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S. 916: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

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S. 916: Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

111th Congress · introduced 2009-04-28 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

Plain summary

Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) issue regulations for designating additional classes of employees, including those employed during a period of residual contamination, as members of the Special Exposure Cohort; and (2) determine whether workers employed at the Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna, New York, meet the requirements of this Act for membership in the Special Exposure Cohort. Requires the Secretary to provide a report to Congress identifying facilities at which classes of employees were employed that meet the requirements for membership in the Special Exposure Cohort, as well as the number of classes and the number of employees in each class.

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Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

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Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 1 cosponsors

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-s916 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111