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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2530 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement 
with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
to conduct a study on radiation exposure relating to the cleanup of 
Enewetak Atoll, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2021 
Mr. NEHLS (for himself and Mrs. LURIA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter 
into an agreement with the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study 
on radiation exposure relating to the cleanup of 
Enewetak Atoll, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enewetak Atoll Clean-
up Radiation Study Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY ON RADIATION EXPOSURE RELATING TO 
CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct 
a study on the level of radiation exposure experienced by 
members of the Armed Forces who participated in the 
cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study conducted pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of— 
(A) the completeness and adequacy of the 
assessment titled ‘‘Radiation Dose Assessment 
for Military Personnel of the Enewetak Atoll 
Cleanup Project (1977–1980)’’ published by the 
Defense Threat Reduction Agency in April 
2018, including with respect to the calculation 
of the estimated upper-bound radiation dose re-
ceived by members of the Armed Forces who 
participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll 
during the period beginning on January 1, 
1977, and ending on December 31, 1980; 
(B) whether information exists to conduct 
a revised or alternative radiation dose assess-
ment that would consider exposures and expo-
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sure pathways that were not part of the radi-
ation dose assessment described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
(C) whether conducting such a revised or 
alternative radiation dose assessment is feasible 
and would likely yield substantively improved 
estimates of the radiation dose received by 
members of the Armed Forces who participated 
in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll. 
(2) If the study determines under paragraph 
(1)(C) that a revised or alternative radiation dose 
assessment is feasible and would likely yield sub-
stantively improved estimates of the radiation dose 
received by members of the Armed Forces who par-
ticipated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll, an eval-
uation of conducting such assessment, including— 
(A) identification of the sources of the data 
for such assessment, including a delineation of 
the protocol to be used in conducting such as-
sessment; 
(B) an estimate of the time and funding 
needed to conduct such assessment; 
(C) identification of the major sources of 
uncertainty in such assessment and how such 
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sources may affect the estimates generated by 
such assessment; and 
(D) identification of the best means to 
carry out such assessment. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the Secretary receives the study conducted pur-
suant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on such study, includ-
ing the plans of the Secretary to carry out any actions 
based on the results of such study. 
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