Last week, Alliance for a Better Utah joined 32 other Utah and national organizations to call on Utah’s Congressional delegation to expand RECA and continue providing compensation to downwinders impacted by our country’s historical nuclear weapons testing. 

RECA expired earlier this year in June and although the U.S. Senate passed an expanded RECA bill in March, S. 3853, Utah’s House representatives are standing in the way of it passing out of Congress. It’s imperative that they act now to expand RECA and ensure that Utahns can receive medical screenings and compensation for the diseases caused by exposure to radiation.