2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 84 - Department of Energy
Subchapter XVI - Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Part E - Contractor Employee Compensation
Sec. 7385s-5 - Applicability to certain uranium employees
| 42 U.S.C. § 7385s-5 (2016) |
| §7385s–5. Applicability to certain uranium employees |
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(a) In general
This part shall apply to— (1) a section 5 payment recipient who contracted a section 5 illness through a section 5 exposure at a section 5 facility, or (2) a section 5 uranium worker determined under section 7385s–4(c) of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a section 5 mine or mill, (or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable) on the same basis as it applies to a Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a Department of Energy facility (or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable). (b) DefinitionsIn this section: (1) The term "section 5 payment recipient" means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) for a claim made under that Act. (2) The terms "section 5 exposure", "section 5 facility", and "section 5 illness" mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual's status as a section 5 payment recipient relates. (3) The term "section 5 uranium worker" means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of subsection (a)(2) of this section). (4) The term "section 5 mine or mill" means the mine or mill to which an individual's status as a section 5 uranium worker relates. |
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(Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [div. C, title XXXVI, §3676], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, §3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2182.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–426, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 920, as amended, which is set out as a note under section 2210 of this title. |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 84 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SUBCHAPTER XVI - ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM Part E - Contractor Employee Compensation Sec. 7385s-5 - Applicability to certain uranium employees |
| section 7385s-5 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| No |
| standard |
| 104 Stat. 920 118 Stat. 2182 |
| Public Law 101-426, Public Law 106-398, Public Law 108-375 |
