Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000
PL 106-245 (S.1515), enacted 07/10/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-245—JULY 10, 2000 
114 STAT. 501 
Public Law 106-245 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2000". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2210 note) recognized the responsibility of the Federal Govern-
ment to compensate individuals who were harmed by the 
mining of radioactive materials or fallout from nuclear arms 
testing; 
(2) a congressional oversight hearing conducted by the Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate dem-
onstrated that since enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note), regulatory burdens have 
made it too difficult for some deserving individuals to be fairly 
and efficiently compensated; 
(3) reports of the Atomic Energy Commission and the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hegdth testify 
to the need to extend eligibility to States in which the Federal 
Government sponsored uranium mining and milling from 1941 
through 1971; 
(4) scientific data resulting from the enactment of the Radi-
ation Exposed Veterans Compensation Act of 1988 (38 U.S.C. 
101 note), and obtained from the Committee on the Biological 
Effects of Ionizing Radiations, and the President's Advisory 
Committee on Human Radiation Experiments provide medical 
validation 
for 
the 
extension 
of compensable 
radiogenic 
pathologies; 
(5) above-ground uranium miners, millers and individuals 
who transported ore should be fairly compensated, in a manner 
similar to that provided for underground uranium miners, in 
cases in which those individuals suffered disease or resultant 
death, associated with radiation exposure, due to the failure 
of the Federal Government to warn and otherwise help protect 
citizens from the health hazards addressed by the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note); 
and 
(6) it should be the responsibility of the Federal Grovern-
ment in partnership with State and local governments and 
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appropriate healthcare organizations, to initiate and support 
programs designed for the early detection, prevention and edu-
cation on radiogenic diseases in approved States to aid the 
thousands of individuals adversely affected by the mining of 
uranium and the testing of nuclear weapons for the Nation's 
weapons arsenal. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION 
ACT. 
(a) CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTING.— 
Section 4(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) CLAIMS RELATING TO LEUKEMIA.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^An individual described in this 
subparagraph shall receive an amount specified in subpara-
graph (B) if the conditions described in subparagraph (C) 
are met. An individual referred to in the preceding sentence 
is an individual who— 
"(i)(I) was physically present in an affected area 
for a period of at least 1 year during the period begin-
ning on January 21, 1951, and ending on October 
31, 1958; 
"(II) was physically present in the affected area 
for the period beginning on June 30, 1962, and ending 
on July 31, 1962; or 
"(III) participated onsite in a test involving the 
atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device; and 
"(ii) submits written documentation that such indi-
vidual developed leukemia— 
"(I) after the applicable period of physical pres-
ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
(i) or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III) 
(as the case may be); and 
"(II) more that 2 years after first exposure 
to fallout. 
"(B) AMOUNTS.—If the conditions described in subpara-
graph (C) are met, an individusJ— 
"(i) who is described in subclause (I) or (II) of 
subparagraph (A)(i) shall receive $50,000; or 
"(ii) who is described in subclause (III) of subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall receive $75,000. 
"(C) CONDITIONS.—^The conditions described in this 
subparagraph are as follows: 
"(i) Initial exposure occurred prior to age 21. 
"(ii) The claim for a pa3mrient under subparagraph 
(B) is filed with the Attorney General by or on behalf 
of the individual. 
"(iii) The Attorney (General determines, in accord-
ance with section 6, that the claim meets the require-
ments of this Act.". 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4(b) of the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting "Wasnae, San 
Juan," after "Millard,"; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 
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"(C) in the State of Arizona, the counties of Coconino, 
Yavapai, Navajo, Apache, and Gila; and"; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking "the onset of the disease was between 
2 and 30 years of first exposure," and inserting "the onset 
of the disease was at least 2 years after first exposure, 
lung cancer (other than in situ lung cancer that is discov-
ered during or after a post-mortem exam),"; 
(B) by striking "(provided initial exposure occurred by 
the age of 20)" after "thyroid"; 
(C) by inserting "male or" before "female breast"; 
(D) by striking "(provided initial exposure occurred 
prior to age 40)" after "female breast"; 
(E) by striking "(provided low alcohol consumption and 
not a heavy smoker)" after "esophagus"; 
(F) by striking "(provided initial exposure occurred 
before age 30)" after "stomach"; 
(G) by striking "(provided not a heavy smoker)" after 
"pharynx"; 
(H) by striking "(provided not a heavy smoker and 
low coffee consumption)" after "pancreas"; and 
(I) by inserting "salivary gland, urinary bladder, brain, 
colon, ovary," after "gall bladder,". 
