S.Amdt. 1590

SA 1590. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1065. STUDY ON RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM ATOMIC TESTING
CLEANUP ON THE ENEWETAK ATOLL.

(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall
conduct a study on radiation exposure from the atomic testing
cleanup that occurred on the Enewetak Atoll during the period
of years beginning with 1977 and ending with 1980.
(b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A determination of the amount of radiation that members
of the Armed Forces and civilians were exposed to as a result
of the atomic testing cleanup that described in subsection
(a), especially with respect to those who were located on
Runit Island during such cleanup.
(2) Identification of the effects of the exposure described
in paragraph (1).
(3) An estimate of the number of surviving veterans and
other civilians who were exposed as described in paragraph
(1).
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