H.R. 3864: Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act
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H.R. 3864: Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act
108th Congress · introduced 2004-02-26 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-02-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act
Plain summary
Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to cover individual employees: (1) at an atomic weapons employer facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found a potential for residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; and (2) during a period of significant residual contamination at such facility. Instructs the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit to Congress updated reports regarding residual contamination in such facilities and the employees working in them while their employers were under Federal contract to process nuclear weapons materials.
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Official text
Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · 9 cosponsors
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Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr3864.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr3864 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108