Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 1.djvu/955

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PUBLIC LAW 101-426—OCT. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 921 States Code, and any interest on, and proceeds from any such investment shall be credited to and become a part of the Fund. (c) AVAILABILITY OF THE FUND.— Amounts in the Fund shall be available only for disbursement by the Attorney General under section 6. (d) TERMINATION.—The Fund shall terminate not later than the earlier of the date on which an amount has been expended from the Fund which is equal to the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Fund by subsection (e), and any income earned on such amount, or 22 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. If all of the amounts in the Fund have not been expended by the end of that 22- year period, investments of amounts in the Fund shall be liquidated and receipts thereof deposited in the Fund and all funds remaining in the Fund shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account in the Treasury. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $100,000,000. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available until expended. SEC. 4. CLAIMS RELATING TO OPEN AIR NUCLEAR TESTING. 42 USC 2210 (a)(1) CLAIMS RELATING TO CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA. —Any individual who was physically present in the affected area for a period of at least 1 year during the period beginning on January 21, 1951, and ending on October 31, 1958, or was physically present in the affected area for the period beginning on June 30, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1962, and who submits written medical documentetion that he or she, after such period of physical presence and between 2 and 30 years of first exposure to the fallout, contracted leukemia (other than chronic Ijmaphocytic leukemia), shall receive $50,000 if— (A) initial exposure occurred prior to age 21, (B) the claim for such payment is fUed with the Attorney General by or on behalf of such individual, and (C) the Attorney General determines, in accordance with section 6, that the claim meets the requirements of this Act. (2) CLAIMS RELATING TO SPECIFIED DISEASES. — Any individual who was physically present in the affected area for a period of at least 2 years during the period beginning on January 21, 1951, and ending on October 31, 1958, or was physically present in the affected area for the period beginning on June 30, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1962, and who submits written medical documentetion that he or she, after such period of physical presence, contracted a specified disease, shall receive $50,000 if— (A) the claim for such payment is filed with the Attorney General by or on behalf of such individual, and (B) the Attorney General determines, in accordance with section 6, that the claim meets the requirements of this Act. Payments under this section may be made only in accordance with section 6. (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term— (1) "aflfected area means— (A) in the State of Utah, the counties of Wsishington, Iron, Kane, Garfield, Sevier, Beaver, Millard, and Kute; (B) in the State of Nevada, the counties of White Pine, Nye, Lander, Lincoln, Eureka, and that portion of Clark Coimty that consists of townships 13 through 16 at ranges 63 through 71; and