RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION (RECA) TRUST FUND
(Dollars in thousands)
  SALARIES AND EXPENSES
  Pos. FTE Amount
       
2006 Enacted (with Rescissions) 0 0 53,625
       
2007 President's Budget (Information Only) 0 0 43,950
       
2007 Continuing Resolution Level (Information Only) 0 0 57,109
       
2007 Estimate* 0 0 43,950
       
2008 Request 0 0 38,250
       
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate (with rescissions) 0 0 -5,700
2008 Request 0 0 38,250
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate 0 0 -5,700
       
* The Department of Justice 2008 budget request was built on a starting point that recognized progress in enacting the FY 2007 appropriation. The starting point used (referred to throughout this document as the "Estimate") is the average of the Senate Committee and House passed marks, less one percent, unless noted otherwise.

 

RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION (RECA) TRUST FUND
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in thousands)
  2007 Estimate 2008 Current Services 2008 Request Total Program Changes
Comparison by activity and program Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount
 
1. RECA Trust Fund (Mandatory) 0 0 $ 43,950 0 0 $ 38,250 0 0 $ 38,250 0 0 $ 0
 
Grand Total 0 0 43,950 0 0 38,250 0 0 38,250 0 0 0
 
The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005 requires that RECA Section 5 claimants (uranium miners, millers and ore transporters) be paid out of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, contains language that makes funding for the Trust Fund mandatory and indefinite beginning in Fey 2006. The Trust Fund will exclusively pay downwinder and on-site participant claims beginning in FY 2005. The requested base reduction reflects an anticipated decrease in the number of claims received between FY 2007 and FY 2008.