To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to as "Fernald") or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.

Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include as a member of the Special Exposure Cohort entitled to compensation with respect to chronic beryllium disease under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program any Department of Energy (DOE) employee or a DOE contractor or subcontractor employee who was employed for an aggregate number of at least 250 work days before January 1, 2009, at the Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.

Requires any claim that an individual qualifies by reason of this Act for compensation or benefits to be considered for such compensation or benefits notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to the individual.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3992 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3992

To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the 
course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly 
 referred to as ``Fernald'' or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in 
                                 Ohio.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2009

 Mr. Driehaus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the 
course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly 
 referred to as ``Fernald'' or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in 
                                 Ohio.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.

    (a) In General.--Section 3621(14) of the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
7384l(14)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) The employee was so employed for a number of 
                work days aggregating at least 250 work days before 
                January 1, 2009, by the Department of Energy or a 
                Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor at the 
                Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to 
                as `Fernald') or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in 
                State of Ohio.''.
    (b) Reapplication.--A claim that an individual qualifies, by reason 
of section 3621(14)(D) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (as added by subsection (a)), for 
compensation or benefits under that Act shall be considered for 
compensation or benefits notwithstanding any denial of any other claim 
for compensation with respect to the individual.
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