S.Amdt. 3256

SA 3256. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Lujan) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. RECA ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

Section 6 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
(Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the period at
the end of the first sentence the following: ``, including an
electronic filing system, provided that use of such system by
individuals shall be optional''; and
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
``(f) Administrative Costs.--Beginning on the date of
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2026, the Attorney General may use amounts in the
Fund for administrative expenses incurred in the adjudication
and processing of claims and payments under this Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fund shall
remain available for such purposes until the Attorney General
determines that all timely filed claims for payments under
this Act have been paid or, to the extent any such claims
were denied, claimants have had full opportunity for
administrative and judicial review of such denials.''.
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