Nuclear Workers’ Ombudsman Extension Act

Nuclear Workers' Ombudsman Extension Act

This bill reauthorizes the Office of the Ombudsman, within the Department of Labor, for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (which compensates current and former employees of the Department of Energy who are diagnosed with specified employment-related illnesses) until October 28, 2025. Currently, the authority for the office expires on October 28, 2020.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6009 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6009

To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
   Act of 2000 to extend the sunset for the Office of the Ombudsman.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2020

     Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 
 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 extend the sunset for the Office of the Ombudsman.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Workers' Ombudsman Extension 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN UNDER ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
              OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.

    Section 3686(h) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-15(h)) is amended by 
striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2025''.
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