Affidavits

Section 6(b) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Affidavits (A) Employment history For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate the employment of an individual as a miner, miller, core driller, or ore transporter if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to the other material that may be used to substantiate the employment history of the individual; (ii) attests to the employment history of the individual; (iii) is made subject to the penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (B) Physical presence in affected area For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s physical presence in an affected area during a period described in section 4(a)(1)(A)(i) or section 4(a)(2) if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s presence in an affected area during that time period; (ii) attests to the individual’s presence in an affected area during that period; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (C) Participation at testing site For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device; (ii) attests to the individual’s participation onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (D) Participation in cleanup For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s participation onsite in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the period beginning on January 1, 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980, if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s participation onsite in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during such period; (ii) attests to the individual’s participation onsite in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during such period; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (E) Participation in palomares response effort For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s participation onsite in the response effort following the collision of a United States Air Force B–52 bomber and refueling aircraft that caused the release of four thermonuclear weapons in the vicinity of Palomares, Spain, during the period beginning January 17, 1966, and ending March 31, 1967, if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s participation onsite in such response effort during such period; (ii) attests to the individual’s participation onsite in such response effort during such period; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (F) Participation in thule response effort For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s participation onsite in the response effort following the on-board fire and crash of a United States Air Force B–52 bomber that caused the release of four thermonuclear weapons in the vicinity of Thule, Greenland, during the period beginning January 21, 1968, and ending September 25, 1968, if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s participation onsite in such response effort during such period; (ii) attests to the individual’s participation onsite in such response effort during such period; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim. (G) Compensable diseases For purposes of this Act, the Attorney General shall accept a written affidavit or declaration as evidence to substantiate an individual’s contraction of one of the cancers and diseases enumerated in section 4(b)(2), section 5(a)(1)(A)(ii), section 5(b)(3), section 5(b)(6), or section 5A(e), if the affidavit— (i) is provided in addition to other material that may be used to substantiate the individual’s contraction of such cancer or diseases; (ii) attests to the individual’s contraction of such cancer or diseases; (iii) is made subject to penalty for perjury; and (iv) is made by a person other than the individual filing the claim..