---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7385s–5"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7385s–5"
heading: "Applicability to certain uranium employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7385s-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter XVI — Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program"
  - "Part E — Contractor Employee Compensation"
---

# §7385s–5. Applicability to certain uranium employees

- (a) **In general—** This part shall apply to—
  - (1) a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) payment recipient who contracted a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) illness through a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) exposure at a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) facility, or
  - (2) a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) uranium worker determined under [section 7385s–4(c) of this title](/usc/42/7385s–4.md?p=c) to have contracted a [covered illness](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=2) through exposure to a toxic substance at a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) 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](/usc/42/7385s–4.md) to have contracted a [covered illness](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=2) 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](/usc/42/5.md) 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](/usc/42/2210.md) note) for a claim made under that Act.
  - (2) The terms “[section 5](/usc/42/5.md) exposure”, “[section 5](/usc/42/5.md) facility”, and “[section 5](/usc/42/5.md) illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual’s status as a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) payment recipient relates.
  - (3) The term “[section 5](/usc/42/5.md) uranium worker” means an individual to whom [subsection (a)(1)(A)(i)](/usc/42/5.md) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2)).
  - (4) The term “[section 5](/usc/42/5.md) mine or mill” means the mine or mill to which an individual’s status as a [section 5](/usc/42/5.md) uranium worker relates.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3676], as added Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3161, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2182.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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