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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1645 

To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation 

for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2013 

Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Energy and Commerce, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radiation Exposure 

5 Compensation Act Amendments of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

7 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 


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1 of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi2 sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 

3 to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 

4 Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 

5 note). 

6 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 

7 Section 3(d) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 

9 ‘‘The Fund shall terminate 19 years after the date 

10 of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com11 pensation Act Amendments of 2013.’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘22-year’’ and inserting ‘‘19- 

13 year’’. 

14 SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 

15 (a) LEUKEMIA CLAIMS RELATING TO TRINITY TEST

16 IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 

17 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 

18 (1) in clause (i)— 

19 (A) in subclause (II)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi23 colon; 

24 (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as 

25 subclause (V); and 


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1 (C) by inserting after subclause (II) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(III) was physically present in 

4 an affected area for the period begin5 ning on June 30, 1945, and ending on 

6 July 31, 1945; or 

7 ‘‘(IV) was physically present in 

8 an affected area— 

9 ‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 

10 1 year during the period begin11 ning on June 30, 1946, and end12 ing on August 19, 1958; or 

13 ‘‘(bb) for the period begin14 ning on April 25, 1962, and end15 ing on November 5, 1962; or’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres18 ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 

19 or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub21 clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 

22 participation described in clause (i)(V)’’. 

23 (b) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO LEU24 KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘an 

2 amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 

3 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—If the conditions de6 scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi7 vidual who is described in subparagraph (A)(i) 

8 shall receive $150,000.’’. 

9 (c) SPECIFIED DISEASES CLAIMS RELATING TO

10 TRINITY TEST IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PA11 CIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in the af13 fected area’’ and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

18 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub19 paragraph (E); and 

20 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) was physically present in an affected 

23 area for the period beginning on June 30, 

24 1945, and ending on July 31, 1945; 


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1 ‘‘(D) was physically present in an affected 

2 area— 

3 ‘‘(i) for a period of at least 2 years 

4 during the period beginning on June 30, 

5 1946, and ending on August 19, 1958; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) for the period beginning on April 

7 25, 1962, and ending on November 5, 

8 1962; or’’. 

9 (d) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO SPECIFIED

10 DISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol11 lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 

12 (c) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 

13 an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or 

14 $75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara15 graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 

16 (e) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—Section 4(a) is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(5) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—An individual re19 ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 

20 to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 

21 to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 

22 medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 

23 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro24 gram Act (as enacted into law by Public Law 106– 

25 398; 114 Stat. 165A–507).’’. 


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1 (f) DOWNWIND STATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amended 

2 to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara5 graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 

6 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; 

7 ‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi8 vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or 

9 (2)(C), only New Mexico; and 

10 ‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi11 vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or 

12 (2)(D), only Guam.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 

14 (a) EMPLOYEES OF MINES AND MILLS.—Section 

15 5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971; and’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990; or’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(II) was employed as a core driller in 

21 a State referred to in subclause (I) during 

22 the period described in such subclause; 

23 and’’. 

24 (b) MINERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended 

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1 disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in2 jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 

3 (c) MILLERS, CORE DRILLERS, AND ORE TRANS4 PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘, core driller,’’ after ‘‘was a 

6 miller’’; 

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 

8 (3) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 

9 respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer 

10 or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri11 tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 

12 (d) COMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 

13 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I); 

15 and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi18 tions of subclause (I) or (II); 

19 ‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de20 scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 

21 the following positions: miner, miller, core 

22 driller, and ore transporter; 

23 ‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para24 graph (4) or (5), or both; and 


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1 ‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu2 mentation that the individual developed 

3 lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 

4 disease or renal cancer or any other chron5 ic renal disease, including nephritis and 

6 kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 

7 radiation through work in one or more of 

8 the positions referred to in item (aa);’’. 

9 (e) DATES OF OPERATION OF URANIUM MINE.—Sec10 tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

11 1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 

12 (f) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMBINED WORK

13 HISTORIES.—Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

16 WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST

17 ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.—An individual meets 

18 the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 

19 worked in one or more of the positions referred to 

20 in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at 

21 least one year during the period described in para22 graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 

23 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

24 WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS.—An individual 

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1 vidual, during the period described in paragraph 

2 (1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 

3 such number of working level months that the Attor4 ney General determines, when combined with the ex5 posure of such individual to radiation through work 

6 as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during 

7 the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re8 sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 

9 of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of 

10 exposure of an individual described in paragraph 

11 (4).’’. 

12 (g) DEFINITION OF CORE DRILLER.—Section 5(b) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

15 (7); 

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of para17 graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi20 vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 

21 obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va22 nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 

23 the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA2 TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 

3 (a) AFFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) AFFIDAVITS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.—For pur7 poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac8 cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi9 dence to substantiate the employment history of 

10 an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or 

11 ore transporter if the affidavit— 

12 ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 

13 material that may be used to substantiate 

14 the employment history of the individual; 

15 ‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 

16 of the individual; 

17 ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 

18 perjury; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 

20 the individual filing the claim. 

21 ‘‘(B) PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED

22 AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the Attorney 

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1 ing a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) 

2 or section 4(a)(2) if the affidavit— 

3 ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 

4 material that may be used to substantiate 

5 the individual’s presence in an affected 

6 area during that time period; 

7 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres8 ence in an affected area during that pe9 riod; 

10 ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 

11 perjury; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 

13 the individual filing the claim. 

