Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 28 No. 13
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March 29, 2024

Another spending package passes without radiation act extension

By ExchangeMonitor

Although congress passed and President Joe Biden signed a major fiscal 2024 appropriations bill over the weekend, it did not include an extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), said via social media.

“Total failure,” Hawley said last on the website X after learning the radiation compensation extension would not make it into the spending bill. “Politicians have talked like this for decades. While doing nothing. The time to talk is over. The time to ACT is now. Put RECA on the floor and vote on it.”

The Senate has passed a Hawley-backed bill to extend the radiation worker compensation bill that would otherwise expire in June. Hawley earlier tried unsuccessfully to attach the extension to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2024.

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