“the term `core driller' means any individual employed to engage in the act or process of obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or vanadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.”
The section adds a new paragraph (9) to section 5(b) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act defining a core driller as anyone employed to obtain cylindrical rock samples of uranium or vanadium with a borehole drilling machine for the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.
What the document actually says
“the term `core driller' means any individual employed to engage in the act or process of obtaining cylindrical rock samples of uranium or vanadium by means of a borehole drilling machine for the purpose of mining uranium or vanadium.”
That sentence, in plain words
The term covers a person paid to take rock samples. The samples are of uranium or vanadium.
What this is about
The work uses a drilling machine. The samples come out in tubes. The purpose must be mining.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 100203, 139 Stat. 396 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“A core driller is defined by the work of taking rock samples,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 100203, Sec. 100203. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec100203-core-driller/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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