14 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION AT TESTING SITE.— 

15 For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General 

16 shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 

17 evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici18 pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 

19 detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 

20 ‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 

21 material that may be used to substantiate 

22 the individual’s participation onsite in a 

23 test involving the atmospheric detonation 

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1 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici2 pation onsite in a test involving the atmos3 pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 

4 ‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 

5 perjury; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 

7 the individual filing the claim.’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 Section 6 is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘section 

11 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

15 ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) 

16 of section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

17 (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 

18 (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 

19 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub20 section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 

21 section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

22 (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 4(a)(2)(E)’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

5 (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in6 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), or 

7 (a)(2)(C) of section 4’’. 

8 (c) REGULATIONS.—Section 6(k) is amended by add9 ing at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of the Radiation Exposure 

11 Compensation Act Amendments of 2013, the Attorney 

12 General shall issue revised regulations to carry out this 

13 Act.’’. 

14 SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 

15 (a) EXTENSION OF FILING TIME.—Section 8(a) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘22 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 

18 years’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

20 (b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) DENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact24 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

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1 denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 

2 claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 

3 accordance with this Act not more than three times. 

4 Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact5 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

6 Amendments of 2013 shall not be applied to the lim7 itation under the preceding sentence. 

8 ‘‘(2) PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the date of en10 actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa11 tion Act Amendments of 2013, any claimant 

12 who received compensation under this Act may 

13 submit a request to the Attorney General for 

14 additional compensation and benefits. Such re15 quest shall contain— 

16 ‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu17 rity number, and date of birth; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 

19 under this Act before the date of enact20 ment of the Radiation Exposure Com21 pensation Act Amendments of 2013; 

22 ‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com23 pensation sought through such request; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) any additional information re2 quired by the Attorney General. 

3 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—If the 

4 claimant received compensation under this Act 

5 before the date of enactment of the Radiation 

6 Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 

7 2013 and submits a request under subpara8 graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) pay the claimant the amount that 

10 is equal to any excess of— 

11 ‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 

12 eligible to receive under this Act (as 

13 amended by the Radiation Exposure 

14 Compensation Act Amendments of 

15 2013); minus 

16 ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 

17 to the claimant under this Act before 

18 the date of enactment of the Radi19 ation Exposure Compensation Act 

20 Amendments of 2013; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) in any case in which the claimant 

22 was compensated under section 4, provide 

23 the claimant with medical benefits under 

24 section 4(a)(5).’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. ATTORNEY FEES. 

2 Section 9(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 

4 SEC. 9. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACTS 

5 OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

8 has the meaning given under section 101 of the 

9 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 

10 (2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro11 gram established under subsection (b); and 

12 (3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

13 of Health and Human Services. 

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

15 a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 

16 of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 

17 program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 

18 impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu19 pationally exposed individuals, including family members 

20 of uranium miners and millers. 

21 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin22 ister the program through the National Institute of Envi23 ronmental Health Sciences. 

24 (d) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.—Any institution 

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1 institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli2 cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 

3 accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 

4 reasonably require. 

5 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 

8 SEC. 10. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 

9 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 

10 (a) COVERED EMPLOYEES WITH CANCER.—Section 

11 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

12 Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)) 

13 is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) An individual with a specified cancer 

16 who is a member of the Special Exposure Co17 hort, if and only if— 

18 ‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 

19 specified cancer after beginning employ20 ment at a Department of Energy facility 

21 (in the case of a Department of Energy 

22 employee or Department of Energy con23 tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 

24 employer facility (in the case of an atomic 

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1 ‘‘(ii) that individual— 

2 ‘‘(I) contracted that specified 

3 cancer after beginning employment in 

4 a uranium mine or uranium mill de5 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 

6 the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including 

8 any individual who was employed in 

9 core drilling or the transport of ura10 nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

11 from such mine or mill) located in 

12 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo13 ming, South Dakota, Washington, 

14 Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 

15 Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen16 eral makes a determination under sec17 tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 

18 of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of 

19 that Act; and 

20 ‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 

21 mine or uranium mill described under 

22 subclause (I) (including any individual 

23 who was employed in core drilling or 

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1 mill) at any time during the period 

2 beginning on January 1, 1942, and 

3 ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 

4 (b) MEMBERS OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.— 

5 Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill6 ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

7 7384q) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 

9 and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) The Advisory Board on Radiation and 

11 Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 

12 President whether there is a class of employees— 

13 ‘‘(A) at any Department of Energy facility 

14 who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa15 cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

16 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

17 received; and 

18 ‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura19 nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 

20 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 

22 who was employed in core drilling or the trans23 port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

24 from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 

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1 Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or2 egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen3 eral makes a determination under section 

4 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 

5 under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time 

6 during the period beginning on January 1, 

7 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990 who 

8 likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 

9 mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

10 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

11 received.’’; and 

12 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of section 

16 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 

17 a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 

18 weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem19 bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 

20 the compensation program if the President, upon 

21 recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 

22 and Worker Health, determines that— 

23 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf24 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

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1 ‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 

2 such radiation dose may have endangered the 

3 health of members of the class. 

4 ‘‘(2) Subject to the provisions of section 

5 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 

6 employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de7 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 

8 Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 

9 (including any individual who was employed in core 

10 drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana11 dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 

12 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 

13 Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 

14 Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 

15 makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that 

16 Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) 

17 of that Act, at any time during the period beginning 

18 on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 

19 1990 may be treated as members of the Special Ex20 posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro21 gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 

22 Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 

23 determines that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf2 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

3 class received; and 

4 ‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 

5 such radiation dose may have endangered the 

6 health of members of the class.’’. 

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