To urge the prompt submission of interim reports on residual beryllium contamination at Department of Energy vendor facilities.

1. Adds SEC. 3114. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING INTERIM REPORTS ON RESIDUAL BERYLLIUM CONTAMINATION AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VENDOR FACILITIES on page 378, between lines 10 and 11

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   Inserted: SEC. 3114. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING INTERIM REPORTS ON RESIDUAL BERYLLIUM CONTAMINATION AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY VENDOR FACILITIES.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) Section 3169 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 42 U.S.C. 7384 note) requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit, not later than December 31, 2006, an update to the October 2003 report of the Institute on residual beryllium contamination at Department of Energy vendor facilities.

   Inserted: (2) The American Beryllium Company, Tallevast, Florida, machined beryllium for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Y-12, Tennessee, and Rocky Flats, Colorado, facilities from 1967 until 1992.

   Inserted: (3) The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has completed its evaluation of residual beryllium contamination at the American Beryllium Company.

   Inserted: (4) Workers at the American Beryllium Company and other affected companies should be made aware fo the site-specific results of the study as soon as such results are available.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate to urge the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health--

   Inserted: (1) to provide to Congress interim reports of residual beryllium contamination at facilities not later than 14 days after completing the internal review of such reports; and

   Inserted: (2) to publish in the Federal Register summaries of the findings of such reports, including the dates of any significant residual beryllium contamination, at such time as the reports are provided to Congress under paragraph (1).

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