§7385b — Payment in full settlement of claims.

The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

Subchapter XVI — Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation

Part C — Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation and Benefits

Except as provided in part E, the acceptance by an individual of payment of compensation under part B with respect to a covered employee shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf of that individual against the United States, against a Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor, beryllium vendor, or atomic weapons employer, or against any person with respect to that person's performance of a contract with the United States, that arise out of an exposure referred to in section 7385 of this title.

(Pub. L. 106-398, §1 (div. C, title XXXVI, §3643), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-509; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, §3162(c), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2186 .)