S.Amdt. 1517

1. Adds SEC. 4____. COVERAGE UNDER ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED AT ATOMIC WEAPONS EMPLOYER FACILITY OR BERYLLIUM VENDOR FACILITY DURING PERIOD OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION on page 150, between lines 14 and 15

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   Inserted: SEC. 4____. COVERAGE UNDER ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED AT ATOMIC WEAPONS EMPLOYER FACILITY OR BERYLLIUM VENDOR FACILITY DURING PERIOD OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION.

   Inserted: (a) Atomic Weapons Employees.--Paragraph (3) of section 3621 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(3) The term 'atomic weapons employee' means an individual employed at an atomic weapons employer facility during a period when--

   Inserted: "(A) the employer was processing or producing, for the use by the United States, material that emitted radiation and was used in the production of an atomic weapon, excluding uranium mining and milling; or

   Inserted: "(B) as specified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the final report required by section 3151(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (42 U.S.C. 7384 note) or any supplement thereto or subsequent report, significant contamination (as that term is defined in section 3151(b)(4)(B) of that Act) resulting from activities described in subparagraph (A) remained after such facility discontinued such activities.".

   Inserted: (b) Beryllium Employees.--Paragraph (7) of that section is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

   Inserted: "(D) A current or former employee at a facility of a beryllium vendor, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a beryllium vendor, during a period when, as specified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the final report required by section 3151(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (42 U.S.C. 7384 note) or any supplement thereto or subsequent report, significant contamination (as that term is defined in section 3151(b)(4)(B) of that Act) of beryllium resulting from activities described in subparagraph (C) remained after such facility discontinued such activities.".

   Inserted: (c) Supplemental Reports.--(1) Not later than June 30 of each of 2004, 2005, and 2006, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall submit to the applicable congressional committees a supplement to the final report required by subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 3151 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (42 U.S.C. 7384 note).

   Inserted: (2) Each supplement under paragraph (1) shall--

   Inserted: (A) for each atomic weapons facility or facility of a beryllium vendor, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a beryllium vendor, for which more evaluation is required as of the date of such final report to determine the extent of residual contamination at such facility, include the results of any completed study of whether there is significant residual contamination at such facility;

   Inserted: (B) for each atomic weapons facility or facility of a beryllium vendor, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a beryllium vendor, at which residual contamination remained as of June 30, 2003, according to such final report, identify the date as of which such residual contamination was or will be removed from such facility; and

   Inserted: (C) for each atomic weapons facility or facility of a beryllium vendor, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a beryllium vendor, for which new information on residual contamination has been made available to the Institute after the submittal of such final report, identify any revisions to the evaluation of residual contamination at such facility set forth in such final report that are warranted in light of such information.

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   Inserted: (3) Each supplement under paragraph (1) shall also be made available to the public in paper and electronic form.

   Inserted: (4) In this subsection, the term "applicable congressional committees" has the meaning given that term in subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 3151 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.

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