To expand the authority of the Ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

1. Adds SEC. 3136. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF OMBUDSMAN OF ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM at the end of subtitle C of title XXXI

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   In S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to meet the pension obligations of the Department of Energy for contractor employees at each facility of the Department of Energy operated using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration or for defense environmental cleanup.

   Inserted: SEC. 3136. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF OMBUDSMAN OF ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-15) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (c), by inserting "and subtitle B" after "this subtitle" each place it appears;

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d), by inserting "and subtitle B" after "this subtitle";

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (e), by inserting "and subtitle B" after "this subtitle" each place it appears;

   Inserted: (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and

   Inserted: (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(g) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Ombudsman.--In carrying out the duties of the Ombudsman under this section, the Ombudsman shall work with the individual employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to serve as an ombudsman to individuals making claims under subtitle B.".

   Inserted: (b) Construction.--Except as specifically provided in subsection (g) of section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, nothing in the amendments made by such subsection (a) shall be construed to alter or affect the duties and functions of the individual employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to serve as an ombudsman to individuals making claims under subtitle B of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l et seq.).

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title XXXI, insert the following:

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