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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3783 

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 

JULY 16, 2019 

Mr. LUJA ́N (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 

Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

CROW, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

SOTO, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. TORRES SMALL of 

New Mexico, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. TITUS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. 

TONKO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. MICHAEL

F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. HECK, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SMITH

of Washington, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Ms. JOHNSON

of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education 

and Labor, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Compensation Act Amendments of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND APOLOGY. 

5 Section 2(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Com6 pensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 

7 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including individuals in 

8 New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wyo9 ming, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, 

10 Nevada, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after 

11 ‘‘tests exposed individuals’’. 

12 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 

13 Section 3(d) of the Radiation Exposure Compensa14 tion Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘22 years’’ and inserting ‘‘45 

17 years’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘22-year’’ and inserting ‘‘45- 

19 year’’. 

20 SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 

21 (a) LEUKEMIA CLAIMS RELATING TO TRINITY TEST

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

23 4(a)(1)(A) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

24 (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amend25 ed— 

26 (1) in clause (i)— 


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1 (A) in subclause (II)— 

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

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

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi5 colon; 

6 (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as 

7 subclause (V); and 

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

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(III) was physically present in an af11 fected area for a period of at least 1 year 

12 during the period beginning on June 30, 

13 1945, and ending on July 31, 1962; 

14 ‘‘(IV) was physically present in an af15 fected area— 

16 ‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 1 

17 year during the period beginning on 

18 June 30, 1946, and ending on August 

19 19, 1958; or 

20 ‘‘(bb) for the period beginning on 

21 April 25, 1962, and ending on No22 vember 5, 1962; or’’; and 

23 (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres24 ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 

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


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1 and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub2 clause (I), (II), (III), of (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 

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

4 (b) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO LEU5 KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Com6 pensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 

7 note) is amended— 

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

9 amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 

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

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—If the conditions de13 scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi14 vidual who is described in subparagraph (A)(i) 

15 shall receive $150,000.’’. 

16 (c) SPECIFIED DISEASES CLAIMS RELATING TO

17 TRINITY TEST IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PA18 CIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) of the Radiation Exposure Com19 pensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 

20 note) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in the af22 fected area’’ and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

2 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub3 paragraph (E); and 

4 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol5 lowing: 

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

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

8 period beginning on June 30, 1945, and ending 

9 on July 31, 1962; 

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

11 area— 

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

13 during the period beginning on June 30, 

14 1946, and ending on August 19, 1958; or 

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

16 25, 1962, and ending on November 5, 

17 1962; or’’. 

18 (d) CLAIMS RELATED TO RADIATION EXPOSURE

19 DURING CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL.—Subpara20 graph (E) of section 4(a)(2) of the Radiation Exposure 

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

22 note) (as redesignated by subsection (c) of this section) 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘a test involving the atmospheric 

24 detonation of a nuclear device,’’ and inserting the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(i) a test involving the atmospheric 

2 detonation of a nuclear device, or 

3 ‘‘(ii) the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll 

4 during the period beginning on January 1, 

5 1977, and ending on December 31, 

6 1980,’’. 

7 (e) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO SPECIFIED

8 DISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) of the Radiation Exposure 

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

10 note) is amended in the matter following subparagraph 

11 (E) (as redesignated by subsection (c) of this section) by 

12 striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of an individual described 

13 in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or $75,000 (in the case of 

14 an individual described in subparagraph (C)),’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘$150,000’’. 

16 (f) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—Section 4(a) of the Radi17 ation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 

18 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(5) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—An individual re21 ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 

22 to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 

23 to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 

24 medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 


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1 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro2 gram Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384t).’’. 

3 (g) DOWNWIND STATES.—Section 4(b)(1) of the Ra4 diation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101– 

5 426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended 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 (a)(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 (a)(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) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

19 Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 

20 amended— 

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

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

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

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


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

2 a State referred to in subclause (I) during 

3 the period described in such subclause; 

4 and’’. 

