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On the recordSeptember 22, 2021
I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title LX of division E the following: SEC. ___. AMENDMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT. Section 2(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by inserting ``, including individuals in New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nevada, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``tests exposed individuals''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 667, the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New Mexico.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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