42 USC § 7385s - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s7385s"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 7385s - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7385s"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XVI"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Contractor Employee Compensation"
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, § 3671], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2178.)"
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# § 7385s. Definitions

In this part:

**(1)** The term “covered DOE contractor employee” means any Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a Department of Energy facility.

**(2)** The term “covered illness” means an illness or death resulting from exposure to a toxic substance.

**(3)** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3671], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2178.)