--- kind: "section" citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6264" title: "10" title_heading: "Armed Forces" number: "6264" heading: "Programs for persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from Hanford Nuclear Reservation" release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/6264" units: - "Subtitle A — General Military Law" - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters" - "Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense" - "Chapter 606 — Personnel Matters" - "Subchapter III — Worker Safety" --- # §6264. Programs for persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from Hanford Nuclear Reservation - (a) **Funding.—** Of the [funds](/usc/10/2871.md?p=6) authorized to be appropriated to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy under title XXXI of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510), the Secretary of Energy shall make available $3,000,000 to the [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Washington, $1,000,000 to the [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Oregon, and $1,000,000 to the [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Idaho. Such [funds](/usc/10/2871.md?p=6) shall be used to develop and implement programs for the benefit of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Richland, Washington) between the years 1944 and 1972. - (b) **Programs.—** The programs to be developed by the [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) may include only the following activities: - (1) Preparing and distributing information on the health effects of radiation to health care professionals, and to persons who may have been exposed to radiation. - (2) Developing and implementing mechanisms for referring persons who may have been exposed to radiation to health care professionals with expertise in the health effects of radiation. - (3) Evaluating and, if feasible, implementing, registration and monitoring of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. - (c) **Plan and Reports.—** - (1) The [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho shall jointly develop a single plan for implementing this section. - (2) Not later than May 5, 1991, such [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and Congress a copy of the plan developed under [paragraph (1)](#c-1). - (3) Not later than May 5, 1992, such [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and Congress a single report on the implementation of the plan developed under [paragraph (1)](#c-1). - (4) In developing and implementing the plan, such [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) shall consult with persons carrying out current radiation dose and epidemiological research programs (including the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy), and may not cause substantial damage to such research programs. - (d) **Prohibition on Disclosure of Exposure Information.—** - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#d-2), a person may not disclose to the public the following: - (A) Any information obtained through a program that identifies a person who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. - (B) Any information obtained through a program that identifies a person participating in any of the programs developed under this section. - (C) The name, address, and telephone number of a person requesting information referred to in [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1). - (D) The name, address, and telephone number of a person who has been referred to a health care professional under [subsection (b)(2)](#b-2). - (E) The name, address, and telephone number of a person who has been registered and monitored pursuant to [subsection (b)(3)](#b-3). - (F) Information that identifies the person from whom information referred to in this paragraph was obtained under a program or any other third party involved with, or identified by, any such information so obtained. - (G) Any other personal or medical information that identifies a person or party referred to in [subparagraphs (A) through (F)](#d-1-A..d-1-F). - (H) Such other information or categories of information as the chief [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the health [departments](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho jointly designate as information covered by this subsection. - (2) Information referred to in [paragraph (1)](#d-1) may be disclosed to the public if the person identified by the information, or the legal representative of that person, has consented in writing to the disclosure. - (3) The [States](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho shall establish uniform procedures for carrying out this subsection, including procedures governing the following: - (A) The disclosure of information under [paragraph (2)](#d-2). - (B) The use of the Hanford Health Information Network database. - (C) The future disposition of the database. - (D) Enforcement of the prohibition provided in [paragraph (1)](#d-1) on the disclosure of information described in that paragraph. ## Source credit (Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1422, 1462.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text Title XXXI of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, referred to in subsec. (a), is title XXXI of div. C of Pub. L. 101–510, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1824. For complete classification of title XXXI to the Code, see Tables. ### Prior Provisions Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2734 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1). ### Amendments 2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.