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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part E · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7385s. Definitions

Statutory text

In this part:

(1)

The term “covered DOE contractor employee” means any Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a Department of Energy facility.

(2)

The term “covered illness” means an illness or death resulting from exposure to a toxic substance.

(3)

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

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)(s3671) · 114 Stat. 1654

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385s

    (Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3671], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2178.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3671], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2178.)

    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, § 3671], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, , 118 Stat. 2178.)

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