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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildland Firefighters Health 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``wildland firefighter'' means an employee of 
        a Federal land management agency, the duties of whose position 
        are primarily to perform work directly related to the 
        prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, 
        including--
                    (A) an employee of a Federal land management agency 
                who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression 
                activities; and
                    (B) an employee who is transferred to a supervisory 
                or administrative position from a position of wildland 
                firefighter (as defined by the preceding provisions of 
                this paragraph);
            (2) the term ``Federal land management agency'' means--
                    (A) within the Department of the Interior, the 
                Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs, the National Park Service, and the Fish and 
                Wildlife Service; and
                    (B) within the Department of Agriculture, the 
                Forest Service; and
            (3) the term ``employee'' has the meaning given such term 
        by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. CLASSIFICATION OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Within 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management, in 
        cooperation with the Federal land management agencies, shall 
        commence development of a separate and distinct wildland 
        firefighter occupational series that will more accurately 
        reflect the variety of duties performed by wildland 
        firefighters.
            (2) Designation.--The official title assigned to any 
        occupational series established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
        include the designation of ``Wildland Firefighter''.
            (3) Positions described.--Paragraph (1) applies with 
        respect to any class or other category of positions that 
        consists primarily or exclusively of forestry technician 
        positions, range technician positions, or any other positions 
        the duties and responsibilities of which include--
                    (A) significant wildfire preparedness and 
                suppression activities; or
                    (B) activities necessary to meet any other 
                emergency incident to which assigned.
            (4) Consultation.--Congress encourages the Office of 
        Personnel Management to consult with recognized employee 
        organizations, employee associations, and any other groups that 
        represent Federal wildland firefighters in carrying out this 
        subsection.
    (b) Hazardous Duty Differential Not Affected.--Section 5545(d)(1) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking all after 
``except'' and inserting an em dash and the following:
                    ``(A) an employee in an occupational series 
                covering positions for which the primary duties are 
                wildland firefighting, as determined by the Office; and
                    ``(B) in such other circumstances as the Office may 
                by regulation prescribe; and''.
    (c) Employees Currently in 401 Series.--Any individual who, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, holds a position of wildland 
firefighter shall have the option of either remaining in the 401 series 
(as in effect on such date under chapter 51 of title 5, United States 
Code) or being included in the new wildland firefighter series, as 
established pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 4. PAY AND BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a wildland firefighter, for full-
time, part-time, and intermittent tours of duty, hours of work 
officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 
hours per day shall be considered overtime work, inclusive of all time 
the firefighter is away from their official duty station assigned to an 
emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-
positioned for emergency response, and shall be compensable as work 
time in accordance with section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (b)(1).
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Amendment to title 5.--Section 5542(a) of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end (as a flush 
        left sentence) the following:
``Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for a wildland firefighter 
assigned to an emergency incident, assigned in support of an emergency 
incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response, the overtime hourly 
rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly 
rate of the basic pay of the employee, and that entire amount is 
premium pay.''.
            (2) Fair labor standards act of 1938.--For the purpose of 
        applying the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
        (29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.) with respect to wildland firefighters, 
        no violation referred to in such provisions shall be considered 
        to have occurred if the requirements described in paragraph (1) 
        are met.
    (c) Portal-to-Portal Compensation Pilot Program.--
            (1) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $25,000,000 to initiate a portal-to-portal pilot program under 
        this subsection, commencing with the 2013 wildfire season. Any 
        sums required in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to 
        the preceding sentence may be secured from the existing 
        wildfire suppression budget for the fiscal year in which the 
        season occurs.
            (2) Duration.--The pilot program shall be carried out by 
        the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
        Agriculture for a period not to exceed 3 calendar years 
        beginning as of the start of the 2013 wildfire season.
            (3) Report.--No later than 90 days after the completion of 
        the pilot program, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a joint 
        report on the effectiveness of the pilot program. Such report 
        shall address the effect of the program with respect to--
                    (A) recruitment and retention of wildland 
                firefighters; and
                    (B) any cost savings.
            (4) Additional requirements.--To ensure adequate funding 
        and to realize maximum wildfire suppression savings, the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall take appropriate measures to ensure that total funding 
        for non-Federal fire suppression personnel and other resources, 
        by their respective Departments--
                    (A) for the first year of the pilot program, do not 
                exceed 90 percent of their combined non-Federal fire 
                suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons;
                    (B) for the second year of the pilot program, do 
                not exceed 75 percent of their combined non-Federal 
                fire suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons; and
                    (C) for the third year of the pilot program, do not 
                exceed 65 percent of their combined non-Federal fire 
                suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire 
                seasons.
    (d) Hazardous Duty Differential To Be Treated as Part of a Wildland 
Firefighter's Base Pay for Retirement Purposes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States 
        Code is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' at 
                the end; and
                    (C) by adding after subparagraph (H) the following:
                    ``(I) with respect to a wildland firefighter (as 
                defined by section 2 of the Wildland Firefighters 
                Health Protection Act), any pay differential received 
                under section 5545(d);''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Such section 8331(3) is further 
        amended, in the matter following subparagraph (I) (as added by 
        paragraph (1)(C)), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) through (H) 
        of this paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) through 
        (I),''.
    (e) Hazardous Duty Differential.--
            (1) In general.--In the administration of section 5545(d) 
        of title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall take such measures as may be necessary to 
        ensure that, under the schedule or schedules of pay 
        differentials for duty involving unusual physical hardship or 
        hazard, a pay differential of 25 percent shall be payable to an 
        individual while serving as a member of a wildland firefighting 
        crew.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``wildland firefighting crew'' includes ground (hand crew, 
        hotshot, engine, and other fire apparatus personnel) and 
        airborne (smoke jumper or helitack) firefighting personnel on 
        the fire line of any wildfire or prescribed fuel treatment burn 
        or fire, as further defined in regulations of the Office of 
        Personnel Management.
    (f) Benefits for Seasonal Wildland Firefighters.--
            (1) Provisions relating to life insurance.--Section 8716(b) 
        of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section 
        2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
            (2) Provisions relating to health benefits.--Section 
        8913(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section 
        2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
    (g) Buy Back of Civilian Time After 1989.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual who is subject to the 
        Federal Employees' Retirement System as a firefighter (within 
        the meaning of section 8401 of title 5, United States Code) on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act shall be entitled to have 
        any qualifying firefighter service treated as creditable 
        service under section 8411 of such title.
            (2) Qualifying firefighter service.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``qualifying firefighter service'' means, 
        in connection with an individual, any service--
                    (A) which was performed by such individual, as a 
                wildland firefighter, after 1989 and before the date of 
                the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) for which such individual was not allowed to 
                receive retirement credit by reason of section 8347(g) 
                or 8402(c) of such title 5.
            (3) Deposit requirement.--Credit for a period of service 
        may not be given under this subsection unless the individual 
        involved makes a deposit, in such manner as the Office of 
        Personnel Management may by regulation require, equal to the 
        employee contributions that would have been required (in the 
        case of a firefighter) for such period under section 8334(c) or 
        8422(a) of such title 5, with interest.
            (4) Certification.--The Office of Personnel Management 
        shall accept the certification of the Secretary of the Interior 
        or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, concerning 
        whether an individual performed qualifying firefighter service 
        and the length of the period of such service the individual 
        performed.

