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TH
CONGRESS1
ST
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ESSION
 
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To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensationfor workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. U
DALL
of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. C
RAPO
, Mr. H
EINRICH
, Mr. B
EN
-
NET
, Mr. U
DALL
of Colorado, and Mr. R
ISCH
) introduced the following  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radiation Exposure
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Compensation Act Amendments of 2013’’.
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
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Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in
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this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
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of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provi-
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sion of law, the reference shall be considered to be made
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to a section or other provision of the Radiation Exposure
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Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210
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note).
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND.
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Section 3(d) is amended—
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(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
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‘‘The Fund shall terminate 19 years after the date
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of the enactment of the Radiation Exposure Com-
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pensation Act Amendments of 2013.’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘22-year’’ and inserting ‘‘19-
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 year’’.
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SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO ATMOSPHERIC TESTING.
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(a) L
EUKEMIA 
C
LAIMS
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ELATING TO
T
RINITY 
T
EST
 
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IN
N
EW 
M
EXICO AND
T
ESTS IN THE
P
 ACIFIC
.—Section
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4(a)(1)(A) is amended—
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(1) in clause (i)—
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(A) in subclause (II)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘in the affected area’’
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and inserting ‘‘in an affected area’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-
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colon;
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(B) by redesignating subclause (III) as
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subclause (V); and
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(C) by inserting after subclause (II) the
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following:
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‘‘(III) was physically present in
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an affected area for the period begin-
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ning on June 30, 1945, and ending on
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July 31, 1945; or
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‘‘(IV) was physically present in
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an affected area—
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‘‘(aa) for a period of at least
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1 year during the period begin-
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ning on June 30, 1946, and end-
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ing on August 19, 1958; or
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‘‘(bb) for the period begin-
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ning on April 25, 1962, and end-
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ing on November 5, 1962; or’’;
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and
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(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘physical pres-
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ence described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i)
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or onsite participation described in clause (i)(III)’’
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and inserting ‘‘physical presence described in sub-
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clause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (i) or onsite
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participation described in clause (i)(V)’’.
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(b) A 
MOUNTS FOR
C
LAIMS
R
ELATED TO
L
EU
-
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KEMIA 
.—Section 4(a)(1) is amended—
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