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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2798 

To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 21), 2021 

Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. RISCH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. BOOKER, 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BENNET, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. 

KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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 2021’’. 

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 sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 

2 to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 

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

4 note). 

5 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 

6 Section 3(d) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 

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

9 of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com10 pensation Act Amendments of 2021.’’; and 

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

12 year’’. 

13 SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 

14 (a) LEUKEMIA CLAIMS RELATING TO TRINITY TEST

15 IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS AT THE NEVADA SITE AND

16 IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 

17 (1) in clause (i)— 

18 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘October 

19 31, 1958’’ and inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 

20 (B) in subclause (II)— 

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

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

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi24 colon; 


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1 (C) by redesignating subclause (III) as 

2 subclause (V); and 

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

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(III) was physically present in an af6 fected area for a period of at least 1 year 

7 during the period beginning on September 

8 24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 

9 1962; or 

10 ‘‘(IV) was physically present in an af11 fected area— 

12 ‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 1 

13 year during the period beginning on 

14 July 1, 1946, and ending on Novem15 ber 6, 1962; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) for the period beginning on 

17 April 25, 1962, and ending on No18 vember 6, 1962; or’’; 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) 

10 shall receive $150,000.’’. 

11 (c) CONDITIONS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO LEU12 KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1)(C) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking clause (i); and 

14 (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 

15 clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 

16 (d) SPECIFIED DISEASES CLAIMS RELATING TO

17 TRINITY TEST IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS AT THE NE18 VADA SITE AND IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

22 inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘1 

24 year’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘October 31, 1958’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘November 6, 1962’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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

6 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

7 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub8 paragraph (E); and 

9 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol10 lowing: 

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

12 area for a period of at least 1 year during the 

13 period beginning on September 24, 1944, and 

14 ending on November 6, 1962; or 

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

16 area— 

17 ‘‘(i) for a period of at least 1 year 

18 during the period beginning on July 1, 

19 1946, and ending on November 6, 1962; or 

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

21 25, 1962, and ending on November 6, 

22 1962; or’’. 

23 (e) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO SPECIFIED

24 DISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol25 lowing subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 


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1 (d) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 

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

3 $75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara4 graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 

5 (f) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—Section 4(a) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—An individual re8 ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 

9 to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 

10 to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 

11 medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 

12 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro13 gram Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384t).’’. 

14 (g) DOWNWIND STATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amend15 ed to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara18 graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 

19 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 

20 Guam; 

21 ‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi22 vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or sub23 section (a)(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi2 vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or sub3 section (a)(2)(D), only Guam.’’. 

4 (h) CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AS A SPECI5 FIED DISEASE.—Section 4(b)(2) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘including chronic lymphocytic leukemia’’. 

8 SEC. 5. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 

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

10 5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

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

16 a State referred to in subclause (I) during 

17 the period described in such subclause; 

18 and’’. 

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

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

21 disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in22 jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 

23 (c) MILLERS, CORE DRILLERS, AND ORE TRANS24 PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 


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

2 miller’’; 

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘, or was involved in remedi4 ation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium 

5 mill,’’ after ‘‘ore transporter’’; 

6 (3) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 

7 (4) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 

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

9 or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri10 tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 

11 (d) COMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 

12 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 

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

14 and 

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

16 ‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi17 tions of subclause (I) or (II); 

18 ‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de19 scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 

20 the following positions: miner, miller, core 

21 driller, and ore transporter; 

22 ‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para23 graph (4) or (5), or both; and 

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1 lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 

2 disease or renal cancer or any other chron3 ic renal disease, including nephritis and 

4 kidney tubal tissue injury after exposure to 

5 radiation through work in one or more of 

6 the positions referred to in item (bb);’’. 

7 (e) DATES OF OPERATION OF URANIUM MINE.—Sec8 tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

9 1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 

10 (f) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMBINED WORK

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

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

14 WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST

15 ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.—An individual meets 

16 the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 

17 worked in one or more of the positions referred to 

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

19 least one year during the period described in para20 graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 

21 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

22 WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS.—An individual 

23 meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi24 vidual, during the period described in paragraph 

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1 such number of working level months that the Attor2 ney General determines, when combined with the ex3 posure of such individual to radiation through work 

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

5 the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re6 sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 

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

8 exposure of an individual described in paragraph 

9 (4).’’. 

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

11 amended— 

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

13 (7); 

14 (2) by striking the period at the end of para15 graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi18 vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 

19 obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va20 nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 

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

22 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA23 TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 

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

25 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) AFFIDAVITS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.—For pur3 poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac4 cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi5 dence to substantiate the employment history of 

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

7 ore transporter if the affidavit— 

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

9 material that may be used to substantiate 

10 the employment history of the individual; 

11 ‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 

12 of the individual; 

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 ‘‘(B) PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED

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

19 General shall accept a written affidavit or dec20 laration as evidence to substantiate an individ21 ual’s physical presence in an affected area dur22 ing a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) 

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

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

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1 the individual’s presence in an affected 

2 area during that time period; 

3 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s pres4 ence in an affected area during that pe5 riod; 

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 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION AT TESTING SITE.— 

11 For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General 

12 shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as 

13 evidence to substantiate an individual’s partici14 pation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric 

15 detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— 

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

17 material that may be used to substantiate 

18 the individual’s participation onsite in a 

19 test involving the atmospheric detonation 

20 of a nuclear device; 

21 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici22 pation onsite in a test involving the atmos23 pheric detonation of a nuclear device; 

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

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

2 the individual filing the claim.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 Section 6 is amended— 

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

6 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(a)(2)(E)’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

10 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), 

11 or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 

13 (a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 

14 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub15 section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 

16 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 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

21 4(a)(2)(E)’’; and 

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

23 (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and in24 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 

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1 (c) REGULATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(k) is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 

4 days after the date of enactment of the Radiation 

5 Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021, 

6 the Attorney General shall issue revised regulations 

7 to carry out this Act.’’. 

