Section 7385s-5 - Applicability to certain uranium employees(a) In generalThis 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) DefinitionsIn 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, §31613161,, 118 Stat. 2182.EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, which is set out as a note under section 2210 of this title.