(c) CLAIMS RELATING TO URANIUM MINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(a) of the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
"(a) ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual shall receive $100,000 for 
a claim made under this Act if— 
"(A) that individual— 
"(i) was employed in a uranium mine or uranium 
mill (including any individual who was employed in 
the transport 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, Oregon, and Texas at any 
time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, 
and ending on December 31,1971; and 
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"(ii)(l) was a miner exposed to 40 or more working 
level months of radiation and submits written medical 
documentation that the individual, after that exposure, 
developed lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory 
disease; or 
"(II) was a miller or ore transporter who worked 
for at least 1 year during the period described under 
clause (i) and submits written medical documentation 
that the individual, after that exposure, developed lung 
cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory disease or renal 
cancers and other chronic renal disease including 
nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury; 
"(B) the claim for that pa3anent is filed with the 
Attorney General by or on behalf of that individual; and 
"(C) the Attorney General determines, in accordance 
with section 6, that the claim meets the requirements 
of this Act. 
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Applicability. 
"(2) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL STATES.—Paragraph (l)(A)(i) 
shall apply to a State, in addition to the States named under 
such clause, if— 
"(A) an Atomic Energy Commission uranium mine was 
operated in such State at any time during the period begin-
ning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 
1971; 
"(B) the State submits an application to the Depart-
ment of Justice to include such State; and 
"(C) the Attorney General makes a determination to 
include such State. 
"(3) PAYMENT REQUIREMENT.—Each payment under this 
section may be made only in accordance with section 6.". 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5(b) of the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking "and" before "corpulmonale"; and 
(ii) by striking "; and if the claimant," and all 
that follows through the end of the paragraph and 
inserting ", silicosis, and pneumoconiosis;"; 
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(4) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(5) the term 'written medical documentation' for purposes 
of proving a nonmalignant respiratory disease or lung cancer 
means, in any case in which the claimant is living— 
"(A)(i) an arterial blood gas study; or 
"(ii) a written diagnosis by a physician meeting the 
requirements of subsection (c)(1); and 
"(B)(i) a chest x-ray administered in accordance with 
standard techniques and the interpretive reports of a max-
imum of two National Institute of Occupational Health 
and Safety certified 'B' readers classifying the existence 
of the nonmalignant respiratory disease of category 1/0 
or higher according to a 1989 report of the International 
Labor Office (known as the 'ILO'), or subsequent revisions; 
"(ii) high resolution computed tomography scans (com-
monly known as *HRCT scans') (including computer 
assisted tomography scans (commonly known as 'CAT 
scans'), magnetic resonance imaging scans (commonly 
known as *MRI scans'), and positron emission tomography 
scans (commonly known as 'PET scans')) and interpretive 
reports of such scans; 
"(iii) pathology reports of tissue biopsies; or 
"(iv) pulmonary function tests indicating restrictive 
lung function, as defined by the American Thoracic Society; 
"(6) the term 'lung cancer'— 
"(A) means any physiological condition of the lung, 
trachea, or bronchus that is recognized as lung cancer 
by the National Cancer Institute; and 
"(B) includes in situ lung cancers; 
"(7) the term 'uranium mine' means any underground exca-
vation, including 'dog holes', as well as open pit, strip, rim, 
surface, or other aboveground mines, where uranium ore or 
vanadium-uranium ore was mined or otherwise extracted; and 
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"(8) the term 'uranium mill' includes milling operations 
involving the processing of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium 
ore, including both carbonate and acid leach plants.". 
(3) WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.—Section 5 of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
"(c) WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.— 
"(1) DIAGNOSIS ALTERNATIVE TO ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS 
STUDY.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, the written 
diagnosis and the accompanying interpretive 
reports 
described in subsection (b)(5)(A) shall— 
"(i) be considered to be conclusive; and 
"(ii) be subject to a fair and random audit proce-
dure established by the Attorney General. 
"(B) CERTAIN WRITTEN DIAGNOSES.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^For purposes of this Act, a writ-
ten diagnosis made by a physician described under 
clause (ii) of a nonmalignant pulmonary disease or 
lung cancer of a claimant that is accompanied by writ-
ten documentation shall be considered to be conclusive 
evidence of that disease. 
"(ii) DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICIANS.—^A physician 
referred to under clause (i) is a physician who— 
"(I) is employed by the Indian Health Service 
or the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 
"(II) is a board certified physician; and 
"(III) has a documented ongoing physician 
patient relationship with the claimant. 
