[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4304 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4304

   To direct the Department of Labor to conduct a study on residual 
     contamination of workers at certain facilities related to the 
Department of Energy's processing and production of materials that emit 
                               radiation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2015

 Mr. Higgins introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Department of Labor to conduct a study on residual 
     contamination of workers at certain facilities related to the 
Department of Energy's processing and production of materials that emit 
                               radiation.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Worker Residual 
Contaminations Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON RESIDUAL CONTAMINATIONS OF WORKERS AT CERTAIN 
              CONTRACTOR AND SUBSIDIARY FACILITIES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Labor shall oversee a study on 
residual contamination of workers at certain facilities that are 
members of the Special Exposure Cohort (described in section 3621(14) 
of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
of 2000) owned or operated by contractors of the Department of Energy 
and subsidiaries of such contractors. Such study shall be conducted by 
independent advisors and medical experts of each atomic energy employer 
designated by the Secretary of Energy under section 3621(4)(B) of such 
Act and Beryllium vendor (as defined in paragraph (6) of such section).
    (b) Report.--The Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on 
the results of such study not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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