42 U.S.C. § 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. ( Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3676] , as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161 , Oct. 28, 2004 , 118 Stat. 2182 .) Editorial Notes References in Text The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act , referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–426 , Oct. 15, 1990 , 104 Stat. 920 , which is set out as a note under section 2210 of this title .

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