Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 21, 2026
What it does
The Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025 directs the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Interior to jointly obtain and place three honorific plaques at publicly accessible locations in New Mexico—White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base, and White Sands National Park—to honor communities affected by radioactive fallout from the 1945 Trinity atomic bomb test. The bill acknowledges that these Downwinder communities suffered long-term health impacts, including cancer and infertility, due to exposure. The plaques must be installed within one year of the Act’s enactment, following consultation with other relevant federal agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretaries.
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