class received; and 25
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927	927	‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 1
928	928	such radiation dose may have endangered the 2
929	929	health of members of the class. 3
930	930	‘‘(2) Subject to the provisions of section 4
931	931	3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 5
932	932	employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de-6
933	933	scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 7
934	934	Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 8
935	935	(including any individual who was employed in core 9
936	936	drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana-10
937	937	dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 11
938	938	Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 12
939	939	Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 13
940	940	Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 14
941	941	makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that 15
942	942	Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) 16
943	943	of that Act, at any time during the period beginning 17
944	944	on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 18
945	945	1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex-19
946	946	posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro-20
947	947	gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 21
948	948	Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 22
949	949	determines that— 23
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953	953	‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-1
954	954	ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 2
955	955	class received; and 3
956	956	‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 4
957	957	such radiation dose may have endangered the 5
958	958	health of members of the class.’’. 6
959	959	SEC. 210. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 7
960	960	Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 8
961	961	of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 9
962	962	shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing 10
963	963	the results of, a study on the importance of, and need for, 11
964	964	unmet medical benefits coverage for individuals who were 12
965	965	exposed to radiation in atmospheric nuclear tests con-13
966	966	ducted by the Federal Government, and recommendations 14
967	967	to provide such unmet medical benefits coverage for such 15
968	968	individuals. 16
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