United States · Bill · S
S. 547 (101st)
Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act
Introduced
9 March 1989
Last action
—
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act - Repeals the provision in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 which: (1) substitutes the United States as defendant in all suits against private contractors for radiation injuries arising from atomic weapons testing programs; and (2) makes the Federal Tort Claims Act the sole remedy for those injuries. Details the applicability of statutes of limitations.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 March 1989
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/547
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/s/547