S.Amdt. 523

SA 523. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the
following:

SEC. __. REPORT REGARDING GOVERNMENT NUCLEAR TESTING AND
COMPENSATION FOR RADIATION EXPOSURE.

By not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Attorney General, shall prepare and submit a report to the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives that--
(1) assesses the extent to which individuals affected by
Federal Government nuclear testing are prevented from
receiving compensation under the Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note); and
(2) describes the different groups, including an estimate
of the number of people in each group, who are affected by
Federal Government nuclear testing but are not compensated
under such Act, including people of the United States who
live in close proximity to where such testing occurred.
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