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HR 136 111th Congress House Law Administrative remedies California Department of Energy Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military procurement, research, weapons development Nuclear weapons Public contracts and procurement Radiation Worker safety and health

To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within the meaning of the term “member of the Special Exposure Cohort” a Department of Energy (DOE) employee, DOE contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.

What's happening now March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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