Tell Congress: Pass RECA - Justice for Atomic Blast Downwinders and Uranium Workers

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Justice for Atomic Blast Downwinders and Uranium Workers! Tell Congress to Expand and Extend RECA

Downwinders of US atomic bomb blasts on the US mainland and in the Pacific, as well uranium miners, drillers, and workers involved in 'clean up' after the blasts, have suffered for decades due to US Cold War activities, but many of these communities have not been compensated for their medical expenses. Only some downwinders received health compensation through the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Uranium miners, workers, and cleanup workers also deserve compensation for their sacrifices.

RECA expires in July 2022. It must be renewed, extended until 2045, and expanded to cover the medical expenses of all atomic blast downwinders and workers before it expires.

Take action! Tell your U.S. Representative and Senators to co-sponsor and support RECA, and say "thank you" to those who are already supporting and sponsoring the bill.

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H.R.5338/S.2798, the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act (RECA), extends compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act until 2045 and expands compensation to deserving victims not included in the original law including downwinders in New Mexico, Idaho, additional parts of Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as well as to uranium miners/workers who started working in the uranium mining industry after 1971.

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House Members and Senators that co-sponsor RECA

Subject: Thank you so much for your sponsorship of H.R.5338/S.2798, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)

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Thank you so much for your sponsorship of H.R.5338/S.2798, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). I appreciate your support of this important legislation to correct a grievous injustice. Thank you for any and all effort you have taken and can take to get others to cosponsor and to achieve passage as soon as possible since the July 2022 expiration date is coming soon. Thousands who were immediately downwind of US atomic bomb blasts on the US mainland and in the Pacific and uranium workers--miners, drillers, and others including those who worked to 'clean up' after the blasts have suffered for decades due to US Cold War activities but have not been compensated for their medical expenses. The existing RECA law that passed in 1990 and expires in July 2022 did not cover them. As you know, this bill extends compensation under the RECA until 2045 and extends compensation to deserving victims not included in the original law including downwinders in New Mexico, Idaho, additional parts of Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands as well to uranium miners/workers who started working in the uranium mining industry after 1971. I greatly appreciate your sponsorship to help expand the RECA coverage and extend the law until 2045 and for efforts to get more cosponsors as the clock is ticking.

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Subject: Please Co-Sponsor RECA

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Please support and cosponsor H.R.5338/S.2798, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) as soon as possible to correct an injustice. Thousands who were immediately downwind of US atomic bomb blasts on the US mainland and in the Pacific and uranium workers--miners, drillers, and others including those who worked to 'clean up' after the blasts have suffered for decades due to US Cold War activities but have not been compensated for their medical expenses. The existing RECA law that passed in 1990 and expires in July 2022 did not cover them. Please cosponsor this bill to help expand the coverage and extend the law until 2045. This bill extends compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act until 2045 and extends compensation to deserving victims not included in the original law including downwinders in New Mexico, Idaho, additional parts of Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands as well to uranium miners/workers who started working in the uranium mining industry after 1971. Please contact Representative Leger-Fernandez (D-NM) or Senator Crapo (R-ID)to cosponsor RECA. The communities that live downwind from nuclear test sites and uranium workers need our support now more than ever and the clock is ticking.

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Justice for Atomic Blast Downwinders and Uranium Workers! Tell Congress to Expand and Extend RECA

Take action! Tell your U.S. Representative and Senators to co-sponsor and support RECA, and say "thank you" to those who are already supporting and sponsoring the bill.

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