Radiation Workers Justice Act of 1998: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3539, June 25, 1998 |
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Page 4 - STATEMENT OF HON. BILL REDMOND, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding...
Page 8 - A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF UTAH Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased that we are able to meet today on this issue.
Page 28 - ... nonmalignant respiratory disease' means either pulmonary fibrosis, cor pulmonale related to pulmonary fibrosis, or moderate or severe silicosis, or pneumoconiosis ; "(4) the term 'Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community, that is recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indian tribes because of their status as Indians.
Page 196 - Thus, we define social problems as the activities of individuals or groups making assertions of grievances and claims with respect to some putative conditions.
Page 12 - ... the United States to establish procedures for making certain payments to qualifying individuals who contracted one of the diseases listed in the Act. The amount of each payment and a general statement of the qualifications are indicated in §79.3(a). The procedures established in these regulations are designed to utilize existing records so that claims can be resolved in a reliable, objective, and nonadversarial manner, quickly and with little administrative cost to the United States or to the...
Page 18 - USD 75,000 to an individual who participated onsite in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device and...
Page 30 - ... provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 relating to uranium miners in order to provide compensation to all miners who develop lung cancer after some minimal duration of employment underground (such as one year), without requiring a specific level of exposure. The act should also be reviewed to determine whether the documentation standards for compensation should be liberalized.
Page 50 - Commission, generally only one shift is employed, and the mines are not worked on a round-the-clock basis. Consequently, workers are not exposed immediately following the blasting, when dust and radon concentrations are generally highest.
Page 12 - USC §2210 note, which provides for compassionate payments to individuals, or their surviving beneficiaries, who contracted certain cancers and other serious diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation released during above-ground nuclear weapons tests or as a result of their exposure to radiation during employment in uranium mines.
Page 113 - An Interim Report of a Health Study of the Uranium Mines and Mills...