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GAO-07-1037R 1 (2007-09-07)

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       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

         September 7, 2007

         The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
         Chairman
         The Honorable Arlen Specter
         Ranking Member
         Committee on the Judiciary
         United States Senate

         The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
         Chairman
         The Honorable Lamar S. Smith
         Ranking Member
         Committee on the Judiciary
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: Program Status

         From 1945 through 1962, the United States conducted a series of aboveground atomic
         weapons tests as it built up its Cold War nuclear arsenal. Around this same time
         period, the United States also conducted underground uranium-mining operations
         and related activities, which were critical to the production of the atomic weapons.
         Many people were exposed to radiation resulting from the nuclear weapons
         development and testing program, and such exposure is presumed to have produced
         an increased incidence of certain serious diseases, including various types of cancer.
         To make partial restitution to these individuals, or their eligible surviving
         beneficiaries, for their hardships associated with the radiation exposure, the
         Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was enacted on October 15, 1990.'
         RECA provided that the Attorney General be responsible for processing and
         adjudicating claims under the act. The Department of Justice (DOJ) established the
         Radiation Exposure Compensation Program (RECP), which is administered by its
         Civil Division's Torts Branch. RECP began processing claims in April 1992.










         1Pub. L. No. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920 (1990). RECA recognizes that the amount of money paid does not completely
         compensate for the burdens placed upon such individuals.


GAO-07-1037R Radiation Exposure Compensation

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