United States Code Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

§ 7385s–5. Applicability to certain uranium employees

§ 7385s–5.

Applicability to certain uranium employees

(a)

In general

This part shall apply to—

(1)

a section 5 payment recipient who contracted a section 5 illness through a section 5 exposure at a section 5 facility, or

(2)

a section 5 uranium worker determined under section 7385s–4(c) of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a section 5 mine or mill,

(or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable) on the same basis as it applies to a Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a Department of Energy facility (or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable).

(b)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

The term “section 5 payment recipient” means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) for a claim made under that Act.

(2)

The terms “section 5 exposure”, “section 5 facility”, and “section 5 illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual’s status as a section 5 payment recipient relates.

(3)

The term “section 5 uranium worker” means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of subsection (a)(2)).

(4)

The term “section 5 mine or mill” means the mine or mill to which an individual’s status as a section 5 uranium worker relates.