Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to amend the definition of a "member of the Special Exposure Cohort" for purposes of such Program to include persons who were employed by the Department of Energy (DOE) or a DOE contractor or subcontractor for an aggregate of at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2495 | Ken Salazar D-CO | Mar 1, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-737 | EEOICPA: IS THE PROGRAM CLAIMANT FRIENDLY FOR OUR COLD WAR HEROES?96 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Oct 23, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 904 | Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act | Related bill | Jun 5, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Claims
- Colorado
- Compensation (Law)
- Department of Energy
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Federal employees
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational health and safety
- Plutonium
- Radiation victims
- Subcontractors
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
