RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION (RECA) TRUST FUND
(Dollars in Thousands)
  Mandatory
Pos. FTE Amount
       
2005 Obligations   0 0 $92,429
       
2006 Appropriation   0 0 53,625
       
2006 Appropriation (with Rescissions)   0 0 53,625
       
2007 Request   0 0 43,950
       
Change 2007 from 2006   0 0 -9,675
       
2007 Current Services   0 0 43,950
         
2007 Request   0 0 43,950
  Change 2007 from 2006   0 0 -9,675

 

RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION (RECA) TRUST FUND
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in Thousands)
  2006 Appropriation   2007 Current Services   2007 Request   Total Program Changes
Perm           Perm           Perm           Perm        
Comparison by activity and program     Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
                                     
1. RECA Trust Fund (Mandatory)   0 0 $53,625 0 0 $43,950 0 0 $43,950 0 0 $0
                                     
  Total   0 0 53,625 0 0 43,950 0 0 43,950 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 FY 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 2006 and FY 2007.