[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2098 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2098

To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
  Act of 2000 to clarify the eligibility of certain employees of the 
                  Department of Energy under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2005

Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
  Act of 2000 to clarify the eligibility of certain employees of the 
                  Department of Energy under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.

    Section 3621(14) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) The employee--
                            ``(i) was so employed by the Department of 
                        Energy, or a contractor or subcontractor of 
                        that Department, before 1986 on--
                                    ``(I) Enewetak Atoll;
                                    ``(II) Bikini Atoll;
                                    ``(III) Rongelap Atoll; or
                                    ``(IV) Utrik Atoll;
                            ``(ii) was exposed to ionizing radiation in 
                        the performance of a duty of the employee; and
                            ``(iii) during the time the employee was so 
                        employed, was a citizen of the Trust Territory 
                        of the Pacific Islands.''.
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