{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-7385s-5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 7385s–5","heading":"Applicability to certain uranium employees","body":"(a) In generalThis 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) DefinitionsIn 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.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 84—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"2eb338fbc0954601b02d173b0ccccf6a7c399f81cf25eb0c892ac8c33388c827","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-7385s-4","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-7385s-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}