PROGRESS REPORTS ON ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 3134. PROGRESS REPORTS ON ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.(a) Report on Access to Information for Performance of Radiation Dose Reconstructions.—(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall submit to Congress a report on the ability of the Institute to obtain, in a timely, accurate, and complete manner, information necessary for the purpose of carrying out radiation dose reconstructions under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.), including information requested from any element of the Department of Energy.(2) The report shall include the following:(A) An identification of each matter adversely affecting the ability of the Institute to obtain information described in paragraph (1) in a timely, accurate, and complete manner.(B) For each facility with respect to which the Institute is carrying out one or more dose reconstructions described in paragraph (1)—(i) a specification of the total number of claims requiring dose reconstruction; 117 STAT. 1752(ii) a specification of the number of claims for which dose reconstruction has been adversely affected by any matter identified under paragraph (1); and(iii) a specification of the number of claims requiring dose reconstruction for which, because of any matter identified under paragraph (1), dose reconstruction has not been completed within 150 days after the date on which the Secretary of Labor submitted the claim to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(b) Report on Denial of Claims.—(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report on the denial of claims under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 as of the date of such report.(2) The report shall include for each facility with respect to which the Secretary has received one or more claims under that Act the following:(A) The number of claims received with respect to such facility that have been denied, including the percentage of the total number of claims received with respect to such facility that have been denied.(B) The reasons for the denial of such claims, including the number of claims denied for each such reason.