---identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s79.50"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "28 CFR § 79.50 - Scope of subpart."title_number: 28title_name: "Judicial Administration"section_number: "79.50"section_name: "Scope of subpart."chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"part_number: "79"part_name: "CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b))."regulatory_source: "Order No. 2711-2004, 69 FR 13634, Mar. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "79"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t28/s79.50
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Department of Justice
Authority
Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 5... Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b)).
# 79.50 Scope of subpart.The regulations in this subpart define the eligibility criteria for compensation under section 5 of the Act pertaining to millers, *i.e.,* uranium mill workers, and the nature of evidence that will be accepted as proof that a claimant satisfies such eligibility criteria. Section 5 of the Act provides for a payment of $100,000 to “millers” who contracted primary lung cancer, one of a limited number of nonmalignant respiratory diseases, primary renal cancer, or chronic renal disease, following employment for at least one year as a uranium mill worker in specified states during the period beginning January 1, 1942, and ending December 31, 1971.