S.Amdt. 5753

SA 5753. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3118. AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the “Beryllium Testing Fairness Act”.

(b) Modification of Demonstration of Beryllium Sensitivity.--Section 3621(8)(A) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(8)(A)) is amended--

(1) by striking “established by an abnormal” and inserting the following: “established by--

“(i) an abnormal”;

(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(ii) three borderline beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests performed on blood cells.”.

(c) Extension of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.--Section 3687(j) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-16(j)) is amended by striking “10 years” and inserting “15 years”.