Advocates call on Congress to reauthorize radiation compensation law in lame-duck session

A coalition of advocates and stakeholders called on Congress to take action in the lame-duck session to reauthorize the law compensating Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the federal government.

In the letter, first shared with The Hill, signers asked members to take up the stalled reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which passed the Senate by a two-to-one margin in March but never received a floor vote in the House.

RECA, first passed in 1990,........

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