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Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (S-243) · Congress.wiki

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January 24, 2025

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United StatesSenate Bill 243S 243

Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act

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Expands the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to add a new claims category for harms from Manhattan Project waste and to broaden benefits for people harmed by uranium mining and atmospheric nuclear testing. It creates new eligibility rules, adds specific worker categories (for example, core drillers and ore transporters), allows certain affidavits as proof of exposure, establishes grant and research authorities, and requires a DOE cooperative agreement to support health and environmental work at the Amchitka, Alaska site by September 30, 2025.

Also directs federal agencies to administer payments and programs (Attorney General, HHS/NIEHS), and requires a GAO study on unmet medical benefits. The bill authorizes payments to living claimants and survivors and adds programmatic and administrative steps to process expanded claims and support research and site work.

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Introduced January 24, 2025 by Joshua David Hawley · Last progress 1 year ago