The record
Legislation· Mar 2024
Legislation· Mar 2024Sponsored by Josh Hawley (R)
Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act
Would have expanded compensation for people exposed to radiation from nuclear tests and uranium mining.
Tradeoff
Would have increased payments to radiation-exposed workers and their families, extended filing deadlines, and added new eligible populations. Would have funded a study program on uranium mining health impacts with about $3 million over three years.
What's in it
The Senate passed this bill 69-30 on March 7, 2024. The bill expired without becoming law at the end of the 118th Congress.
Senate
Introduced
(Feb 29, 2024)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Bill Passed(Roll #75 · Mar 7, 2024)
69 yeanay 30House
Received from the Senate
Received(Mar 11, 2024)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
Passage votes· Mar 7, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025