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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 994 

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 

FEBRUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. PEARCE) 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 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

4 of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi5 sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 

6 to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 

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

8 note). 

9 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 

10 Section 3(d) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 

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

13 of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com14 pensation Act Amendments of 2015.’’; and 

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

16 year’’. 

17 SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 

18 (a) LEUKEMIA CLAIMS RELATING TO TRINITY TEST

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

20 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 

21 (1) in clause (i)— 

22 (A) in subclause (II)— 

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

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

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi26 colon; 


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1 (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as 

2 subclause (V); and 

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

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(III) was physically present in 

6 an affected area for the period begin7 ning on June 30, 1945, and ending on 

8 July 31, 1945; or 

9 ‘‘(IV) was physically present in 

10 an affected area— 

11 ‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 

12 1 year during the period begin13 ning on June 30, 1946, and end14 ing on August 19, 1958; or 

15 ‘‘(bb) for the period begin16 ning on April 25, 1962, and end17 ing on November 5, 1962; or’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres20 ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub23 clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 

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


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1 (b) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO LEU2 KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 

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

4 amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 

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

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—If the conditions de8 scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi9 vidual who is described in subparagraph (A)(i) 

10 shall receive $150,000.’’. 

11 (c) SPECIFIED DISEASES CLAIMS RELATING TO

12 TRINITY TEST IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PA13 CIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in the af15 fected area’’ and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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

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

20 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub21 paragraph (E); and 

22 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol23 lowing: 


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

2 area for the period beginning on June 30, 

3 1945, and ending on July 31, 1945; 

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

5 area— 

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

7 during the period beginning on June 30, 

8 1946, and ending on August 19, 1958; or 

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

10 25, 1962, and ending on November 5, 

11 1962; or’’. 

12 (d) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO SPECIFIED

13 DISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol14 lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 

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

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

17 $75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara18 graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 

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

20 by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(5) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—An individual re22 ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 

23 to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 

24 to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 

25 medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 


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1 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro2 gram Act (as enacted into law by Public Law 106– 

3 398; 114 Stat. 165A–507).’’. 

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

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara8 graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 

9 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; 

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

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

13 ‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi14 vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or 

15 (2)(D), only Guam.’’. 

16 SEC. 5. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 

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

18 5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

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

24 a State referred to in subclause (I) during 


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1 the period described in such subclause; 

2 and’’. 

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

4 by inserting ‘‘or renal cancer or any other chronic renal 

5 disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in6 jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 

7 (c) MILLERS, CORE DRILLERS, AND ORE TRANS8 PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 

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

10 miller’’; 

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

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

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

14 or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri15 tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 

16 (d) COMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 

17 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 

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

19 and 

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

21 ‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi22 tions of subclause (I) or (II); 

23 ‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de24 scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 


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1 the following positions: miner, miller, core 

2 driller, and ore transporter; 

3 ‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para4 graph (4) or (5), or both; and 

5 ‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu6 mentation that the individual developed 

7 lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 

8 disease or renal cancer or any other chron9 ic renal disease, including nephritis and 

10 kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 

11 radiation through work in one or more of 

12 the positions referred to in item (aa).’’. 

13 (e) DATES OF OPERATION OF URANIUM MINE.—Sec14 tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

15 1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 

16 (f) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMBINED WORK

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

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

20 WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST

21 ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.—An individual meets 

22 the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 

23 worked in one or more of the positions referred to 

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


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1 least one year during the period described in para2 graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 

3 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

4 WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS.—An individual 

5 meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi6 vidual, during the period described in paragraph 

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

8 such number of working level months that the Attor9 ney General determines, when combined with the ex10 posure of such individual to radiation through work 

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

12 the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re13 sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 

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

15 exposure of an individual described in paragraph 

16 (4).’’. 

