Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act
Latest action · Jun 3, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include an employee of the Department of Energy (DOE) or its contractors or subcontractors who worked for at least 250 work days at the Los Alamos site in New Mexico within the meaning of the term "member of the Special Exposure Cohort" for purposes of occupational illness compensation.
Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- May 8, 2008Introduced in House
- May 8, 2008Referred 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.
- May 8, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E861-862)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2243 | To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. | Related bill | Jul 17, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
- Compensation (Law)
- Department of Energy
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Federal employees
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Laboratories
- Law
- New Mexico
- Nuclear energy research
- Nuclear research
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational health and safety
- Radiation
- Radiation victims
- Research and development facilities
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Subcontractors
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2008Introduced in House
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