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To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.

5/9/2007--Introduced.

EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) make permanent the authority of the Office of the Ombudsman of the Department of Labor; and (2) increase the duties of the Ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, including to assist in making claims for benefits for Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employees who have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a DOE facility and to act as an advocate for such employees in appropriate cases.
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Latest Actions
  • 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  • 05/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1005)
  • 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 05/09/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
  • 05/09/2007 - Referred to House Education and Labor
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H.R.2255 Introduced in House08/31/2007