,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,mr4 
,steube 7for himself and ,mrs4 ,luria7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to seek to enter into an       
agreement with the ,national ,academies 
of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and         
,medicine to conduct a study on         
radiation exposure relating to the      
cleanup of ,enewetak ,atoll1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,enewetak      
,atoll ,cleanup ,radiation ,study ,act4 
#b4 ,study on radiation exposure        
relating to cleanup of ,enewetak ,atoll 
7a7 ,study ,the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall seek to enter into an    
agreement with the ,national ,academies 
of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and         
,medicine to conduct a study on the     
level of radiation exposure experienced 

by members of the ,armed ,forces who    
participated in the cleanup of ,enewetak
 ,atoll during the period beginning on  
,january #a1 #aigg1 and ending on       
,december #ca1 #aihj4  7b7 ,matters     
included ,the study conducted pursuant  
to subsection 7a7 shall include the     
following3 7#a7 ,an evaluation of--     
7,a7 the completeness and adequacy of   
the assessment titled ,radiation ,dose  
,assessment for ,military ,personnel of 
the ,enewetak ,atoll ,cleanup ,project  
7#aigg-aihj7 published by the ,defense  
,threat ,reduction ,agency in ,april    
#bjah1 including with respect to the    
calculation of the estimated upper-bound
 radiation dose received by members of  
the ,armed ,forces who participated in  
the cleanup of ,enewetak ,atoll during  
the period beginning on ,january #a1    
#aigg1 and ending on ,december #ca1     
#aihj2  7,b7 whether information exists 
to conduct a revised or alternative     
radiation dose assessment that would    
consider exposures and exposure pathways

 that were not part of the radiation    
dose assessment described in            
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,c7 whether    
conducting such a revised or alternative
 radiation dose assessment is feasible  
and would likely yield substantively    
improved estimates of the radiation dose
 received by members of the ,armed      
,forces who participated in the cleanup 
of ,enewetak ,atoll4  7#b7 ,if the study
 determines under paragraph 7#a77;,c7   
that a revised or alternative radiation 
dose assessment is feasible and would   
likely yield substantively improved     
estimates of the radiation dose received
 by members of the ,armed ,forces who   
participated in the cleanup of ,enewetak
 ,atoll1 an evaluation of conducting    
such assessment1 including--  7,a7      
identification of the sources of the    
data for such assessment1 including a   
delineation of the protocol to be used  
in conducting such assessment2  7,b7 an 
estimate of the time and funding needed 
to conduct such assessment2  7,c7       

identification of the major sources of  
uncertainty in such assessment and how  
such sources may affect the estimates   
generated by such assessment2 and  7,d7 
identification of the best means to     
carry out such assessment4  7c7 ,report 
,not later than #ij days after the date 
on which the ,secretary receives the    
study conducted pursuant to subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary shall submit to the 
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report on such study1         
including the plans of the ,secretary to
 carry out any actions based on the     
results of such study4