S 2098
109th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
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Department of Energy
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Pacific area
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Workers' compensation
A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to clarify the eligibility of certain employees of the Department of Energy under that Act.
Introduced: December 14, 2005
Introduced by:
Murkowski, Lisa
Republican
· Alaska
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 14, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 14, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13573-13574)
Dec 14, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include in the Special Exposure Cohort for compensation purposes any employee of the Department of Energy (DOE), or DOE contractor or subcontractor, before 1986 on Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap, or Utrik Atolls who was exposed to ionizing radiation in the performance of duty, and was also a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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