3.0.0 197 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z Senate S 2017-01-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-06-27T14:00:00Z Referred to 2017-01-24T16:07:18Z Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 115 2049 HR 2017-05-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS 2018-06-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2017-01-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-01-24 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-01-24 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-01-24 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-01-24 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-06-27 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Arizona Cancer Civil actions and liability Colorado Department of Justice Digestive and metabolic diseases Education programs funding Environmental health Government information and archives Government liability Government trust funds Guam Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health care costs and insurance Higher education Idaho Legal fees and court costs Medical research Military history Mining Montana Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Nuclear weapons Oregon Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Radiation Research administration and funding South Dakota Texas Utah Washington State Worker safety and health Wyoming Labor and Employment 00 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-12T18:22:26Z Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017

This bill amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War.

The bill revises the requirements of that Act, including by:

  • increasing the amount of compensation that an individual may receive;
  • expanding the affected area to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico;
  • expanding eligibility requirements to include additional individuals, such as certain employees of uranium mines or mills; and
  • extending until 19 years after this bill's enactment the statute of limitations for the filing of claims.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences must establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occupationally exposed individuals.

The bill amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 by expanding eligibility requirements for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program with respect to chronic beryllium disease.]]>

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 Display Title Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s197is/xml/BILLS-115s197is.xml 2018-06-27 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 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.