§ 7385s-5. Applicability to certain uranium employees
(a)
In general
This 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)
Definitions
In 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.