119-hr1362

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1362 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1362

 To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include certain 
 communities, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 14, 2025

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, 
 Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
 Mr. Owens, and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include certain 
 communities, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Downwinders Parity Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT.

 

Section 4

    (b)

    (1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101-426) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (B) --
        (A) by striking ``that portion of''; and
        (B) by striking ``that consists of townships 13 
 through 16 at ranges 63 through 71''; and

    (2) in subparagraph
            (C) , by inserting ``all acreage in any 
 county all or part of which is located in'' before ``that 
 part''.

SEC. 3. TRUST FUND EXTENSION.

 

Section 3
            (d) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2210 note; Public Law 101-426) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``on the date that is 2 years after the 
 date of enactment of the RECA Extension Act of 2022'' and 
 inserting ``on December 31, 2030''; and

    (2) by striking ``the end of that 2-year period'' and 
 inserting ``such date''.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall submit to the relevant committees of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report that outlines efforts 
to educate and conduct outreach to persons made newly eligible for 
benefits under the amendments made by 

section 2.
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