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S 1506 109th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy…

Official title: A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Spe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.

Introduced: July 27, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jul 27, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 27, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 27, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) modify regulations and procedures to conform to amendments under this Act; and (2) initiate a petition to include workers employed at the Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna, New York, as a class to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort.

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 27, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1506: A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1506/
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"S. 1506: A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1506/.
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S. 1506, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1506/.
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