"(2) CHEST X-RAYS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, a chest 
x-ray and the accompanjdng interpretive reports described 
in subsection (bX5)(B) shall— 
"(i) be considered to be conclusive; and 
"(ii) be subject to a fair and random audit proce-
dure established by the Attorney General. 
"(B) CERTAIN WRITTEN DIAGNOSES.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^For purposes of this Act, a writ-
ten diagnosis made by a physician described in clause 
(ii) of a nonmalignant pulmonary disease or lung cancer 
of a claimant that is accompanied by written docu-
mentation that meets the definition of that term under 
subsection (b)(5) shall be considered to be conclusive 
evidence of that disease. 
"(ii) DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICIANS.—^A physician 
referred to under clause (i) is a physician who— 
"(I) is employed by— 
"(aa) the Indian Health Service; or 
"(bb) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
and 
"(II) has a documented ongoing physician 
patient relationship with the claimant.". 
(d) DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) FILING PROCEDURES.—Section 6(a) of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: "In establishing procedures 
under this subsection, the Attorney General shall take into 
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account and make allowances for the law, tradition, and cus-
toms of Indian tribes (as that term is defined in section 5(b)) 
and members of Indian tribes, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable.". 
(2) DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, GENERALLY.— 
Section 6(b)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: "All reasonable doubt with regard to whether a claim 
meets the requirements of this Act shall be resolved in favor 
of the claimant.". 
(3) OFFSET FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Section 6(c)(2)(B) of 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 
note) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting "(other than a claim 
for workers' compensation)" after "claim"; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking "Federal Government" 
and inserting "Department of Veterans Affairs". 
(4) APPLICATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAW TO CLAIMS.— 
Section 6(c)(4) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
"(D) APPLICATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAW.—In deter-
mining those individuals eligible to receive compensation 
by virtue of marriage, relationship, or survivorship, such 
determination shall take into consideration and give effect 
to established law, tradition, and custom of the particular 
affected Indian tribe.". 
(5) ACTION ON CLAIMS.—Section 6(d) of the Radiation Expo-
sure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 
(A) by inserting "(1) IN GENERAL.—" before "The 
Attorney General"; 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: "For purposes 
of determining when the 12-month period ends, a claim 
under this Act shall be deemed filed as of the date of 
its receipt by the Attorney General. In the event of the 
denial of a claim, the claimant shall be permitted a reason-
able period in which to seek administrative review of the 
denial by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall 
make a final determination with respect to any administra-
tive review within 90 days after the receipt of the claimant's 
request for such review. In the event the Attorney General 
fails to render a determination within 12 months after 
the date of the receipt of such request, the claim shall 
be deemed awarded as a matter of law and paid."; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—^The Attorney General may 
request from any claimant under this Act, or from any indi-
vidual or entity on behalf of any such claimant, any reasonable 
additional information or documentation necessary to complete 
the determination on the claim in accordance with the proce-
dures established under subsection (a). 
"(3) TREATMENT OF PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH REQUEST.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The period described in subpara-
graph (B) shall not apply to the 12-month limitation under 
paragraph (1). 
"(B) PERIOD.—^The period described in this subpara-
graph is the period— 
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"(i) beginning on the date on which the Attorney 
General makes a request for additional information 
or documentation under paragraph (2); and 
"(ii) ending on the date on which the claimant 
or individual or entity acting on behalf of that claimant 
submits that information or documentation or informs 
the Attorney (General that it is not possible to provide 
that information or that the claimant or individual 
or entity will not provide that information. 
"(4) PAYMENT WITHIN 6 WEEKS.—^The Attorney General shall 
ensure that an approved claim is paid not later than 6 weeks 
after the date on which such claim is approved. 
"(5) NATIVE AMERICAN coNSiDERATiONS.^Any procedures 
under this subsection shall take into consideration and incor-
porate, to the fullest extent feasible. Native American law, 
tradition, and custom with respect to the submission and proc-
essing of claims by Native Americans.". 
(e) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(i) of the Radiation Exposure Deadline. 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: "Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Act Amendments of 2000, the Attorney General shall issue 
revised regulations to carry out this Act.". 
(2) AFFIDAVITS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—^The Attorney General shall take such note, 
action as may be necessary to ensure that the procedures 
established by the Attorney CJeneral under section 6 of 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 
note) provide that, in addition to any other material that 
may be used to substantiate employment history for pur-
poses of determining working level months, an individual 
filing a claim under those procedures may make such a 
substantiation by means of an affidavit described in 
subparagraph (B). 
