§7385s–5 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Treats certain people tied to section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act the same as Department of Energy contractor employees who got sick from toxic exposure. That includes people who got $100,000 under section 5 for an illness from exposure at a section 5 facility, uranium workers found under the related rules to have a covered illness from exposure at a section 5 mine or mill, and their survivors. Key terms: “section 5 payment recipient” is someone who received the $100,000; “section 5 exposure,” “facility,” and “illness” are the exposure, place, and sickness tied to that payment; “section 5 uranium worker” and “section 5 mine or mill” mean the uranium worker and the mine or mill covered by section 5.

Title 42, §7385s–5

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(a)This part shall apply to—

(1)a section 5 payment recipient who contracted a section 5 illness through a section 5 exposure at a section 5 facility, or

(2)a section 5 uranium worker determined under section 7385s–4(c) of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a section 5 mine or mill,(or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable) on the same basis as it applies to a Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a Department of Energy facility (or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable).

(b)In this section:

(1)The term “section 5 payment recipient” means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) for a claim made under that Act.

(2)The terms “section 5 exposure”, “section 5 facility”, and “section 5 illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual’s status as a section 5 payment recipient relates.

(3)The term “section 5 uranium worker” means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of subsection (a)(2)).

(4)The term “section 5 mine or mill” means the mine or mill to which an individual’s status as a section 5 uranium worker relates.

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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–426, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 920, which is set out as a note under section 2210 of this title.

§7385s–5 Applicability to certain uranium employees

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