‘‘(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 
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 
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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— 
(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; and 
‘‘(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, 
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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 
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 
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‘‘(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 
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— 
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‘‘(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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