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(a) Addition of authorized agent as eligible To file claims relating to Manhattan Project waste Section 5A(a)(1)(B) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to read as follows: (B) any survivors or representatives of the individual described in section 6(a) and section 6(c)(4)(A).. (b) Addition of authorized agent as eligible To file claims relating to manhattan project waste on behalf of a deceased child Section 5A(c) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph 1 by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph 2 by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) any surviving parent or representatives of the individual described in section 6(a) and section 6(c)(4)(A).. (c) Establishing filing procedures Section 6(a) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended to read as follows: (a) Establishment of filing procedures The Attorney General shall establish procedures whereby individuals may submit claims for payments under this Act. In establishing procedures under this subsection, the Attorney General shall— (1) take into account and make allowances for the law, tradition, and customs of Indian Tribes (as that term is defined in section 5(b)) and members of Indian Tribes, to the maximum extent practicable; and (2) accept claims filed by— (A) an exposed individual; (B) survivors of such an individual as set forth in section 6(c)(4)(A); or (C) an authorized agent (as such term is defined in subsection (c)(4)(C)) of such an individual, if the individual is deceased or incapacitated.. (d) Defining authorized agent Section 6(c)(4)(C) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of clause (iv); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (v) and inserting; and; and (3) by adding to the end the following: (vi) an authorized agent of an individual is— (I) an executor or a conservator of the estate of the individual; (II) a legal guardian, a personal representative, or a conservator of the individual; (III) a personal representative or a conservator of a legal guardian of the individual; or (IV) a person that the Attorney General determines is similarly situated to a person described in subclauses (I) through (III)..