Energy Employees Occupational Illness
 Compensation Program Act of 2000 

Links to information about this Act

• 106th CONGRESS SENATE BILL 2519 FINDINGS - The Department of Energy policy to litigate occupational illness claims regardless of merit.
• U.S. DOL Energy Employees Compensation Program - this is the official DOL web site. Provides compensation of $150,000 and payment of medical expenses to qualified nuclear DOE workers. DOD Naval shipyard nuclear workers are excluded.
• Public Law 106-398 - my saved copy of the law
• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000  - the September 14, 2000 version of this law as HR 5189 IH
• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA or The Act) - as posted on The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) web site 
• Executive Order 13179 of December 7, 2000 - as posted on an AOL web site
• Down Winders saved version of the law

Back Ground 

• The Link Between Exposure to Occupational Hazards and Illnesses In the Department of Energy Contractor Workforce - by David Michaels, PhD, MPH,  Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health.

• HUMAN RADIATION STUDIES: REMEMBERING THE EARLY YEARS
  Oral History of Oncologist, Helen Vodopick, M.D., United States Department of Energy
  Office of Human Radiation Experiments.

News and other links

• DOE public release of January 11, 2001 - Clinton Administration Proposes Legislation to Build Energy Department Worker Compensation Program 

• Concern expressed over sick worker plan - by Paul Parson  Oak Ridger staff

• Leukemia rate high in kids of nuclear workers - Berny Morson / Rocky Mountain News 21dec97

• Welcome to Downwinders -nuclear activism organization

I welcome your comments and suggestions.
Bob Farmer - robert.farmer@comcast.net

Last Updated on 12/05/06