US Senate Seeks to Add Expanded Compensation for Nuclear Radiation ...

Compensation for St. Louis-area radiation victims added to tax bill

Language added to the Senate version of the massive tax bill would overhaul the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which was originally enacted in 1990 and expired about a year ago.

Radiation exposure fund backed by Missouri’s Hawley included in U.S. Senate mega-bill • Idaho Capital Sun

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., at the U.S. Capitol on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri praised the addition of radiation exposure compensation funds in the Senate version of the costly “one big beautiful” budget reconciliation bill that extends and expands tax cuts and reduces funding from social safety net programs. Hawley, a Republican, said Friday the proposed revival and expa…

US Senate Seeks to Add Expanded Compensation for Nuclear Radiation ...

US Senate seeks to add expanded compensation for nuclear radiation victims to tax bill – Newstalk KZRG

WASHINGTON (AP) — A program to compensate people exposed to radiation from past nuclear weapons testing and manufacturing could be restarted and expanded under a provision added by U.S. senators to the major tax and budget policy bill. The language added Thursday to the Senate version of the massive tax bill would overhaul the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which was originally enacted in 1990 and expired about a year ago. The law compensa…