(B) 
AFFIDAVITS.—^An 
affidavit 
referred 
to 
under 
subparagraph (A) is an affidavit— 
(i) that meets such requirements as the Attorney 
General may establish; and 
(ii) is made by a person other than the individual 
filing the claim that attests to the employment history 
of the claimant. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON CLAIMS.—Section 8 of the Radiation Expo-
sure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.—" before "A claim"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(b) RESUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.—After the date of the enactment 
of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000, 
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 resub-
mittal made before the date of the enactment of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 shall not be 
applied to the limitation under the preceding sentence.". 
(g) EXTENSION OF CLAIMS AND FUND.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF CLAIMS.—Section 8 of the Radiation Expo-
sure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by 
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striking "20 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act" and inserting "22 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 
2000". 
(2) EXTENSION OF FUND.—Section 3(d) of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended 
in the first sentence by striking "date of the enactment of 
this Act" and inserting "date of the enactment of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000". 
(h) ATTORNEY FEES LIMITATION.—Section 9 of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 9. ATTORNEY FEES. 
"(a) GENERAL RULE.—^Notwithstanding any contract, the rep-
resentative of an individual may not receive, for services rendered 
in connection with the claim of an individual under this Act, more 
than that percentage specified in subsection (b) of a payment made 
under this Act on such claim. 
"(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE LIMITATIONS.—^The percentage 
referred to in subsection (a) is— 
"(1) 2 percent for the filing of an initial claim; and 
"(2) 10 percent with respect to— 
"(A) any claim with respect to which a representative 
has made a contract for services before the date of the 
enactment of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act 
Amendments of 2000; or 
"(B) a resubmission of a denied claim. 
"(c) PENALTY.—^Any such representative who violates this sec-
tion shall be fined not more than $5,000.". 
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(i) GAO REPORTS.— 
note. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
Deadline. 
^f ^^le enactment of this Act, and every 18 months thereafter, 
the General Accounting Office shall submit a report to Congress 
containing a detailed accounting of the administration of the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) 
by the Department of Justice. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this sub-
section shall include an analysis of— 
(A) claims, awards, and administrative costs under 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 
note); Eind 
(B) the budget of the Department of Justice relating 
to such Act. 
SEC. 4. ESTABUSHMENT OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS TO STATES FOR 
EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND EARLY DETECTION OF 
RADIOGENIC CANCERS AND DISEASES. 
Subpart I of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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"SEC. 417C. GRANTS FOR EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND EARLY 
DETECTION OF RADIOGENIC CANCERS AND DISEASES. 
"(a) DEFINITION.—In this section the term 'entity' means any— 
"(1) National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center; 
"(2) Department of Veterans Affairs hospital or medical 
center; 
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"(3) Federally Qualified Health Center, community health 
center, or hospital; 
"(4) agency of any State or local government, including 
any State department of health; or 
"(5) nonprofit organization. 
"(b) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Health Resources and Services Administration in con-
sultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health 
and the Director of the Indian Health Service, may make competi-
tive grants to any entity for the purpose of carrying out programs 
to— 
"(1) screen individuals described under section 4(a)(l)(A)(i) 
or 5(a)(1)(A) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2210 note) for cancer as a preventative health measure; 
"(2) provide appropriate referrals for medical treatment 
of individuals screened under paragraph (1) and to ensure, 
to the extent practicable, the provision of appropriate follow-
up services; 
"(3) develop and disseminate public information and edu-
cation programs for the detection, prevention, and treatment 
of radiogenic cancers and diseases; and 
"(4) facilitate putative applicants in the documentation of 
claims as described in section 5(a) of the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note). 
"(c) INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.—^The programs under subsection 
(a) shall include programs provided through the Indian Health 
Service or through tribal contracts, compacts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements with the Indian Health Service and which are deter-
mined appropriate to raising the health status of Indians. 
"(d) GRANT AND CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Entities receiving a 
grant under subsection (b) may expend the grant to carry out 
the purpose described in such subsection. 
"(e) HEALTH COVERAGE UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to affect any coverage obligation of a govern-
mental or private health plan or program relating to an individual 
referred to under subsection (b)(1). 
"(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning on October 1 of the 
Effective date. 
year following the date on which amounts are first appropriated 
to carry out this section and annually on each October 1 thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on the 
Judiciary and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives. 
Each report shall summarize the expenditures and programs funded 
under this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
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"(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this section 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2009.". 
Approved July 10, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1515: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-697 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 145 (1999): Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 146 (2000): June 27, considered and passed House, amended. 
June 28, Senate concurred in House amendment.