[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4928 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4928

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, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2022

  Mrs. Murray introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
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, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Beryllium Testing Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
              COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.

    (a) 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.''.
    (b) 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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