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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7385b. Payment in full settlement of claims

Statutory text

Except as provided in part E, the acceptance by an individual of payment of compensation under part B with respect to a covered employee shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf of that individual against the United States, against a Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor, beryllium vendor, or atomic weapons employer, or against any person with respect to that person’s performance of a contract with the United States, that arise out of an exposure referred to in section 7385 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.

  1. Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dC)(tXXXVI)(s3643) · 114 Stat. 1654

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385b

    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509

    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.

  2. Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

    Pub. L. 108–375 div. C title XXXI § 3162(c) · 118 Stat. 1811

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385b

    Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Except as provided in part E, the acceptance” for “The acceptance”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Except as provided in part E, the acceptance” for “The acceptance”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Payment in Full Settlement of Claims.— Section 3643 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7385b) is amended by striking “The acceptance” and inserting “Except as provided in subtitle E, the acceptance”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Except as provided in part E, the acceptance” for “The acceptance”.

Credits

2000–2004 · 2 acts
  1. 2000Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509
  2. 2004Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(c), , 118 Stat. 2186.
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(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(c), , 118 Stat. 2186.)

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