8 (2) CONSIDERATIONS IN REVISIONS.—In 

9 issuing revised regulations under section 6(k) of the 

10 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 

11 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note), as amended under 

12 paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall ensure 

13 that procedures with respect to the submission and 

14 processing of claims under such Act take into ac15 count and make allowances for the law, tradition, 

16 and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting 

17 as a record of proof of physical presence for a claim18 ant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of 

19 being a holder of a post office box, a letter from an 

20 elected leader of an Indian tribe, or a record of any 

21 recognized tribal association or organization. 

22 SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 

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

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

2 years’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

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

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact8 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

9 Amendments of 2021, any claimant who has been 

10 denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 

11 claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 

12 accordance with this Act not more than three times. 

13 Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact14 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

15 Amendments of 2021 shall not be applied to the lim16 itation under the preceding sentence. 

17 ‘‘(2) PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the date of en19 actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa20 tion Act Amendments of 2021, any claimant 

21 who received compensation under this Act may 

22 submit a request to the Attorney General for 

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1 ‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu2 rity number, and date of birth; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 

4 under this Act before the date of enact5 ment of the Radiation Exposure Com6 pensation Act Amendments of 2021; 

7 ‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com8 pensation sought through such request; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(iv) any additional information re11 quired by the Attorney General. 

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

13 claimant received compensation under this Act 

14 before the date of enactment of the Radiation 

15 Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 

16 2021 and submits a request under subpara17 graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 

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

19 is equal to any excess of— 

20 ‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 

21 eligible to receive under this Act (as 

22 amended by the Radiation Exposure 

23 Compensation Act Amendments of 

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1 ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 

2 to the claimant under this Act before 

3 the date of enactment of the Radi4 ation Exposure Compensation Act 

5 Amendments of 2021; and 

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

7 was compensated under section 4, provide 

8 the claimant with medical benefits under 

9 section 4(a)(5).’’. 

10 SEC. 8. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACTS 

11 OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

14 has the meaning given under section 101 of the 

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

16 (2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro17 gram established under subsection (b); and 

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

19 of Health and Human Services. 

20 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

21 a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 

22 of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 

23 program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 

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1 pationally exposed individuals, including family members 

2 of uranium miners and millers. 

3 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin4 ister the program through the National Institute of Envi5 ronmental Health Sciences. 

6 (d) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.—Any institution 

7 of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli8 gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 

9 institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli10 cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 

11 accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 

12 reasonably require. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024. 

16 SEC. 9. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 

17 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 

18 (a) COVERED EMPLOYEES WITH CANCER.—Section 

19 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

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

21 is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

22 the following: 

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

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1 ‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 

2 specified cancer after beginning employ3 ment at a Department of Energy facility 

4 (in the case of a Department of Energy 

5 employee or Department of Energy con6 tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 

7 employer facility (in the case of an atomic 

8 weapons employee); or 

9 ‘‘(ii) that individual— 

10 ‘‘(I) contracted that specified 

11 cancer after beginning employment in 

12 a uranium mine or uranium mill de13 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 

14 the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

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

16 any individual who was employed in 

17 core drilling or the transport of ura18 nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

19 from such mine or mill) located in 

20 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo21 ming, South Dakota, Washington, 

22 Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 

23 Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen24 eral makes a determination under sec25 tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 


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

2 that Act; and 

3 ‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 

4 mine or uranium mill described under 

5 subclause (I) (including any individual 

6 who was employed in core drilling or 

7 the transport of uranium ore or vana8 dium-uranium ore from such mine or 

9 mill) at any time during the period 

10 beginning on January 1, 1942, and 

11 ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 

12 (b) MEMBERS OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.— 

13 Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill14 ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

15 7384q) is amended— 

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

17 and inserting the following: 

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

19 Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 

20 President whether there is a class of employees— 

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

22 who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa23 cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

24 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

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1 ‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura2 nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 

3 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 

5 who was employed in core drilling or the trans6 port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

7 from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 

8 New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 

9 Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or10 egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen11 eral makes a determination under section 

12 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 

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

14 during the period beginning on January 1, 

15 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 

16 likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 

17 mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

18 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

19 received.’’; and 

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

21 following: 

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

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

24 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 

25 a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 


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1 weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem2 bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 

3 the compensation program if the President, upon 

4 recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 

5 and Worker Health, determines that— 

6 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf7 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

8 class received; and 

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

10 such radiation dose may have endangered the 

11 health of members of the class. 

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

13 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 

14 employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de15 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 

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

17 (including any individual who was employed in core 

18 drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana19 dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 

20 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 

21 Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 

22 Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 

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

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

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

2 1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex3 posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro4 gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 

5 Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 

6 determines that— 

7 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf8 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

9 class received; and 

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

11 such radiation dose may have endangered the 

12 health of members of the class.’’. 

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