I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility 
workers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NU-
CLEAR FACILITY WORKERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACCELERATED CLOSURE.—The term ‘‘accel-
erated closure’’ means closure of a site on an accel-
erated schedule, as compared with the schedule of 
the Department for closure of the site specified in 
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plans of the Department that were in effect on Jan-
uary 1, 2000. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary, after consultation 
with collective bargaining representatives of eligible work-
ers described in subsection (c), shall establish a program 
to provide health care benefits for the eligible workers. 
(c) ELIGIBLE WORKERS.—An individual shall be eli-
gible for benefits under the program established under 
subsection (b) only if the individual— 
(1) has been employed by a prime contractor of 
the Department (including a subcontractor of the 
contractor) to perform duties, under a contract be-
tween the prime contractor and the Department for 
environmental remediation, waste management, de-
contamination and decommissioning, maintenance, 
security, and administrative activities, at the 
Fernald Closure Project (Harrison, Ohio), the 
Mound Closure Project (Miamisburg, Ohio), or the 
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Gold-
en, Colorado); and 
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(2) would have qualified for health care benefits 
available for retirees under the health and welfare 
benefit plans sponsored by a prime contractor or 
subcontractor described in paragraph (1) if the em-
ployment of the individual had not been terminated 
as a result of the accelerated closure of the site at 
which the individual was employed. 
(d) LEVEL OF BENEFITS.—To the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts or otherwise available, 
medical benefits shall be provided under the program es-
tablished under subsection (b) at the same level as benefits 
are provided under the health and welfare benefit plans 
sponsored by the prime contractors described in subsection 
(c)(1) to employees who retired on January 1, 2005. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall take 
all necessary actions to implement the program under this 
section through the contractors, subcontractors, or the 
benefit plan administrators of the Department at the sites 
described in subsection (c)(1). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 
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