To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the ways beryllium sensitivity can be established for purposes of compensation under that Act and to extend the authorization of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health of the Department of Labor.

SA 300. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. 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 over a period of 3 years.''.
(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''.
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