The St. Louis RECA Readjustment Act expands compensation eligibility under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to include additional St. Louis-area residents who were exposed to radioactive waste from Manhattan Project operations. Specifically, the bill adds two ZIP Codes (63106 and 63107) to the list of affected areas recognized for compensation claims. This change makes people living in those neighborhoods eligible to receive federal payments for radiation-related health problems, retroactively applying the expanded coverage as if it had been included in previous legislation. The bill does not specify new funding amounts, as compensation would be provided through existing RECA programs, and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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