Downwinders Parity Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 20, 2021 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Downwinders Parity Act of 2021
This bill expands a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers.
Under current law, the program compensates, among others, individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing. The bill expands that area to include all parts of Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona. Current law restricts eligibility to certain parts of those counties.
The Department of Justice must report on efforts to inform individuals newly eligible for compensation about the program.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 23, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 25, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Nov 17, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2021Markup Nov 17, 2021Reported Dec 20, 2021 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2021Discharged Nov 17, 2021 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2021Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-220.
- Dec 20, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
- Nov 17, 2021Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Discharged.
- Nov 17, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 17, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 13.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 23, 2022H.R. 612, the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 20, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H253.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 538 | Downwinders Parity Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 5, 2021 |
| S 2012 | Downwinders Parity Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jun 10, 2021 |
| HR 4754 | Downwinders Parity Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 19, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include certain communities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Downwinders Parity Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Downwinders Parity Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2021Reported in House
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
