Directs the Army, Air Force, and Interior Department to obtain three honorific plaques commemorating New Mexico's Downwinder communities and place one at each of three federal sites in New Mexico.

Official title: Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 02-JUL-2025

Referred 02-JUL-2025

Approved by committee 21-APR-2026

Key points

Finds that Downwinder communities suffered generations of health effects, including cancer and infertility, from radioactive fallout following the July 16, 1945 detonation of the first atomic bomb.
Requires the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Interior to jointly obtain three honorific plaques within one year of enactment.
Places one plaque at a publicly accessible location at White Sands Missile Range, one at Holloman Air Force Base, and one at White Sands National Park.

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Democrat

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