Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023
Latest action · Jul 7, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2023 to Oct 18, 2024; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jun 30, 2023 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 18, 2024 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Jun 30, 2023Referred Jun 30, 2023 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2023 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 30, 2023Referred Jun 30, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
- Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H829 | Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Mar 6, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H299 | Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM | Jan 30, 2024 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 114, June 30, 2023, page H3161.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1751 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023 | Identical bill | May 18, 2023 |
| S 2226 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Related bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
| HR 2670 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Related bill | Dec 22, 2023 |
| S 3853 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2024 |
| HR 5338 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Dec 8, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Arizona
- Cancer
- Civil actions and liability
- Colorado
- Department of Justice
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Education programs funding
- Environmental health
- Government information and archives
- Government liability
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Higher education
- Idaho
- Labor and Employment
- Medical research
- Military history
- Mining
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Nuclear weapons
- Oregon
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
- Radiation
- Research administration and funding
- South Dakota
- Texas
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Utah
- Washington State
- Worker safety and health
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2023Introduced in House
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