H.J.R. 20 Enrolled

RESOLUTION REGARDING RADIATION
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT
2004 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Darin G. Peterson

LONG TITLE
General Description:
This joint resolution of the Legislature urges that additional counties in Utah be added to
the list of counties qualifying for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) funds.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
. urges the National Academies' Board on Radiation Effects Research to recommend
that Box Elder, Cache, Rich, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Summit, Daggett, Salt Lake,
Tooele, Wasatch, Duschesne, Uintah, Utah, Carbon, Juab, Grand, Emery, and
Sanpete Counties be added to the list of counties whose citizens may qualify for
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) funds.
Special Clauses:
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Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
WHEREAS, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) provides
compensation to citizens who developed certain cancers as a result of exposure to radioactive
fallout from nuclear tests conducted between January 21, 1951 to October 31, 1958 and June
30, 1962 to July, 1962;
WHEREAS, to qualify, citizens had to be residents of Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane,
Wayne, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, and Washington Counties in Utah;
WHEREAS, some citizens who resided in several counties in Arizona and Nevada also
qualified for compensation under the Act; and

WHEREAS, residents of Box Elder, Cache, Rich, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Summit,
Daggett, Salt Lake, Tooele, Wasatch, Duschesne, Uintah, Utah, Carbon, Juab, Grand, Emery, and
Sanpete Counties were also exposed to radiation comparable to the residents of currently eligible
counties:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah urges
the National Academies' Board on Radiation Effects Research to recommend that Box Elder,
Cache, Rich, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Summit, Daggett, Salt Lake, Tooele, Wasatch, Duschesne,
Uintah, Utah, Carbon, Juab, Grand, Emery, and Sanpete Counties be added to the list of RECA
eligible counties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the National
Academies' Board on Radiation Effects Research and to the members of Utah's congressional
delegation.

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