Tom Udall Introduces RECA Ammendment

Bill introduced in U.S. Congress to expand coverage by Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

On April 12, 2011, U.S. Senator Tom Udall led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments of 2011 (S. 791), which would provide expanded restitution for Americans sickened from working in uranium mines or living downwind of atomic weapons tests. Companion legislation was concurrently introduced in the House (H.R. 1490) by Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM-3).

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