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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1362
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include certain
communities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY14, 2025
Mr. G
OSAR(for himself, Mr. AMODEIof Nevada, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona,
Mr. K
ENNEDYof Utah, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Ms. MALOY, Mr. MOORE
of Utah, Mr. O
WENS, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Downwinders Parity 4
Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE 1
COMPENSATION ACT. 2
Section 4(b)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Com-3
pensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101– 4
426) is amended— 5
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 6
(A) by striking ‘‘that portion of’’; and 7
(B) by striking ‘‘that consists of townships 8
13 through 16 at ranges 63 through 71’’; and 9
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘all acre-10
age in any county all or part of which is located in’’ 11
before ‘‘that part’’. 12
SEC. 3. TRUST FUND EXTENSION. 13
Section 3(d) of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-14
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101–426) is 15
amended— 16
(1) by striking ‘‘on the date that is 2 years 17
after the date of enactment of the RECA Extension 18
Act of 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘on December 31, 19
2030’’; and 20
(2) by striking ‘‘the end of that 2-year period’’ 21
and inserting ‘‘such date’’. 22
SEC. 4. REPORT. 23
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 24
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the rel-25
evant committees of the Senate and the House of Rep-26
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resentatives a report that outlines efforts to educate and 1
conduct outreach to persons made newly eligible for bene-2
fits under the amendments made by section 2. 3
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