3.0.0 757 2022-11-01T14:47:40Z 2022-11-01T14:47:40Z House HR 2019-01-24 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 757.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Clause): ``TheCongress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes,duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide forthe common defense . . .'' The United States has incurredlegal liability for which it has waived its sovereignimmunity for illnesses and deaths associated with its NuclearWeapons testing programs during the 1950s and 1960s. Thisbill is grounded in scientific principles, represents anintent to apologize and offer compassionate compensation toan expanded list of individuals who were not included in the1990 Act but who, nonetheless, deserve restitution.[Page H1212]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-05T17:18:49Z Referred to 2019-01-24T14:04:05Z Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019 116 776 S 2019-03-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS Downwinders Parity Act of 2020 116 5992 HR 2020-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2019-03-05 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2019-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 N B001302 Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] Andy Biggs R AZ 5 2019-01-24 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-01-25 False G000574 Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7] Ruben Gallego D AZ 7 2019-01-25 False S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 2019-01-31 False L000590 Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] Susie Lee D NV 3 2019-03-11 False L000589 Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] Debbie Lesko R AZ 8 2019-07-09 False T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 2019-07-23 False S001211 Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9] Greg Stanton D AZ 9 2019-11-20 False Law Arizona Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Digestive and metabolic diseases Government liability Nevada Nuclear weapons Radiation Law 00 2019-01-24 Introduced in House 2019-04-08T19:55:39Z Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for restitution that is provided to certain individuals who were exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing and developed specified cancers. Specifically, the bill expands eligibility to include qualified individuals who were exposed in any part of Clark County, Nevada, or Mohave County, Arizona.

]]> Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019 Display Title Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act for purposes of making claims under such Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr757ih/xml/BILLS-116hr757ih.xml 2019-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.