S.Amdt. 4850

SA 4850. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXTENSION OF FUND.

(a) In General.--Section 3(d) of the Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is
amended--
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting ``The Fund
shall terminate 2 years after the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.'';
and
(2) by striking ``22-year'' and inserting ``2-year''.
(b) Transfer of Amounts.--Section 3 of the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Transfer of Amounts.--Notwithstanding any limitations
on the use of amounts described in section 524(c) of title
28, United States Code, during the 2-year period described in
subsection (d), the Attorney General shall transfer such
amounts as are necessary to carry out disbursements under
this Act from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture
Fund established under such section 524(c) to the Fund.''.
(c) Affected Areas.--Section 4 of the Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101-426) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) in clause (i)--

(aa) in subclause (II), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a semicolon;
(bb) by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (IV);
and
(cc) by inserting after subclause (II) the following:

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``(III) was physically present in the affected area
described in subsection (b)(1)(D) for the period beginning on
July 16, 1945, and ending on August 16, 1945; or''; and
(II) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``physical presence
described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) or onsite
participation described in clause (i)(III)'' and inserting
``physical presence described in subclause (I), (II), or
(III) of clause (i) or onsite participation described in
clause (i)(IV)''; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B)--

(I) in clause (i), by striking ``subclause (I) or (II) of
subparagraph (A)(i)'' and inserting ``subclause (I), (II), or
(III) of subparagraph (A)(i)''; and
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ``subclause (III)'' and
inserting ``subclause (IV)''; and

(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, or'' and inserting
a comma;
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) was physically present in the affected area described
in subsection (b)(1)(D) for the period beginning on July 16,
1945, and ending on August 16, 1945, or''; and
(iv) in the matter following subparagraph (D), as so
redesignated, by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and all
that follows through ``subparagraph (C)'' and inserting
``subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)) or $75,000 (in the case of
an individual described in subparagraph (D)''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``in the State'' and
all that follows through ``Piute'' and inserting ``the State
of Utah'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) with respect to a claim by an individual under
subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)(III) or subsection (a)(2)(C), only
the counties of Bernalillo, Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln,
Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, and
Valencia in the State of New Mexico; and''.
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