(2) The fact that such a test has resulted in 
such a release. 
(3) The nature and extent of the release, in-
cluding a list of areas potentially at risk from radio-
nuclides, with determination of risk based on such 
factors as atmospheric conditions and the quantity 
of radionuclides released. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The requirements of 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply notwithstanding any 
provision of law that would otherwise require or permit 
the information to not be made public. 
(d) PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENT.—After an un-
derground nuclear test is conducted, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall hold public meetings in southern Utah, Arizona, 
and Nevada to discuss the details of the test, including 
the nature and extent of any release of radiation as a re-
sult of the test. 
SEC. 6. STUDY ON SAFETY AND HEALTH OF CITIZENS IN 
THE VICINITY OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall, 
for purposes of obtaining an independent analysis of the 
safety, health, and environmental issues related to under-
ground nuclear testing and ensuring the safety and health 
of citizens who live near the Nevada Test Site, complete 
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a study on the safety, health, and environmental measures 
that the National Nuclear Security Administration has 
taken with respect to underground nuclear testing. The 
study shall also recommend additional measures that 
might be taken, if required, to ensure the safety and 
health of such citizens. 
SEC. 7. NEVADA TEST SITE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Energy shall establish a Nevada Test Site Citizens Review 
Board (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Board’’) to address environmental, health, and safety 
issues related to nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall be com-
posed of nine members appointed by the Secretary 
of Energy, of whom— 
(A) three members shall be citizens of Ne-
vada, of whom— 
(i) one shall be a State official with 
expertise in the fields of environmental 
safety, health, or air quality; and 
(ii) two shall be community represent-
atives; 
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(B) three members shall be citizens of Ari-
zona, of whom— 
(i) one shall be a State official with 
expertise in the fields of environmental 
safety, health, or air quality; and 
(ii) two shall be community represent-
atives; and 
(C) three members shall be citizens of 
Utah, of whom— 
(i) one shall be a State official with 
expertise in the fields of environmental 
safety, health, or air quality; and 
(ii) two shall be community represent-
atives. 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS.— 
(A) NEVADA.—The members of the Board 
appointed under paragraph (1)(A) shall be ap-
pointed from among any individuals that are 
recommended for such appointment by the chief 
executive officer of the State of Nevada. 
(B) ARIZONA.—The members of the Board 
appointed under paragraph (1)(B) shall be ap-
pointed from among any individuals that are 
recommended for such appointment by the chief 
executive officer of the State of Arizona. 
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(C) UTAH.—The members of the Board 
appointed under paragraph (1)(C) shall be ap-
pointed from among any individuals that are 
recommended for such appointment by the chief 
executive officer of the State of Utah pursuant 
to such recommendations as have been made 
jointly by the Five County Association of Gov-
ernments and the Six County Association of 
Governments, Utah. 
(c) MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall meet annu-
ally, together with the Nevada Test Site Office Man-
ager, to discuss environmental, health, and safety 
issues at the Nevada Test Site. 
(2) REVIEW OF PROPOSED NUCLEAR TESTS.— 
The Board shall meet not later than 180 days prior 
to any proposed nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site 
to discuss environmental, health, and safety issues 
related to such proposed test. 
SEC. 8. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INDEPENDENT RADIATION 
MONITORING. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this section, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Office for Domestic Pre-
paredness, shall carry out a program under which the Sec-
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retary makes grants to institutions of higher education for 
use by those institutions only to acquire radiation detec-
tion equipment and sensors and, for a period of 10 years 
thereafter, to maintain and operate such equipment and 
sensors. 
(b) PREFERENCE.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give preference to institutions in 
those States that received high levels of fallout from nu-
clear weapons tests, as determined by data collected by 
the National Cancer Institute. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant, the institution shall, whenever the United States 
carries out a test of a nuclear weapon during the period 
referred to in subsection (a)— 
(1) use the equipment and sensors to carry out 
monitoring to determine the nature and amount of 
any radiation from the test that reaches such sen-
sors; and 
(2) ensure that all information on radiation ob-
tained through monitoring under paragraph (1) is 
made available to the public. 
SEC. 9. MONITORING OF RELEASES OF RADIATION INTO 
THE ATMOSPHERE. 
(a) MONITORING BY DOE AND EPA.—Whenever the 
United States carries out a test of a nuclear weapon, mon-
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Protection Agency each shall ensure that all information 
on radiation obtained through monitoring under sub-
section (a) is made available to the public on the Internet 
as soon as available, and in any event not more than 24 
hours after such information is collected. 
(f) FINDING OF RELEASE.—If, in monitoring any 
such test, the head of any element of the Federal Govern-
ment determines that a release of radiation beyond the 
boundaries of the NTS has occurred— 
(1) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall immediately submit a report 
to Congress providing notice of that determination; 
(2) the United States shall stop all testing of all 
nuclear weapons, except as otherwise provided in an 
Act enacted after the date of the test; and 
(3) the Attorney General shall carry out a pro-
gram, substantially similar to the program under 
section 4 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note), under which compensa-
tion is provided to individuals adversely affected by 
that release of radiation. 
SEC. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY 
OF RADIATION AND HUMAN HEALTH. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Director of the National 
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Institutes of Health shall make a grant to a university 
or a consortium of universities located in the inter-
mountain west region of the United States to establish, 
maintain, and operate a center described in subsection (b), 
to be known as the National Center for the Study of Radi-
ation and Human Health. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the National Cen-
ter for the Study of Radiation and Human Health shall 
include the following: 
(1) Awarding grants to institutions of higher 
education for research on the relationship between 
radiation and human health, including any health ef-
fects or illness related to exposure to particular ra-
dioactive isotopes. 
(2) Studying the relationship between radiation 
and human health, including fallout data collection. 
(3) Coordinating efforts relating to research on 
radiation and human health. 
(4) Collecting, maintaining, and making avail-
able to the public by means of the Internet an ar-
chive of fallout data and human health effects data. 
(c) REPORT.—The National Center for the Study of 
Radiation and Human Health shall submit to Congress, 
and make available to the public, an annual report on the 
activities of the Center. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 11. STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS TESTS. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Director of the National Can-
cer Institute, shall— 
(1) complete a study to estimate the dose of all 
radionuclides received by the United States popu-
lation as a result of exposure to nuclear weapons 
tests conducted in the United States; 
(2) disaggregate the results of such study by 
organ, by radionuclide, and by demographic vari-
ables; 
(3) submit a report to Congress on the results 
of such study; and 
(4) make such results publicly available. 
SEC. 12. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘nuclear weapon’’ 
includes other nuclear explosive devices producing a nu-
clear yield. 
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