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S. 2139 (108th)

Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act

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Introduced

26 February 2004

Last action

26 February 2004 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1694)

Sponsors

Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

18 August 2025

Energy

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

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1694)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 February 2004

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1693-1694)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 February 2004

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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