S.Amdt. 3393

1. Adds Sec. __. (a) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall enter into a contract with an appropriate entity for the conduct of a study to determine the effects of the Trinity Nuclear test in 1945 on the surrounding communities in New Mexico with respect to the following: wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: Sec. __. (a) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall enter into a contract with an appropriate entity for the conduct of a study to determine the effects of the Trinity Nuclear test in 1945 on the surrounding communities in New Mexico with respect to the following:

   Inserted: (1) An estimate (expressed as a range) of the expected number of cancers and other radiogenic illnesses (both fatal and nonfatal cases) expected among the individuals in the region of the Trinity Nuclear test site as a result of their exposures to radioactive fallout from open air test.

   Inserted: (2) With respect to future illnesses, a description the scientific consensus regarding the maximum limit of the latency period for these radiogenic illnesses.

   Inserted: (3) An estimate (expressed as a range) of the number of such illnesses that would be expected to occur naturally among the affected population.

   Inserted: (b) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report concerning the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transfer $1,000,000 from amounts appropriated under this Act for the administrative functions of the National Institutes of Health to the Director of the National Cancer Institute to carry out this section.

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   Original wording

   At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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