5 (b) MINERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) of the Radi6 ation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 

7 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or renal 

8 cancer, renal failure, or any other chronic renal disease, 

9 including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury’’ after 

10 ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 

11 (c) MILLERS, CORE DRILLERS, ORE TRANSPORTERS, 

12 AND REMEDIATION WORKERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) 

13 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 

14 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 

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

16 miller’’; 

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘, or was involved in remedi18 ation efforts at such a uranium mine or uranium 

19 mill,’’ after ‘‘ore transporter’’; 

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

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

22 respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer, 

23 renal failure, or any other chronic renal disease, in24 cluding nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 


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1 (d) COMBINED WORK HISTORIES.—Section 

2 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

3 Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is further 

4 amended— 

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

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the condi9 tions of subclause (I) or (II); 

10 ‘‘(bb) worked, during the period de11 scribed in clause (i)(I), in two or more of 

12 the following positions: miner, miller, core 

13 driller, and ore transporter; 

14 ‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of para15 graph (4) or (5), or both; and 

16 ‘‘(dd) submits written medical docu17 mentation that the individual developed 

18 lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 

19 disease or renal cancer, renal failure, or 

20 any other chronic renal disease, including 

21 nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury, 

22 after exposure to radiation through work 

23 in one or more of the positions referred to 

24 in item (bb);’’. 


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1 (e) DATES OF OPERATION OF URANIUM MINE.—Sec2 tion 5(a)(2)(A) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

3 Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 

6 (f) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMBINED WORK

7 HISTORIES.—Section 5(a) of the Radiation Exposure 

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

9 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

11 WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST

12 ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.—An individual meets 

13 the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 

14 worked in one or more of the positions referred to 

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

16 least one year during the period described in para17 graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 

18 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED

19 WORK HISTORIES FOR MINERS.—An individual 

20 meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi21 vidual, during the period described in paragraph 

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

23 such number of working level months of radiation 

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1 ation through work as a miller, core driller, or ore 

2 transporter during the period described in paragraph 

3 (1)(A)(i)(I), results in such individual being exposed 

4 to a total level of radiation that is greater or equal 

5 to the level of exposure of an individual described in 

6 paragraph (4).’’. 

7 (g) DEFINITION OF CORE DRILLER.—Section 5(b) of 

8 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 

9 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 

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

11 (7); 

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi16 vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 

17 obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va18 nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 

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

20 SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA21 TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 

22 (a) AFFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) of the Radiation Ex23 posure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 

24 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

25 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 ‘‘(D) PARTICIPATION IN CLEANUP.—For 

4 purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

5 accept a written affidavit or declaration as evi6 dence to substantiate an individual’s participa7 tion onsite in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll 

8 during the period beginning on January 1, 

9 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980, if the 

10 affidavit— 

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

12 material that may be used to substantiate 

13 the individual’s participation onsite in the 

14 cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during such pe15 riod; 

16 ‘‘(ii) attests to the individual’s partici17 pation onsite in the cleanup of Enewetak 

18 Atoll during such period; 

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

20 perjury; and 

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

22 the individual filing the claim.’’. 

23 (b) GUIDELINES FOR ONSITE PARTICIPATION IN

24 CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL.—Subparagraph (C) of 

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1 Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘under section 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and in3 serting ‘‘, or in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll, under sec4 tion 4(a)(2)(E)’’. 

5 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 Section 6 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

7 (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)(2)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

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

13 of section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

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

15 (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 

16 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub17 section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 

18 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’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec22 tion 4(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

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1 (C) by adding ‘‘or in the cleanup of 

2 Enewetak Atoll’’ after ‘‘detonation of a nuclear 

3 device’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1), 

6 (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 

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

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘or in the cleanup of 

10 Enewetak Atoll’’ after ‘‘detonation of a nuclear 

11 device’’. 

12 (d) REGULATIONS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(k) of the Radi14 ation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101– 

15 426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at 

16 the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of enactment of the Radiation Expo18 sure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019, the 

19 Attorney General shall issue revised regulations to 

20 carry out this Act.’’. 

21 (2) CONSIDERATIONS IN REVISIONS.—In 

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

23 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 

24 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note), as amended under 

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1 that procedures with respect to the submission and 

2 processing of claims under such Act take into ac3 count and make allowances for the law, tradition, 

4 and customs of Indian tribes, including by accepting 

5 as a record of proof of physical presence for a claim6 ant a grazing permit, a homesite lease, a record of 

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

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

9 recognized tribal association or organization. 

