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Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

Introduced: February 4, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 4, 2008
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Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - 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.

What's happening now February 4, 2008

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1345 Related bill To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear w…
  • S 776 Related bill A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nu…
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2589: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2589/
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"S. 2589: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2589/.
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S. 2589, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2589/.
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