Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act
Latest action · Nov 25, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Bob Clement | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-KY | Ken Lucas | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Sep 26, 2002 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Oct 1, 2002 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Oct 1, 2002 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 7, 2002 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Oct 10, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Oct 16, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 24, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2002 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 12, 2002 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2002 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Nov 25, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 25, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Nov 12, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Sep 30, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1699)
- Sep 26, 2002Introduced in House
- 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1699Summaries E1688 | Ted Strickland D-OH | Sep 30, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide benefits for contractor employees of the Department of Energy who were exposed to toxic substances at Department of Energy facilities, to provide coverage under subtitle B of that Act for certain additional individuals, to establish an ombudsman and otherwise reform the assistance provided to claimants under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Beryllium
- Cancer
- Chronically ill
- Claims
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Defense industries
- Department of Energy
- Department of Labor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic government information
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Forfeiture
- Fraud
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Insurance
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Kidney diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal fees
- Limitation of actions
- Lung cancer
- Medical records
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Nuclear energy research facilities
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational diseases
- Occupational health and safety
- Ombudsman
- Prisoners
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Radiation victims
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Subcontractors
- Survivors' benefits
- Uranium
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2002Introduced in House
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