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HR 2114 111th Congress House

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

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

Official title: 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, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 26, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Apr 27, 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.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Apr 27, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 (HHS) to: (1) issue regulations for designating additional classes of employees, including those employed during a period of residual contamination, as members of the Special Exposure Cohort; and (2) determine whether workers employed at the Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna, New York, meet the requirements of this Act for membership in the Special Exposure Cohort.

Requires the Secretary to provide a report to Congress identifying facilities at which classes of employees were employed that meet the requirements for membership in the Special Exposure Cohort, as well as the number of classes and the number of employees in each class.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2114: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2114/
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"H.R. 2114: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2114/.
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H.R. 2114, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2114/.
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