10 SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 

11 (a) EXTENSION OF FILING TIME.—Section 8(a) of 

12 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 

13 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘22 years’’ and inserting ‘‘45 years’’. 

15 (b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) of the 

16 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101– 

17 426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact20 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

21 Amendments of 2019, any claimant who has been 

22 denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 

23 claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 

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1 ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

2 Amendments of 2019 shall not be applied to the lim3 itation under the preceding sentence. 

4 ‘‘(2) PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the date of en6 actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa7 tion Act Amendments of 2019, any claimant 

8 who received compensation under this Act may 

9 submit a request to the Attorney General for 

10 additional compensation and benefits. Such re11 quest shall contain— 

12 ‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu13 rity number, and date of birth; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 

15 under this Act before the date of enact16 ment of the Radiation Exposure Com17 pensation Act Amendments of 2019; 

18 ‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com19 pensation sought through such request; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iv) any additional information re22 quired by the Attorney General. 

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

24 claimant received compensation under this Act 

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1 Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 

2 2019 and submits a request under subpara3 graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 

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

5 is equal to any excess of— 

6 ‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 

7 eligible to receive under this Act (as 

8 amended by the Radiation Exposure 

9 Compensation Act Amendments of 

10 2019); minus 

11 ‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 

12 to the claimant under this Act before 

13 the date of enactment of the Radi14 ation Exposure Compensation Act 

15 Amendments of 2019; and 

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

17 was compensated under section 4, provide 

18 the claimant with medical benefits under 

19 section 4(a)(5).’’. 

20 SEC. 8. ATTORNEYS FEES. 

21 Section 9(b)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Com22 pensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 

23 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘10 percent’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACTS 

2 OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

5 has the meaning given under section 101 of the 

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

7 (2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro8 gram established under subsection (b); and 

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

10 of Health and Human Services. 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

12 a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 

13 of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 

14 program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 

15 impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu16 pationally exposed individuals, including family members 

17 of uranium miners and millers. 

18 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin19 ister the program through the National Institute of Envi20 ronmental Health Sciences. 

21 (d) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.—Any institution 

22 of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli23 gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 

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1 accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 

2 reasonably require. 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

6 SEC. 10. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 

7 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 

8 (a) COVERED EMPLOYEES WITH CANCER.—Section 

9 3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

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

11 is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

12 the following: 

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

14 who is a member of the Special Exposure Co15 hort, if and only if— 

16 ‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 

17 specified cancer after beginning employ18 ment at a Department of Energy facility 

19 (in the case of a Department of Energy 

20 employee or Department of Energy con21 tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 

22 employer facility (in the case of an atomic 

23 weapons employee); or 

24 ‘‘(ii) that individual— 


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1 ‘‘(I) contracted that specified 

2 cancer after beginning employment in 

3 a uranium mine or uranium mill de4 scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 

5 the Radiation Exposure Compensation 

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

7 any individual who was employed in 

8 core drilling or the transport of ura9 nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

10 from such mine or mill) located in 

11 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo12 ming, South Dakota, Washington, 

13 Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 

14 Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen15 eral makes a determination under sec16 tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 

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

18 that Act; and 

19 ‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 

20 mine or uranium mill described under 

21 subclause (I) (including any individual 

22 who was employed in core drilling or 

23 the transport of uranium ore or vana24 dium-uranium ore from such mine or 

25 mill) at any time during the period 


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1 beginning on January 1, 1942, and 

2 ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 

3 (b) MEMBERS OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.— 

4 Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill5 ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

6 7384q) is amended— 

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

8 and inserting the following: 

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

10 Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 

11 President whether there is a class of employees— 

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

13 who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa14 cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

15 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

16 received; or 

17 ‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura18 nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 

19 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 

21 who was employed in core drilling or the trans22 port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 

23 from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 

24 New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 

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1 egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen2 eral makes a determination under section 

3 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 

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

5 during the period beginning on January 1, 

6 1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 

7 likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 

8 mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 

9 with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 

10 received.’’; and 

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

12 following: 

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

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

15 3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 

16 a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 

17 weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem18 bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 

19 the compensation program if the President, upon 

20 recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 

21 and Worker Health, determines that— 

22 ‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf23 ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 

24 class received; and 


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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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