Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007

To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the agencies and actors responsible for the administration of such compensation program, and for other purposes.

1/5/2007--Introduced.
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include as part of their annual budget requests the administrative costs necessary to implement their responsibilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (including, for the Secretary of HHS, costs for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health). Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate annually as a beryllium vendor any vendor, processor, or producer of beryllium (or related products) not previously designated as such if the Secretary finds that such person has engaged in activities related to production or processing of beryllium sales. Transfers certain responsibilities from the President to the Secretary of HHS regarding:
(1) Program administration; and
(2) the Special Exposure Cohort. Revises requirements for:
(1) the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (Board); and
(2) the Special Exposure Cohort. Establishes within HHS a Special Exposure Cohort Appeals Board to hear appeals from an adverse Special Exposure Cohort designation. Sets forth conflicts of interest prohibitions. Expands the duties of the Office of Ombudsman to include:
(1) assisting individuals in making claims; and
(2) acting as advocate for individuals seeking benefits.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 3 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.268

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 05, 2007

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• May 09, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Jan 05, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Jan 05, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jan 05, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
• Introduced on Jan 05, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Nuclear weapons
• Labor
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
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• Appropriations
• Armed forces
• Beryllium
• Budgets
• Business
• Claims
• Conflict of interests
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Consultants
• Defense economics
• Defense industries
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Labor
• Drug abuse
• Energy
• Executive Office of the President
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal advisory bodies
• Federal employees
• Federal officials
• Government contractors
• Government employees
• Government ethics
• Government information
• Government liability
• Government paperwork
• Hazardous substances
• Ionizing radiation
• Law
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Nuclear weapons plants
• Occupational health and safety
• Ombudsman
• Politics and government
• Public contracts
• Radiation
• Radiation victims
• Reprogramming of appropriated funds
• Smoking
• Subcontractors
• Term limits
• Weapons systems

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