‘‘(D) was physically present in an affected 
area— 
‘‘(i) for a period of at least 2 years 
during the period beginning on June 30, 
1946, and ending on August 19, 1958; or 
‘‘(ii) for the period beginning on April 
25, 1962, and ending on November 5, 
1962; or’’. 
(d) AMOUNTS FOR CLAIMS RELATED TO SPECIFIED 
DISEASES.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by subsection 
(c) of this section) by striking ‘‘$50,000 (in the case of 
an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) or 
$75,000 (in the case of an individual described in subpara-
graph (C)),’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 
(e) MEDICAL BENEFITS.—Section 4(a) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) MEDICAL
BENEFITS.—An individual re-
ceiving a payment under this section shall be eligible 
to receive medical benefits in the same manner and 
to the same extent as an individual eligible to receive 
medical benefits under section 3629 of the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Pro-
gram Act (as enacted into law by Public Law 106– 
398; 114 Stat. 165A–507).’’. 
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(f) DOWNWIND STATES.—Section 4(b)(1) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) ‘affected area’ means— 
‘‘(A) except as provided under subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; 
‘‘(B) with respect to a claim by an indi-
vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or 
(2)(C), only New Mexico; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to a claim by an indi-
vidual under subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(IV) or 
(2)(D), only Guam.’’. 
SEC. 5. CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING. 
(a) EMPLOYEES
OF MINES
AND MILLS.—Section 
5(a)(1)(A)(i) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1971; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) was employed as a core driller in 
a State referred to in subclause (I) during 
the period described in such subclause; 
and’’. 
(b) MINERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(I) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or renal cancer or any other chronic renal 
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disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue in-
jury’’ after ‘‘nonmalignant respiratory disease’’. 
(c) MILLERS, CORE DRILLERS, AND ORE TRANS-
PORTERS.—Section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, core driller,’’ after ‘‘was a 
miller’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘ clause (i)’’; and 
(3) by striking all that follows ‘‘nonmalignant 
respiratory disease’’ and inserting ‘‘or renal cancer 
or any other chronic renal disease, including nephri-
tis and kidney tubal tissue injury; or’’. 
(d) 
COMBINED
WORK
HISTORIES.—Section 
5(a)(1)(A)(ii) is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I); 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III)(aa) does not meet the con-
ditions of subclause (I) or (II); 
‘‘(bb) worked, during the period 
described in clause (i)(I), in two or 
more of the following positions: miner, 
miller, core driller, and ore trans-
porter; 
‘‘(cc) meets the requirements of 
paragraph (4) or (5), or both; and 
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‘‘(dd) submits written medical 
documentation that the individual de-
veloped lung cancer or a nonmalig-
nant respiratory disease or renal can-
cer or any other chronic renal disease, 
including nephritis and kidney tubal 
tissue injury after exposure to radi-
ation through work in one or more of 
the positions referred to in item 
(aa);’’. 
(e) DATES OF OPERATION OF URANIUM MINE.—Sec-
tion 5(a)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
1971’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1990’’. 
(f) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMBINED WORK 
HISTORIES.—Section 5(a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 
WORK HISTORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST 
ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.—An individual meets 
the requirements of this paragraph if the individual 
worked in one or more of the positions referred to 
in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) for a period of at 
least one year during the period described in para-
graph (1)(A)(i)(I). 
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‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO COMBINED 
WORK
HISTORIES
FOR
MINERS.—An individual 
meets the requirements of this paragraph if the indi-
vidual, during the period described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)(I), worked as a miner and was exposed to 
such number of working level months that the Attor-
ney General determines, when combined with the ex-
posure of such individual to radiation through work 
as a miller, core driller, or ore transporter during 
the period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), re-
sults in such individual being exposed to a total level 
of radiation that is greater or equal to the level of 
exposure of an individual described in paragraph 
(4).’’. 
(g) DEFINITION OF CORE DRILLER.—Section 5(b) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘core driller’ means any indi-
vidual employed to engage in the act or process of 
obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or va-
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nadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for 
the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.’’. 
SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF USE OF AFFIDAVITS IN DETERMINA-
TION OF CLAIMS; REGULATIONS. 
(a) AFFIDAVITS.—Section 6(b) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) AFFIDAVITS.— 
‘‘(A) EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY.—For pur-
poses of this Act, the Attorney General shall ac-
cept a written affidavit or declaration as evi-
dence to substantiate the employment history of 
an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or 
ore transporter if the affidavit— 
‘‘(i) is provided in addition to other 
material that may be used to substantiate 
the employment history of the individual; 
‘‘(ii) attests to the employment history 
of the individual; 
‘‘(iii) is made subject to penalty for 
perjury; and 
‘‘(iv) is made by a person other than 
the individual filing the claim. 
‘‘(B) PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AFFECTED 
AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall accept a written affidavit or dec-
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‘‘(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 
2010 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— 
‘‘(I) the amount the claimant is 
eligible to receive under this Act (as 
amended by the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act Amendments of 
2010); 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 2010; 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).’’. 
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SEC. 8. ATTORNEY 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 
(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 
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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 2011 through 2016. 
Æ 
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