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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5119 
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation 
for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2010 
Mr. LUJA´N (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HEINRICH, Mrs. 
KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
SALAZAR, and Mr. TEAGUE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to im-
prove compensation for workers involved in uranium min-
ing, 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 ‘‘Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act Amendments of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi-
sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made 
to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 
note). 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 
Section 3(d) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘The Fund shall terminate 19 years after the date 
of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Act Amendments of 2010.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘22-year’’ and inserting ‘‘19- 
year’’. 
SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING. 
(a) LEUKEMIA CLAIMS RELATING TO TRINITY TEST 
IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PACIFIC.—Section 
4(a)(1)(A) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) in subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ 
and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-
colon; 
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(B) by redesignating subclause (III) as 
subclause (V); and 
(C) by inserting after subclause (II) the 
following: 
‘‘(III) was physically present in 
an affected area for the period begin-
ning on June 30, 1945, and ending on 
July 31, 1945; or 
‘‘(IV) was physically present in 
an affected area— 
‘‘(aa) for a period of at least 
1 year during the period begin-
ning on June 30, 1946, and end-
ing on August 19, 1958; or 
‘‘(bb) for the period begin-
ning on April 25, 1962, and end-
ing on November 5, 1962; or’’; or 
(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres-
ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) 
or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub-
clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite 
participation described in clause (i)(V)’’. 
(b) AMOUNTS
FOR CLAIMS RELATED
TO LEU-
KEMIA.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘an 
amount’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—If the conditions de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) are met, an indi-
vidual who is described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
shall receive $150,000.’’. 
(c) SPECIFIED DISEASES CLAIMS RELATING
TO 
TRINITY TEST IN NEW MEXICO AND TESTS IN THE PA-
CIFIC.—Section 4(a)(2) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in the af-
fected area’’ and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) was physically present in an affected 
area for the period beginning on June 30, 
1945, and ending on July 31, 1945; 
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