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To require thc Secretary of Energy to report on certain tadintion experiments, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MP.fiLARgEY introduced the following bill; nMch \vas refetred to the Committee on Energy 8nd Commerce l‘o require the Secretary of Energy to report on certain radiation experiments, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represents2 tives of the United $tates of Americu in Congress ms~nbkd, 3 SECIION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the “Radiation Experimen5 tation Victims Act of 1994”. 6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON CERTAIN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS. 7 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 8 of tiis Act, the Secretary of Energy shall subinit to the 9 Congress a report on all e4xperitnentsthat exposed hidivid10 uals to radiation and were conducted or funded (in whole
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1 or in part) by the Department of Energy, the Atomic En2 ergy Commission, or the Energy Besearch and Develop3 ment Administration. The report shall include the 5 (1) A statement of the number of such radiation experiments that, in the determination of the Secretruy, provided no therapeutic or medical beliefit to the individuals who were tile subjects of such ex- (2) An explanation of the nature of each such (3) For each such e-xperiment, a statemerit of the number of individuals who were the subject of (4) A statement of the extent to which the Sec- / (A) notified each individual who was the subject of any such experiment of the nature of 19 the experiment; and (€3) provided to each such individual medicai information on possible adverse effects 011 the individual as a result of participation in the experiment, available treatments for such cffects, and lilrely sources of such treatment.
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1 SEC. 3. PLAN FOR CONDUCT OF KEALTlI: 8TUI)IES. 2 The Secretary of Energy shall, after consulting with 3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, develop a 4 plan to conduct appropriate studies of the long-tern1 5 health effects of the experiments described in section 1 6 on the individuals referred to in such section and on the 7 natural children of such individuals. 8 SEC. 6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.-NOt later than 6 months after the 10 date of tlie enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 11 shall submit to the Congress the Secretary's recomnienda12 tions regarding the appropriate compensation, if any, for (1)A n individual described in section 1who has contracted a disease which is related to exposure to radiation. The Secretary shall make recommendations regardi~igwhether compensation is appropriate in the case of any 8uch individual if a causal relationship between the contract of the disease and the individual's partkipation in an experiment referred 21 to in section 1 cannot bc established. (2) The natural child of 811 individual referred to in paragraph (1) if the natural child has contracted 8 disease which is relatcd to esposure to riidiiation. The Secretary shall make recommcndationv rcprding whcther compcnsation is appropriate in
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the case of any such naturd child if a causal relationship between the contract of the disease and the participation of the natural child's parent in an expcriment referred to in section 1 cannot be estsb- (3) An individual who, in the deternhntion of the Secretary, otherwise has been wronged by the conduct of an experiment referred to in section 1. 10 consult with the Attorney General and the Assistant Sec11 retary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health 12 in preparing the recommendations required by subsection