[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3689 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3689
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to provide for certain additional former nuclear weapons
program workers to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the
compensation program established by that Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 8, 2003
Mr. Quinn (for himself, Ms. Slaughter, and Mr. Reynolds) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to provide for certain additional former nuclear weapons
program workers to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the
compensation program established by that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FORMER NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM WORKERS IN SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT UNDER ENERGY
EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) Inclusion in Special Exposure Cohort.--Section 3621(14) of the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) The employee was so employed at the Bethlehem
Steel plant located in Lackawanna, New York, for a
number of work days aggregating at least 90 work days--
``(i) which were during the period
beginning on January 1, 1949, and ending on the
date determined by the National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health of the
Department of Health and Human Services to be
the date as of which all residual radioactive
material was removed from the site; and
``(ii) during which the employee had direct
exposure to material (including residual
material) that emitted radiation.''.
(b) Deadline for NIOSH Determination.--The National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Health and Human
Services shall make the determination required by clause (i) of
subparagraph (D) of section 3621(14) of the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as added by
subsection (a), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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