3.0.0 916 2023-01-11T13:19:21Z 2023-01-11T13:19:21Z Senate S S 2009-04-28 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-28T21:16:57Z Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 111 2114 HR 2009-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Identical bill CRS 2009-04-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-04-28 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Business records Congressional oversight Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Government liability Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Industrial facilities Medical tests and diagnostic methods Metals New York State Nuclear weapons Public contracts and procurement Radiation Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2009-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-08T17:42:53Z 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.

]]> Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Display Title Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Introduced in Senate 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s916is/xml/BILLS-111s916is.xml 2009-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.