Missouri lawmakers announce changes to RECA bill with $5B cap
Radiation exposure advocate groups and Missouri lawmakers are hoping a $5 billion cap on a RECA bill will help nuclear waste victims get compensation.
MISSOURI - Radiation exposure advocate groups and Missouri lawmakers are hoping a $5 billion cap on a RECA bill will help nuclear waste victims get compensation.
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced Wednesday changes to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The bill is currently sitting in the House after passing the Senate twice.
In 1990, the RECA program first passed, bringing compensation to victims of radiation exposure from the uranium industry. The latest version of the bill would cover Missouri victims exposed to nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project.
The program expired in June after congressional members said at the time the price tag was too high.
"It is time to act. Speaker Johnson told me personally that he wants to move a RECA reauthorization bill in this congress. I know he has said the same thing to advocates, including to those who are on this call. So we invite him now to put this text on the floor," Hawley said.
If the bill does not pass in this Congressional session, it will need to be reintroduced and voted on again.
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