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 94 STAT. 3180

Health care plan, development.

Report to Congress.

health hazards to Indian miners and Indians on or near Indian reservations and in Indian communities as a result of nuclear resource development. Such study shall include— "(1) an evaluation of the nature and extent of nuclear resource development related health problems currently exhibited among Indians and the causes of such health problems; "(2) an analysis of the potential effect of ongoing and future nuclear resource development on or near Indian reservations and communities; "(3) an evaluation of the t3T)es and nature of activities, practices, and conditions causing or affecting such health problems, including uranium mining and milling, uranium mine tailing deposits, nuclear powerplant operation and construction, and nuclear waste disposal; "(4) a summanr of any findings and recommendations provided in Federal and State studies, reports, investigations, and inspections during the five years prior to the date of the enactment of this section that directly or indirectly relate to the activities, practices, and conditions affecting the health or safety of such Indians; and "(5) the efforts that have been made by Federal and State agencies and mining and milling companies to effectively cany out an education program for such Indians regarding the health and safety hazards of such nuclear resource development. "(b) Upon completion of such study the Secretary and the Service shall take into account the results of such study and develop a health care plan to address the health problems studied under subsection (a). The plan shall include— "(1) methods for diagnosing and treating Indians currently exhibiting such health problems; "(2) preventive care for Indians who may be exposed to such hesdth hazards, including the monitoring of the hesdth of individuals who have or may have been exposed to excessive amounts of radiation, or affected by other nuclear development activities that have had or could nave a serious impact upon the health of such individuals; and "(3) a program of education for Indians who, by reason of their work or geographic proximity to such nuclear development activities, may experience health problems. "(c) The Secretai^ and the Service shall submit to Congress the study prepared under subsection (a) no later than the date eighteen months after the date of enactment of this section. The health care )lan prepared under subsection (b) shall be submitted in a report no ater than the date one year after the date that the study prepared under subsection (a) is submitted to Congress. Such report shall include recommended activities for the implementation of the plan, as well as an evaluation of any activities previously undertaken by the Service to address such health problems. "(d)(1) There is established an Intergovernmental Task Force to be composed of the following individuals (or their designees): the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Itirector of the Bureau of Mines, the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Secretary of the Interior. "(2) The Task Force shall identify existing and potential operations related to nuclear resource development that affect or may affect the health of Indians on or near an Indian reservation or in an Indian community and enter into activities to correct existing health haz-

i Intergovernmental Task Force, establishment.

PUBLIC LAW 96-537—DEC. 17, 1980

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