EMERGENCY SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT MEETING AND REPORT.

SEC. 3167. EMERGENCY SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT MEETING AND REPORT.(a) Meeting of Advisory Board.—(1) For purposes of carrying out section 3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384q), the President shall require the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to convene a meeting of the Board at which the Board considers each petition for designation as members of the Special Exposure Cohort—(A) that was filed not later than October 1, 2004; and(B) the evaluation of which (by the Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) was completed more than 10 days before a previously scheduled meeting of the Board.(2) Effective March 1, 2005, this subsection shall have no further force or effect.(b) Report to Congress.—Not later than March 15, 2005, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the status 118 STAT. 2190 of the petitions referred to in subsection (a). The report shall include, for each petition, the estimated time to complete the consideration of that petition and any anticipated actions or circumstances that could preclude the Board from acting upon that petition before the end of fiscal year 2005.