§ 7384d. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

Statutory text

Program established

There is hereby established a program to be known as the “Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program” (in this subchapter referred to as the “compensation program”). The President shall carry out the compensation program through one or more Federal agencies or officials, as designated by the President.

Purpose of program

The purpose of the compensation program is to provide for timely, uniform, and adequate compensation of covered employees and, where applicable, survivors of such employees, suffering from illnesses incurred by such employees in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy and certain of its contractors and subcontractors.

Eligibility for compensation

The eligibility of covered employees for compensation under the compensation program shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of part B as may be modified by a law enacted after the date of the submittal of the proposal for legislation required by section 7384f of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2000
Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dC)(tXXXVI)(s3611) · 114 Stat. 1654
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7384d
(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3611], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–497.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3611], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–497.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3611], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–497.)