A bill to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
RECA Extension Act of 2022
This bill extends a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atomic weapons testing or uranium mining or processing and who subsequently developed specified cancers or other medical conditions. The bill terminates the program two years after the bill's enactment.
Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2228; text: CR S2228)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4813-4816)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4119.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4813)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 117-139.
Became Public Law No: 117-139.
Enacted as Public Law 117-139
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