Studies and information on health of RECA claimants and descendants

(a) National institutes of health study on qualified cancers (1) Study Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall conduct a study to evaluate the health, specifically with respect to qualified cancer incident rates, among covered descendants. (2) Report Not later than 90 days after the date on which the study under paragraph (1) is completed, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to the Congress a report on such study. (b) National institutes of health study on qualified thyroid illness (1) Study Not Later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall conduct a study to evaluate the health, specifically with respect to qualified thyroid illness, among— (A) qualified individuals and covered descendants; and (B) qualified individuals who participated in any study for which a Federal agency was the sponsor, relating to radiation exposure and related illness. (2) Report Not later than 90 days after the date on which the study under paragraph (1) is completed, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to the Congress a report on such study. (c) Collaboration with other entities In carrying out the studies described in subsection (a) and subsection (b), the Director of the National Institutes of Health may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. (d) Database on international radiation exposure Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall seek to enter into a partnership or partnerships with relevant foreign health ministries and organizations under which such the Director and such ministries and organizations will establish an international information system tracking the various studies on international radiation exposure and identifying populations of interest for additional study. (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as are needed to carry out this section, for the period of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, to remain available until expended. (f) Definitions In this Act: (1) Qualified individual The term qualified individual means an individual who— (A) is described in— (i) subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 4 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note); (ii) subsection (a) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note); or (iii) section 5A of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note); and (B) has received payment pursuant to a claim submitted under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note). (2) Covered descendant The term covered descendant means a direct descendant of an individual described in paragraph (1). (3) Qualified cancer The term qualified cancer means any cancer that is listed as a specified diseases under section 4(b), section 5(a)(ii), or section 5A(e) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) and such other cancer as may be specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (4) Qualified thyroid illnesses The term qualified thyroid illness means any illness relating to the thyroid that is listed as a specified diseases under section 4(b) or section 5A(e) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) and such other illness relating to the thyroid as may be specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (g) National radiation exposure screening and education program Section 527C(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a–9(b)(1)) is amended by inserting or a covered descendent (as defined in section 12(e) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026 after note).