[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR79.1]

[Page 334]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 79--CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 79.1  Purpose.

    Source: Order No. 2604-2002, 67 FR 51423, Aug. 7, 2002, unless 
otherwise noted.


    The purpose of these regulations is to implement the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act (``Act''), as amended by the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000, which authorizes the 
Attorney General of the United States to establish procedures for making 
certain payments to qualifying individuals who contracted one of the 
diseases listed in the Act. The amount of each payment and a general 
statement of the qualifications are indicated in Sec. 79.3(a). The 
procedures established in these regulations are designed to utilize 
existing records so that claims can be resolved in a reliable, 
objective, and non-adversarial manner, quickly and with little 
administrative cost to the United States or to the person filing the 
claim.