S.Amdt. 2428

SA 2428. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strength for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPROVE THE RADIATION DOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--In implementing the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health shall, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act--

(1) in order to correctly identify quality problems through the audit process of the Advisory Board, promptly develop a formal comment resolution process including the tracking of findings and issues; and

(2) review each site profile and each dose reconstruction audit report provided by the Advisory Board's audit contractor within 90 days of the date on which such audit reports are received.

(b) Corrective Action Plan.--The National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health shall, in response to recommendations from the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, prepare and submit a corrective action plan within 90 days of receiving a recommendation from the Advisory Board on items covered under subsection (a)(2). Such plans shall contain specific deadlines for implementing such recommendations to the extent that the Director concurs with the recommendations of the Advisory Board.