[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1342

 To include Idaho and Montana as affected areas for purposes of making 
 claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 
        note) based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2009

    Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Risch) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include Idaho and Montana as affected areas for purposes of making 
 claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 
        note) based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF IDAHO AND MONTANA IN RADIATION EXPOSURE 
              COMPENSATION.

    Section 4(b)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) the State of Idaho; and
                    ``(E) the State of Montana; and''.
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