HR 5493 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act

Introduced Sep 26, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Ted Strickland D-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 25, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 26, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to provide for worker compensation benefit payments to contractor employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) who were exposed to toxic substances at DOE facilities. (This new subtitle D replaces the current provisions for DOE assistance to such employees in State workers compensation proceedings.) Requires DOE to review claims and determine causation within specified time limits (with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) continuing to appoint members of physician review panels for diagnosing such occupational illnesses). Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay such benefits from the EEOICPA fund for claimants approved by DOE. Requires the Secretaries of Energy and Labor to ensure that such claims are resolved in a nonadversarial manner.

Revises EEOIPA subtitle B program administration provisions to add as covered illnesses: (1) chronic renal disease, for uranium workers; and (2) lung cancer, among beryllium-related diseases. Revises provisions relating to: (1) a special exposure cohort expansion procedure; (2) the radioepidemiologic model for determining compensation; and (3) additional specified cancers.

Provides administrative assistance for claimants under either subtitle B or D, including administrative relief and proof where medical records are not available, resource centers, and outreach programs. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Labor the Office of the Ombudsman for Occupational Illness Compensation, which is to coordinate activities of the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and HHS under EEOICPA.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2002 to Oct 24, 2002, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TNBob ClementOriginalSep 26, 2002
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-KYKen LucasOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-COMark UdallOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-PATim HoldenOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-NMTom UdallOriginalSep 26, 2002
D-WAJay InsleeOct 1, 2002
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOct 1, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernOct 7, 2002
D-CODiana DeGetteOct 9, 2002
D-NVShelley BerkleyOct 9, 2002
D-NYMajor R. OwensOct 10, 2002
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 25, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Nov 12, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
  3. Sep 30, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1699)
  4. Sep 26, 2002Introduced in House
  5. Sep 26, 2002Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

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