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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 › Section 100203

Claims Relating to Uranium Mining

Section 100203 · Sec. 100203 ·

What this chapter is about

This part widens claims for uranium work. It adds eleven states and a new job, the core driller. Kidney disease is added to the covered illnesses. Work in two or more jobs may now be added together.

4 proposals indexed from this chapter.

Eleven states are named and core drillers are added

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 100203 in the PDF
What the document says

“was employed as a core driller in a State referred to in subclause (I) during the period described in such subclause; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203

The section rewrites section 5(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to cover anyone employed in a uranium mine or mill, including transporting uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore, in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon or Texas at any time between January 1, 1942 and December 31, 1990, and anyone employed as a core driller in one of those States in that period.

What the document actually says

“was employed as a core driller in a State referred to in subclause (I) during the period described in such subclause; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203
That sentence, in plain words

A new group is covered. It is people who worked as core drillers. They must have worked in a listed state.

What this is about

Eleven states are named. The window runs from 1942 to 1990. Mine, mill and transport work is also covered.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

Kidney disease is added to the covered illnesses

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 100203 in the PDF
What the document says

“or renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203

The section amends section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to add renal cancer and any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury, to the illnesses covered for miners and for millers, core drillers and ore transporters, and to bring in people involved in remediation efforts at such a mine or mill.

What the document actually says

“or renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203
That sentence, in plain words

New illnesses are added to a claim rule. They are kidney cancer and long-term kidney disease.

What this is about

Two kinds are named as examples. The change reaches miners and mill workers. Clean-up workers are also brought in.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

Work in two or more jobs may be added together

The document says “is amended”Who acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 100203 in the PDF
What the document says

“worked, during the period described in clause (i)(I), in 2 or more of the following positions: miner, miller, core driller, and ore transporter;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203

The section adds a new subclause to section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act for someone who does not meet the other two tests but worked in two or more of the positions of miner, miller, core driller and ore transporter, meets one of two new special rules, and submits written medical documentation of lung cancer, a nonmalignant respiratory disease, renal cancer or another chronic renal disease after radiation exposure through that work. One special rule needs at least a year in those positions; the other lets the Attorney General combine a miner's working level months with other exposure to reach the same level.

What the document actually says

“worked, during the period described in clause (i)(I), in 2 or more of the following positions: miner, miller, core driller, and ore transporter;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203
That sentence, in plain words

The person worked in two or more listed jobs. They are miner, miller, core driller and ore transporter.

What this is about

The work must fall in the set window. A special rule then applies. One asks for a year, the other adds exposure up.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

A core driller is defined by the work of taking rock samples

The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 100203 in the PDF
What the document 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.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203

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.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100203
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.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

Each distinct thing the section does: rewrite who counts as an employee and add core drillers, add renal disease for miners and for other workers, add remediation work, allow combined work histories with two special rules, and define a core driller.

The punctuation and redesignation edits that carry the new subclauses into the surrounding lists.

The section works by amending section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which is not indexed here, so what the rest of that Act says cannot be checked against anything on this site.