42 USC § 7385b - Payment in full settlement of claims

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s7385b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 7385b - Payment in full settlement of claims"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7385b"
section_name: "Payment in full settlement of claims"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XVI"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(c), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2186.)"
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# § 7385b. Payment in full settlement of claims

section 7385 of this title

Except as provided in part E, the acceptance by an individual of payment of compensation under part B with respect to a covered employee shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf of that individual against the United States, against a Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor, beryllium vendor, or atomic weapons employer, or against any person with respect to that person’s performance of a contract with the United States, that arise out of an exposure referred to in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3643], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–509; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(c), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2186.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004— substituted “Except as provided in part E, the acceptance” for “The acceptance”.