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

18 amended— 

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

20 (7); 

21 (2) by striking the period at the end of para22 graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi25 vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 


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1 obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va2 nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 

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

4 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA5 TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 

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

7 at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(3) AFFIDAVITS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.—For pur10 poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac11 cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi12 dence to substantiate the employment history of 

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

14 ore transporter if the affidavit— 

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

16 material that may be used to substantiate 

17 the employment history of the individual; 

18 ‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 

19 of the individual; 

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

21 perjury; and 

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

23 the individual filing the claim. 

24 ‘‘(B) PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED

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1 General shall accept a written affidavit or dec2 laration as evidence to substantiate an individ3 ual’s physical presence in an affected area dur4 ing a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) 

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

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

7 material that may be used to substantiate 

8 the individual’s presence in an affected 

9 area during that time period; 

10 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres11 ence in an affected area during that pe12 riod; 

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

14 perjury; and 

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

16 the individual filing the claim. 

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

18 For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General 

19 shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 

20 evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici21 pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 

22 detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 

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

24 material that may be used to substantiate 

25 the individual’s participation onsite in a 


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1 test involving the atmospheric detonation 

2 of a nuclear device; 

3 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici4 pation onsite in a test involving the atmos5 pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 

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

7 perjury; and 

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

9 the individual filing the claim.’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 Section 6 is amended— 

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

13 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

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

18 of section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

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

20 (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 

21 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub22 section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 

23 section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

24 (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 2015, 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 ‘‘2015’’. 

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 2015 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 2015, 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 2015; 

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 2015 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 2015); 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 2015; 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 such term under section 101 

9 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1001); 

11 (2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro12 gram established under subsection (b); and 

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

14 of Health and Human Services. 

15 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 

17 of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 

18 program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 

19 impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu20 pationally exposed individuals, including family members 

21 of uranium miners and millers. 

22 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin23 ister the program through the National Institute of Envi24 ronmental Health Sciences. 

25 (d) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.—Any institution 

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1 gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 

2 institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli3 cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 

4 accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 

5 reasonably require. 

6 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

8 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 

9 SEC. 10. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 

10 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 

11 (a) COVERED EMPLOYEES WITH CANCER.—Section 

12 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

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

14 is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

15 the following: 

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

17 who is a member of the Special Exposure Co18 hort, if and only if— 

19 ‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 

20 specified cancer after beginning employ21 ment at a Department of Energy facility 

22 (in the case of a Department of Energy 

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1 employer facility (in the case of an atomic 

2 weapons employee); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) that individual— 

4 ‘‘(I) contracted that specified 

5 cancer after beginning employment in 

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

8 the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

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

10 any individual who was employed in 

11 core drilling or the transport of ura12 nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

13 from such mine or mill) located in 

14 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo15 ming, South Dakota, Washington, 

16 Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 

17 Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen18 eral makes a determination under sec19 tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 

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

21 that Act; and 

22 ‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 

23 mine or uranium mill described under 

24 subclause (I) (including any individual 

25 who was employed in core drilling or 


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1 the transport of uranium ore or vana2 dium-uranium ore from such mine or 

3 mill) at any time during the period 

4 beginning on January 1, 1942, and 

5 ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 

6 (b) MEMBERS OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.— 

7 Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill8 ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

9 7384q) is amended— 

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

11 and inserting the following: 

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

13 Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 

14 President whether there is a class of employees— 

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

16 who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa17 cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

18 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

19 received; and 

20 ‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura21 nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 

22 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 

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1 from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 

2 New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 

3 Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or4 egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen5 eral makes a determination under section 

6 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 

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

8 during the period beginning on January 1, 

9 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 

10 likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 

11 mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

12 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

13 received.’’; and 

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

15 following: 

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

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

18 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 

19 a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 

20 weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem21 bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 

22 the compensation program if the President, upon 

23 recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 

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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. 

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

8 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 

9 employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de10 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 

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

12 (including any individual who was employed in core 

13 drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana14 dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 

15 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 

16 Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 

17 Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 

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

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

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

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

22 1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex23 posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro24 gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 


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1 Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 

2 determines that— 

3 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf4 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

5 class received; and 

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

7 such radiation dose may have endangered the 

8 health of members of the class.’’. 

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