New Mexico Democrats call on Congress to reinstate Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

New Mexico delegation calls for vote to reauthorize program to compensate radiation victims

Advocates for former uranium miners and others exposed to radioactive materials as far back as 80 years ago say there is an urgent need for Congress to pass legislation to compensate them.

Utah lawmakers urge Congress to renew compensation for downwinders

Last week, members of the Utah Legislature sent a bipartisan letter to leaders of Congress asking them to support and renew the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act that expired last summer.

Advocates call on Sens. Lee, Curtis, to revive payments to downwinders in ‘big, beautiful’ bill

Steve Erickson, an advocate for downwinders, speaks to reporters about a possible RECA expansion in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Kyle Dunphey/Utah News Dispatch) It’s been one year since Congress allowed the program offering payments to downwinders to expire. Now, advocates are hoping the Senate will revive the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, as part of the “big, beautiful” bill.  That includes Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, …

Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández, Vasquez, Hold Press Call Highlighting Need To Reauthorize And Strengthen RECA

SENATE News: WASHINGTON, D.C. –— Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expiring due to Congressional Republican inaction, U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), issued the following statements highlighting the urgent need to reauthorize and strengthen RECA. The lawmakers underscored the critical…

New Mexico delegation_ radiation victims renew call for compensation

New Mexico's federal delegation and nuclear survivors marked one-year anniversary of RECA's expiration with a renewed call for compensation ...

One year without RECA: Justice delayed for radiation victims in Idaho and beyond

Craters across the Frenchman Flats in Nevada dot the landscape where the U.S. government tested hundreds of nuclear weapons. Under a proposed expansion of the Radiation Compensation Exposure Act, anyone in states like Utah or Idaho diagnosed with certain cancers caused by nuclear testing would have been eligible for compensation. But the expansion was cut from Congress’ defense spending bill, and the protections in the act were allowed to expire…