US·Bill·113th Congress

HR 2904

Died in committee

Nuclear Workers Compensation Act

Introduced 2013-08-01Last action 2013-09-13 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.Committees House Committee on Education and Workforce, House Committee on the Judiciary

Sponsor

Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]R

Cosponsors (13)

Brownley, Julia(D-CA)Coffman, Mike(R-CO)DeGette, Diana(D-CO)HONDA, MICHAEL(D-CA)Higgins, Brian(D-NY)Kaptur, Marcy(D-OH)Kennedy, Joseph(D-MA)Loebsack, David(D-IA)Luján, Ben Ray(D-NM)Perlmutter, Ed(D-CO)Polis, Jared(D-CO)TIERNEY, JOHN(D-MA)Young, C. W.(R-FL)

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Died in committee

The 113th Congress ended on 2015-01-03. This bill was in committee when the session adjourned and did not advance to enactment.

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

✗

In Committee

Passed Chamber

Enacted / Signed

Action History

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.

2013-08-01 · House floor actions

Introduced in House

2013-08-01 · Library of Congress

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

2013-09-13 · House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

2013-09-13 · House committee actions

Summary

Nuclear Workers Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Compensation Program Act of 2000 to replace the current requirements for occupational illness compensation to the survivors of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employee. Requires payment to a survivor of the compensation the deceased contractor employee would otherwise have been paid, if the employee dies after applying for the compensation but before receiving it. Requires payment of the compensation, if no survivors exist, to a claimant's surviving family members.

Requires a survivor eligible for contractor employee compensation under this Act as well as survivor compensation under the regular compensation schedule for survivors to elect one or the other. Prohibits any payment to a survivor of both kinds of compensation.

Full Bill Text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/hr/2904

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