Summary
- The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer
- Two Native American women, Loretta Anderson and Maggie Billiman, are lobbying for reauthorization of RECA
- Advocates argue that RECA did not cover all those affected by testing and aftereffects
- Johnson has concerns about the cost and votes needed for reauthorization