Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§7385s–1 Compensation to be provided

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVI— - ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM › Part Part E— - Contractor Employee Compensation › § 7385s–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Covered DOE contractor employees must receive contractor employee compensation under section 7385s–2. If the employee dies, that payment stops and the survivor must receive compensation under section 7385s–3. If the employee died after applying but before any payment, and the death was from a cause other than the covered illness, the survivor can choose to get the amount the employee would have received under section 7385s–2 instead.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7385s–1

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Subject to the other provisions of this part:

(1)A covered DOE contractor employee shall receive contractor employee compensation under this part in accordance with section 7385s–2 of this title.

(2)After the death of a covered DOE contractor employee, compensation referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be paid. Instead, the survivor of that employee shall receive compensation as follows:

(A)Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the survivor of that employee shall receive contractor employee compensation under this part in accordance with section 7385s–3 of this title.

(B)In a case in which the employee’s death occurred after the employee applied under this part and before compensation was paid under paragraph (1), and the employee’s death occurred from a cause other than the covered illness of the employee, the survivor of that employee may elect to receive, in lieu of compensation under subparagraph (A), the amount of contractor employee compensation that the employee would have received in accordance with section 7385s–2 of this title if the employee’s death had not occurred before compensation was paid under paragraph (1).

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7385s–1

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73