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This bill, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023, aims to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining. The key provisions include: 1. Extending the termination of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Fund to 19 years after the date of enactment. 2. Expanding eligibility for claims related to leukemia and other specified diseases caused by exposure to radiation from nuclear testing in certain affected areas. This includes increasing the compensation amounts and expanding the definition of "affected area." 3. Enhancing claims related to uranium mining, including expanding eligibility for miners, millers, core drillers, and ore transporters who developed certain respiratory or renal diseases. 4. Allowing the use of affidavits to help substantiate employment history and physical presence in affected areas. 5. Extending the time for filing claims and allowing for resubmission of previously denied claims. 6. Establishing a grant program to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling on non-occupationally exposed individuals. 7. Amending the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act to expand coverage for certain uranium mine and mill workers with cancer.

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