42 U.S.C. § 7385s–5 — Applicability to certain uranium employees

(a) In general This 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) Definitions In 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.