Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act

Summary

Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to cover individual employees: (1) at an atomic weapons employer facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found a potential for residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; and (2) during a period of significant residual contamination at such facility. Instructs the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit to Congress updated reports regarding residual contamination in such facilities and the employees working in them while their employers were under Federal contract to process nuclear weapons materials.

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Timeline

1. 26 February 2004

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 February 2004

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 February 2004

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E258-259)

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 February 2004

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 26 February 2004

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

6. 15 March 2004

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

   Source: Committee

7. 2 April 2004

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 26 February 2004 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 February 2004

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 February 2004

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 February 2004

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Sponsors

• LOUISE SLAUGHTER · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
• Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · hsed00 · Standing

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