3.0.0 4363 2023-01-11T13:45:33Z 2023-01-11T13:45:33Z Senate S 2020-07-29 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-29T21:16:50Z Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020 116 7852 HR 2020-07-29 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, 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. Identical bill CRS Nuclear Workers’ Ombudsman Extension Act 116 6009 HR 2020-02-27 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. Related bill CRS 2020-07-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Labor and Employment Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Appropriations Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Department of Energy Digestive and metabolic diseases Education programs funding Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Higher education Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military procurement, research, weapons development Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Neurological disorders Nuclear weapons Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Radiation Research administration and funding Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2020-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-10T19:17:33Z Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020

This bill expands an existing program to provide compensation to Department of Energy (DOE) employees and contractors for illnesses caused by occupational exposure to radiation and certain substances to cover additional workers with illnesses caused by toxic substances.

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program shall cover DOE employees and contractors who are members of the Toxic Special Exposure Cohort established under this bill. The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish rules for determining whether a DOE employee or contractor qualifies as a cohort member, including a list of qualifying diseases.

The bill also requires the Department of Labor to create or update assessments of toxic substance exposure in each DOE facility.

The bill also appropriates funds as necessary for DOE's assistance with certain Labor activities related to DOE facilities.

Furthermore, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences shall conduct or support research on the epidemiological impacts of toxic substance exposure at DOE facilities.

]]> Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020 Display Title Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the Department of Energy's Radioactive Waste Management Complex, to refine the definition of compensable illnesses, to establish a research program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4363is/xml/BILLS-116s4363is.xml 2020-07-29 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.