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To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

March 25, 2009

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Santa Susana Fair Compensation Act’.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MEMBER OF SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT.

(a) In General- Section 3621(14) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘(D) The employee was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2009, by the Department of Energy or a Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.’.

(b) Reapplication- A claim that an individual qualifies, by reason of section 3621(14)(D) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (as added by subsection (a)), for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered for compensation or benefits notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.