I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1828 
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 to expand the category of individuals eligible for compensa-
tion, to improve the procedures for providing compensation, and to im-
prove transparency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
SALAZAR, and Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the category 
of individuals eligible for compensation, to improve the 
procedures for providing compensation, and to improve 
transparency, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; purpose. 
Sec. 3. Specified disease. 
Sec. 4. Definitions for program administration. 
Sec. 5. Change in presumption for finding of cancer. 
Sec. 6. Distribution of information to claimants and potential claimants. 
Sec. 7. Enhancement of site profiles of Department of Energy facilities. 
Sec. 8. Clarification of covered illnesses. 
Sec. 9. Payment of compensation to survivors and estates of contractor employ-
ees. 
Sec. 10. Wage loss resulting from exposure. 
Sec. 11. Expansion of toxic substance exposure for covered illnesses. 
Sec. 12. Extension of statute of limitations for judicial review of contractor em-
ployee claims. 
Sec. 13. Expansion of authority of Ombudsman of Energy Employees Occupa-
tional Illness Compensation Program. 
Sec. 14. Payment for transportation and personal care services. 
Sec. 15. Enhancement of transparency in claims process. 
Sec. 16. Extension of time for claimants to respond to requests for information. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
7384 et seq.) (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Act’’) was enacted to ensure fairness and equity for 
the civilian men and women who, for more than 50 
years, have performed duties uniquely related to the 
nuclear weapons production and testing programs of 
the Department of Energy (including predecessor 
agencies of the Department of Energy) by estab-
lishing a program to provide efficient, uniform, and 
adequate compensation for— 
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(A) beryllium-related health conditions; 
and 
(B) heavy metal-, toxic chemical-, and ra-
diation-related health conditions; 
(2) the Act (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.) provides 
a process for the consideration of claims for com-
pensation by individuals who were employed at rel-
evant times and at various locations, which includes 
provisions to designate employees at certain other lo-
cations as members of a special exposure cohort the 
claims of whom are subject to a less-detailed admin-
istrative process; 
(3) the Act (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.) authorizes 
the President, upon a recommendation by the Advi-
sory Board on Radiation and Worker Health estab-
lished under section 3624(a)(1) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 7384o(a)(1)), to designate additional classes 
of employees at facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Energy as members of a special 
exposure cohort if the President determines that— 
(A) it is not feasible to estimate with suffi-
cient accuracy the magnitude of the radiation 
dose that the cohort received; and 
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