Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§7385s–1 Compensation to Be Provided

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Covered DOE contractor employees must get contractor employee compensation under this part as set in section 7385s–2. If a covered employee dies, payments to that employee stop and the survivor must receive compensation under section 7385s–3, except that if the employee applied for benefits, died before payment, and died from something other than the covered illness, the survivor can choose instead to get the amount the employee would have received under section 7385s–2.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7385s–1

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Subject to the other provisions of this part:

(1)Contractor employees

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

(2)Survivors

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110