S 1917
110th Congress
Senate
Law
Armed Forces and National Security
Cancer
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Government liability
Health
Idaho
Leukemia
Montana
Nuclear weapons
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…
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Aug 1, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 1, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the states of Idaho and Montana 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
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1917: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1917/
"S. 1917: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1917/.
S. 1917, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1917/.
[S. 1917: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1917/)