HR 136 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 6, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within the meaning of the term “member of the Special Exposure Cohort” a Department of Energy (DOE) employee, DOE contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

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 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 6, 2009.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 6, 2009

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 6, 2009
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Feb 9, 2009
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 6, 2009
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Mar 16, 2009

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
  3. Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
  4. Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
  5. Jan 6, 2009Referred 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 709Santa Susana Fair Compensation ActRelated billMar 25, 2009

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House

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