[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 449 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 449

To ensure the timely payment of benefits to eligible persons under the 
       Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note).


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2001

Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Hatch) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure the timely payment of benefits to eligible persons under the 
       Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note).

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST FUND.

    (a) Appropriations.--There are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, $84,000,000 to the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Trust Fund to remain available until expended for the purpose of making 
payments to eligible beneficiaries under the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note).
    (b) Emergency Requirement.--The entire amount made available under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be available only to the extent that the 
        President submits to Congress an official budget request for up 
        to $84,000,000 that includes designation of the entire amount 
        of the request as an emergency requirement for the purposes of 
        the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
        (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.); and
            (2) is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
        under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
        Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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