3.0.0 4928 2022-12-29T13:18:35Z 2022-12-29T13:18:35Z Senate S 2022-09-22 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-22T17:30:37Z 2022-09-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-10T16:54:45Z Beryllium Testing Fairness Act

This bill expands eligibility for a compensation program for individuals who developed a beryllium-related illness or sensitivity and who were exposed to beryllium while working at certain Department of Energy facilities or for beryllium vendors. (Beryllium is a metal with various industrial applications, including in the production of nuclear weapons; inhalation of beryllium dust or fumes can have adverse health effects.)

]]> Beryllium Testing Fairness Act Display Title Beryllium Testing Fairness Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Beryllium Testing Fairness Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4928is/xml/BILLS-117s4928is.xml 2022-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.