---identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s79.20"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "28 CFR § 79.20 - Scope of subpart."title_number: 28title_name: "Judicial Administration"section_number: "79.20"section_name: "Scope of subpart."chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"part_number: "79"part_name: "CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b))."regulatory_source: "Order No. 2711-2004, 69 FR 13634, Mar. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "79"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t28/s79.20
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Department of Justice
Authority
Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 5... Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b)).
# 79.20 Scope of subpart.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 eligibility 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.