Compensable cancers and diseases

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended— (1) in section 4(b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) specified disease means leukemia (including chronic lymphocytic leukemia), provided the onset of the disease was at least 2 years after first exposure, and the following diseases, provided onset was at least 2 years after first exposure: multiple myeloma, lymphomas (other than Hodgkin’s disease), renal disease, thyroid diseases, and primary cancer of the: thyroid, male or female breast, esophagus, stomach, pharynx, small intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gall bladder, salivary gland, urinary bladder, brain, colon, ovary, liver (except if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), bone, renal, rectal, prostate, uterine, cervical, skin, or lung.; and (2) in section 5A(e)(2)— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (E); (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) Renal disease. (D) Thyroid disease.; and (C) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated— (i) in clause (xvii), by striking or at the end; (ii) in clause (xviii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (iii) by inserting at the end the following: (xix) rectal; (xx) prostate; (xxi) uterine; (xxii) cervical; or (xxiii) skin..