Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§7385 Offset for Certain Payments
Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XVI — ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM › Part C — Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits › § 7385
Summary
Cut the compensation paid to a person, or to that person's survivor, by the amount of any money they got from a final award or settlement (except a workers’ compensation claim) that was for injuries caused by the same exposure that this compensation covers.
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Title 42, §7385
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A payment of compensation to an individual, or to a survivor of that individual, under this subchapter shall be offset by the amount of any payment made pursuant to a final award or settlement on a claim (other than a claim for worker’s compensation), against any person, that is based on injuries incurred by that individual on account of the exposure for which compensation is payable under this subchapter.
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2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B” and “on account of the exposure for which compensation is payable under this subchapter” for “on account of the exposure of a covered beryllium employee, covered employee with cancer, covered employee with chronic silicosis (as defined in section 7384r of this title), or covered uranium employee (as defined in section 7384u of this title), while so employed, to beryllium, radiation, silica, or radiation, respectively”.
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42 U.S.C. § 7385
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102