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H.R. 3783: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019

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H.R. 3783: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-16 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019

Plain summary

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019 This bill increases the amount of compensation provided to individuals exposed to radiation and expands eligibility requirements for compensation to include additional individuals. Specifically, the bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 45 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War. The bill revises the requirements governing the compensation of individuals who were exposed to radiation, including by increasing the amount of compensation that an individual may receive; expanding the affected area to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico; expanding eligibility requirements to include additional individuals, such as certain employees of uranium mines or mills; and extending until 45 years after this bill's enactment the statute of limitations for the filing of claims. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences must establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occupationally exposed individuals. The bill also expands eligibility requirements for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program with respect to certain employees with a specified cancer.

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Official text

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · 49 cosponsors

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Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] reported raising $6.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3783 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116