of section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 
(a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of 
section 
4’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C), or 
(a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
4(a)(2)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
4(a)(2)(E)’’; 
(C) by adding ‘‘or in the cleanup of 
Enewetak Atoll’’ after ‘‘detonation of a nuclear 
device’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
(a)(1), 
(a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of section 4’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), 
(a)(2)(C), or (a)(2)(D) of section 4’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or in the cleanup of 
Enewetak Atoll’’ after ‘‘detonation of a nuclear 
device’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Section 6(k) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Radiation Exposure 
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Compensation Act Amendments of 2017, the Attorney 
General shall issue revised regulations to carry out this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF FILING TIME.—Section 8(a) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘22 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 
years’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(b) RESUBMITTAL
OF CLAIMS.—Section 8(b) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 
‘‘(1) DENIED CLAIMS.—After the date of enact-
ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
Amendments of 2017, any claimant who has been 
denied compensation under this Act may resubmit a 
claim for consideration by the Attorney General in 
accordance with this Act not more than three times. 
Any resubmittal made before the date of the enact-
ment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
Amendments of 2017 shall not be applied to the lim-
itation under the preceding sentence. 
‘‘(2) PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the date of en-
actment of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
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tion Act Amendments of 2017, any claimant 
who received compensation under this Act may 
submit a request to the Attorney General for 
additional compensation and benefits. Such re-
quest shall contain— 
‘‘(i) the claimant’s name, social secu-
rity number, and date of birth; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of award received 
under this Act before the date of enact-
ment of the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Act Amendments of 2017; 
‘‘(iii) any additional benefits and com-
pensation sought through such request; 
and 
‘‘(iv) any additional information re-
quired by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—If the 
claimant received compensation under this Act 
before the date of enactment of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 
2017 and submits a request under subpara-
graph (A), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) pay the claimant the amount that 
is equal to any excess of— 
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‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 
eligible to receive under this Act (as 
amended by the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act Amendments of 
2017); minus 
‘‘(II) the aggregate amount paid 
to the claimant under this Act before 
the date of enactment of the Radi-
ation Exposure Compensation Act 
Amendments of 2017; and 
‘‘(ii) in any case in which the claimant 
was compensated under section 4, provide 
the claimant with medical benefits under 
section 4(a)(5).’’. 
SEC. 8. ATTORNEYS FEES. 
Section 9(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
SEC. 9. GRANT PROGRAM ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPACTS 
OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given under section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 
(2) the term ‘‘program’’ means the grant pro-
gram established under subsection (b); and 
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(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a grant program relating to the epidemiological impacts 
of uranium mining and milling. Grants awarded under the 
program shall be used for the study of the epidemiological 
impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occu-
pationally exposed individuals, including family members 
of uranium miners and millers. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the program through the National Institute of Envi-
ronmental Health Sciences. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.—Any institution 
of higher education or nonprofit private entity shall be eli-
gible to apply for a grant. To apply for a grant an eligible 
institution or entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing or 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. 
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SEC. 10. ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
(a) COVERED EMPLOYEES WITH CANCER.—Section 
3621(9) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(9)) 
is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) An individual with a specified cancer 
who is a member of the Special Exposure Co-
hort, if and only if— 
‘‘(i) that individual contracted that 
specified cancer after beginning employ-
ment at a Department of Energy facility 
(in the case of a Department of Energy 
employee or Department of Energy con-
tractor employee) or at an atomic weapons 
employer facility (in the case of an atomic 
weapons employee); or 
‘‘(ii) that individual— 
‘‘(I) contracted that specified 
cancer after beginning employment in 
a uranium mine or uranium mill de-
scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including 
any individual who was employed in 
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core drilling or the transport of ura-
nium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 
from such mine or mill) located in 
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo-
ming, South Dakota, Washington, 
Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, 
Texas, or any State the Attorney Gen-
eral makes a determination under sec-
tion 5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion 
of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) of 
that Act; and 
‘‘(II) was employed in a uranium 
mine or uranium mill described under 
subclause (I) (including any individual 
who was employed in core drilling or 
the transport of uranium ore or vana-
dium-uranium ore from such mine or 
mill) at any time during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1942, and 
ending on December 31, 1990.’’. 
(b) MEMBERS OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.— 
Section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-
ness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
7384q) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) The Advisory Board on Radiation and 
Worker Health under section 3624 shall advise the 
President whether there is a class of employees— 
‘‘(A) at any Department of Energy facility 
who likely were exposed to radiation at that fa-
cility but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 
with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 
received; or 
‘‘(B) employed in a uranium mine or ura-
nium mill described under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) (including any individual 
who was employed in core drilling or the trans-
port of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore 
from such mine or mill) located in Colorado, 
New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, 
Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Or-
egon, Texas, and any State the Attorney Gen-
eral makes a determination under section 
5(a)(2) of that Act for inclusion of eligibility 
under section 5(a)(1) of that Act, at any time 
during the period beginning on January 1, 
1942, and ending on December 31, 1990, who 
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likely were exposed to radiation at that mine or 
mill but for whom it is not feasible to estimate 
with sufficient accuracy the radiation dose they 
received.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of section 
3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees at 
a Department of Energy facility, or at an atomic 
weapons employer facility, may be treated as mem-
bers of the Special Exposure Cohort for purposes of 
the compensation program if the President, upon 
recommendation of the Advisory Board on Radiation 
and Worker Health, determines that— 
‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-
ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 
class received; and 
‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 
such radiation dose may have endangered the 
health of members of the class. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the provisions of section 
3621(14)(C), the members of a class of employees 
employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill de-
scribed under section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation 
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Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 
(including any individual who was employed in core 
drilling or the transport of uranium ore or vana-
dium-uranium ore from such mine or mill) located in 
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South 
Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, 
Oregon, Texas, and any State the Attorney General 
makes a determination under section 5(a)(2) of that 
Act for inclusion of eligibility under section 5(a)(1) 
of that Act, at any time during the period beginning 
on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 
1990, may be treated as members of the Special Ex-
posure Cohort for purposes of the compensation pro-
gram if the President, upon recommendation of the 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 
determines that— 
‘‘(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suf-
ficient accuracy the radiation dose that the 
class received; and 
‘‘(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that 
such radiation dose may have endangered the 
health of members of the class.’’. 
Æ 
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