Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-424
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-25
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona

Cancer

Government liability

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Nuclear weapons

Radiation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the county of Mohave, Arizona, among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nuclear tests.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 424 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2013 Mr. Gosar (for himself and Mr. Franks of Arizona ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include the county of Mohave, in the State of Arizona, as an affected area for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mohave County Radiation Compensation Act of 2013 . 2. Inclusion under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Section 4(b)(1)(C) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by inserting Mohave, after Apache, .