[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: 28CFR79.20]

[Page 340]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 79--CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Eligibility Criteria for Claims Relating to Certain Specified 
                      Diseases in an Affected Area
 
Sec. 79.20  Scope of subpart.

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


    The regulations in this subpart describe the criteria for 
eligibility for compensation under sections 4(a)(2) (A) and (B) of the 
Act and the evidence that will be accepted as proof of the various 
criteria. Sections 4(a)(2) (A) and (B) of the Act provide for a payment 
of $50,000 to individuals who were exposed to fallout from the 
atmospheric detonation of nuclear devices at the Nevada Test Site due to 
their physical presence in an affected area during a designated time 
period and who later developed one or more specified compensable 
diseases.