3.0.0 1756 2023-01-11T20:42:18Z 2023-01-11T20:42:18Z Senate S S 2007-07-10 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2008-09-16T21:50:54Z Markup by 2008-09-11T21:51:16Z Hearings by 2007-09-25T20:58:36Z Referred to 2007-07-10T18:22:11Z 2008-09-16 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 976. Calendars 2008-09-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2008-09-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2008-09-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2007-09-25 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-243. Committee 2007-07-10 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8948) IntroReferral 2007-07-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8946-8948) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS Y D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2007-07-10 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-07-10 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2007-07-10 True 2008-10-22T04:00:00Z S. 1756, Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20388 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008</p> 2008-10-22T04:00:00Z S. 1756, Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20388 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008 Health Armed Forces and National Security Compensation (Law) Congress Congressional reporting requirements Governmental investigations Health surveys Law Marshall Islands Nuclear weapons Pacific area Radiation victims Health 00 2007-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-29T20:48:20Z Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2007 - Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Energy to periodically survey and report on radiological conditions on Runit Island.

Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands within the definitions of "covered employee," "atomic weapons employee," and "Department of Energy contractor employee."

Coordinates specified benefits with respect to the Compact of Free Association (as defined by this Act).

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts appropriated by this Act to supplement health care in the communities affected by the U.S. nuclear testing program, including outer island primary healthcare facilities of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in: (1) Enewetak Atoll, (2) Kili (until the resettlement of Bikini); (3) Majetto Island in Kwajalein Atoll (until the resettlement of Rongelap Atoll); and (4) Utrik Atoll.

Provides for a National Academy of Sciences assessment of the U.S. nuclear testing program's health impacts on the residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

]]> 01 2008-09-16 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2009-01-07T19:36:10Z Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Energy, as a part of the Marshall Islands program, to periodically conduct: (1) a visual study of the concrete exterior of the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island; and (2) a radiochemical analysis of the groundwater surrounding, and in, the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island. Makes specified funds available to conduct such radiochemical groundwater analysis.

Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees whether the surveys and analyses indicate any significant change in the health risks to the people of Enewetak from the contaminants within the Cactus Crater containment structure.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include a citizen or national of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia within the definitions of "covered employee," "atomic weapons employee," and "Department of Energy contractor employee."

Provides for an offset of benefits under such Act for an individual who has received benefits under such Act and under the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the same illness (other than medical benefits and benefits for vocational rehabilitation that the individual received by reason of the illness).

(Sec. 4) Amends the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands an annual supplemental health care grant to: (1) provide enhanced primary health care, with an emphasis on providing regular screenings for radiogenic illnesses by upgrading existing services or by providing quarterly medical field team visits in Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap, Utrik, Ailuk, Mejit, Likiep, Wotho, Wotje, and Ujelang Atolls, which were affected by the U.S. nuclear testing program; (2) enhance the capabilities of the Marshall Islands to provide secondary treatment for radiogenic illness; and (3) operate a whole-body counting facility on Utrik Atoll.

Appropriates FY2009-FY2023 funds.

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