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Dec. 20—The National Defense Authorization Act passed both the House and the Senate last week and has been sent to President Joe Biden's desk. The annual bill will authorize defense spending ...
RECA is currently set to expire in June 2024, absent Congressional action. Earlier this year, Brown secured a commitment from the bill’s sponsors to work to add affected communities in Ohio ...
Many Americans exposed to radiation by nuclear testing have spent decades awaiting recompense for the long-lasting and sometimes devastating impacts to their health that have resulted from their ...
Areas covered by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program. The United States Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is a federal statute implemented in 1990, set to expire in July 2024, providing for the monetary compensation of people, including atomic veterans, who contracted cancer and a number of other specified diseases as a direct result of their exposure to atmospheric nuclear ...
Passed the House on July 14, 2023 Passed the Senate on July 27, 2023 (with an amendment by unanimous consent) Reported by the joint conference committee on December 6, 2023; agreed to by the Senate on December 13, 2023 and by the House on December 14, 2023 Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 22, 2023
RECA individuals will only receive a lump sum payment of $50,000. In addition to the lump sum payment, compensation includes medical benefits from the date an individual files a claim. Part C contains a number of provisions relating to the administration of EEOICPA and its relationship to other Federal and State laws.
The authorization for RECA, first passed in 1990, officially expired earlier this month following a two-year extension passed in 2022 and signed by President Biden.
Jun. 9—A federal program to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to radiation through uranium mining or nuclear weapons testing is ending. A group of bipartisan House members ...