Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006
Latest action · May 24, 2006 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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to set forth criteria for the inclusion of certain nuclear weapons program workers in the special exposure cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.
Establishes a deadline for claims adjudication.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Mar 28, 2006Introduced in House
- Mar 28, 2006Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2439 | Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006 | Identical bill | Mar 16, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Claims
- Compensation (Law)
- Department of Energy
- Energy
- Federal employees
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Ionizing radiation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Nevada
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational health and safety
- Radiation victims
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2006Introduced in House
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