---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7385j"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7385j"
heading: "Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7385j"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter XVI — Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program"
  - "Part C — Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits"
---

# §7385j. Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws


Except in accordance with [section 7384u of this title](/usc/42/7384u.md), an individual may not receive compensation or benefits under the compensation program for cancer and also receive compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act ([42 U.S.C. 2210](/usc/42/2210.md) note) or [section 1112(c) of title 38](/usc/38/1112.md?p=c).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3651], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–512.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–426, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 920, which is set out as a note under section 2210 of this title.