Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · May 9, 2007 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.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include as part of their annual budget requests the administrative costs necessary to implement their responsibilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (including, for the Secretary of HHS, costs for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health).
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate annually as a beryllium vendor any vendor, processor, or producer of beryllium (or related products) not previously designated as such if the Secretary finds that such person has engaged in activities related to production or processing of beryllium sales.
Transfers certain responsibilities from the President to the Secretary of HHS regarding: (1) Program administration; and (2) the Special Exposure Cohort.
Revises requirements for: (1) the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (Board); and (2) the Special Exposure Cohort.
Establishes within HHS a Special Exposure Cohort Appeals Board to hear appeals from an adverse Special Exposure Cohort designation.
Sets forth conflicts of interest prohibitions.
Expands the duties of the Office of Ombudsman to include: (1) assisting individuals in making claims; and (2) acting as advocate for individuals seeking benefits.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jan 5, 2007 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2007 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2007 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred May 9, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Feb 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
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 clarify the roles and responsibilities of the agencies and actors responsible for the administration of such compensation program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Beryllium
- Claims
- Commerce
- Conflict of interests
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consultants
- Defense industries
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Drug abuse
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Government contractors
- Government ethics
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Ionizing radiation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational health and safety
- Ombudsman
- Radiation
- Radiation victims
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Smoking
- Subcontractors
- Term limits
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2007Introduced in House
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