Answer: Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act - Defines "wildland firefighter" as an employee of a federal land management agency who performs work directly related to the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, including an employee who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression activities and an employee who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with such agencies, to commence development of a separate wildland firefighter occupational series that will more accurately reflect the variety of duties performed.

Requires a wildland firefighter's hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day to be considered overtime work. Makes time the firefighter is away from his or her official duty station assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response compensable as work time. Includes hazardous duty differentials as basic pay for retirement purposes.

Prohibits OPM from excluding wildland firefighters from federal employees' group life insurance (FEGLI) and from federal health care benefits.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Technology Acceleration Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATION IN CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.

    (a) Innovative Water Technologies.--Section 603 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) for the deployment of innovative water technologies, 
        including--
                    ``(A) green technologies, including manufactured 
                technology and natural systems, to address nonpoint 
                source pollution from agriculture;
                    ``(B) resource recovery in water and wastewater 
                treatment systems, including--
                            ``(i) energy conservation and production;
                            ``(ii) water reuse and recycling; and
                            ``(iii) recovery of valuable materials, 
                        such as nutrients from wastewater streams; and
                    ``(C) green infrastructure and other innovative 
                technologies, such as real-time system monitoring and 
                peak wet weather treatment technology, to reduce sewer 
                and storm water overflows due to wet weather events in 
                urban areas.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall carry out 
technical assistance programs to facilitate and encourage the provision 
of financial assistance for the purposes described in subsection 
(c)(12).
    ``(k) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report that describes--
            ``(1) the amount of financial assistance provided by State 
        water pollution control revolving funds to deploy innovative 
        water technologies;
            ``(2) the barriers impacting greater use of innovative 
        water technologies; and
            ``(3) the cost-saving potential to cities and future 
        infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 607 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1387) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``There is'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--There are''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Innovative water technologies.--In addition to any 
        other funds made available to carry out this title and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to make 
        additional allotments under this title to States to provide 
        financial assistance solely for purposes described in section 
        603(c)(12) $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. INNOVATION IN DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.

    Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``only''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Except'' and inserting 
                        the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``Financial'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Financial assistance.--Financial'';
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``The 
                funds'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Loans to public water systems.--The funds'';
                    (D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``The 
                funds'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Innovative water technologies.--The funds may 
                be used for the deployment of innovative water 
                technologies, including technologies to improve water 
                quality and technologies to improve real-time water 
                quality information of water users.
                    ``(E) Limitation.--The funds''; and
                    (E) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Of the 
                amount'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(F) Public water systems serving fewer than 
                10,000 persons.--Of the amount'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) for the deployment of innovative water technologies, 
        including technologies to improve water quality and 
        technologies to improve real-time water quality information of 
        water users.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to any other 
funds made available to carry out this section and notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator to make additional allotments under this section to 
States to provide financial assistance solely for the deployment of 
innovative water technologies, including technologies to improve water 
quality and technologies to improve real-time water quality information 
of water users, $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall carry out 
technical assistance programs to facilitate and encourage the provision 
of financial assistance for the deployment of innovative water 
technologies, including technologies to improve water quality and 
technologies to improve real-time water quality information of water 
users.
    ``(t) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report that describes--
            ``(1) the amount of financial assistance provided by State 
        drinking water revolving funds to deploy innovative water 
        technologies;
            ``(2) the barriers impacting greater use of innovative 
        water technologies; and
            ``(3) the cost-saving potential to cities and future 
        infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.''.

SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE WATER TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a public utility, including publicly owned 
                treatment works and clean water systems;
                    (B) a municipality;
                    (C) a private entity, including a farmer or 
                manufacturer;
                    (D) an institution of higher education;
                    (E) a research institution or foundation;
                    (F) a State;
                    (G) a regional organization; or
                    (H) a nonprofit organization.
    (b) Grant Program Authorized.--The Administrator shall carry out a 
grant program for purposes described in subsection (c) to accelerate 
the development of innovative water technologies that address pressing 
water challenges.
    (c) Grants.--In carrying out the program under subsection (b), the 
Administrator shall make to eligible entities grants that--
            (1) finance projects that--
                    (A) are public-private partnerships; and
                    (B) deploy, test, and improve emerging water 
                technologies;
            (2) fund entities that provide technical assistance to 
        deploy innovative water technologies more broadly, especially--
                    (A) to increase adoption of innovative water 
                technologies in--
                            (i) municipal water and wastewater 
                        treatment systems; or
                            (ii) areas served by private wells; and
                    (B) in a manner that reduces ratepayer or community 
                costs over time, including the cost of future capital 
                investments; or
            (3) specifically target investments that, as determined by 
        the Administrator--
                    (A) improve water quality of a water source;
                    (B) improve water quality through the improvement 
                of the safety and security of a drinking water delivery 
                system;
                    (C) minimize contamination of drinking water, 
                including contamination by lead, bacteria, and 
                nitrates;
                    (D) improve the quality and timeliness and decrease 
                the cost of drinking water tests, especially 
                technologies that can be deployed within water systems 
                and at individual faucets to provide accurate real-time 
                tests of water quality, especially with respect to 
                lead, bacteria, and nitrate content;
                    (E) treat edge-of-field runoff to improve water 
                quality;
                    (F) treat agricultural, municipal, and industrial 
                wastewater;
                    (G) manage urban storm water runoff;
                    (H) conserve water; or
                    (I) address urgent water quality and human health 
                needs.
    (d) Priority Funding.--In making grants under this section, the 
Administrator shall give priority to projects that have the potential--
            (1) to provide substantial cost savings across a sector 
        (such as municipal or agricultural waste treatment); or
            (2) to significantly improve human health or the 
        environment.
    (e) Cost-Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of activities 
carried out using a grant made under this section shall be not more 
than 70 percent.
    (f) Limitation.--The maximum amount of a grant provided to a 
project under this section shall be $5,000,000.
    (g) Report.--Each year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 
and make publicly available on the website of the Administrator a 
report that describes any advancements during the previous year in 
development of innovative water technologies made as a result of 
funding provided under this section.
    (h) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.

Answer: Water Technology Acceleration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to accelerate the testing, deployment, and commercialization of innovative water technologies.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)must evaluate the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technology and provide technical assistance to facilitate financial assistance tohelp communities use new technology.The new technology is designed to help communities address wastewater, storm runoff, and drinking water challenges. Additionally, the EPA must carry out a grant program to accelerate the testing and deployment of innovative water technologies that address water challenges. Priority funding must be given to projects that have the potential to: (1)provide substantial cost savings across a sector, or (2)significantly improve human health or the environment.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Nuclear 
Employees Exposure Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Federal nuclear activities have long been explicitly 
        recognized by the Government as an ultra-hazardous activity 
        under law.
            (2) Since the inception of the Federal nuclear weapons 
        program, the Department of Energy and its predecessors have 
        self-regulated worker safety and health, which places a unique 
        responsibility upon the Department to ensure a safe working 
        environment.
            (3) Since the inception of the nuclear weapons program, 
        nuclear workers at sites operated by the Department of Energy 
        and its predecessor agencies were put at risk of exposure to 
        harmful substances without the knowledge or consent of the 
        workers.
            (4) For decades the Department of Energy and its 
        predecessor agencies withheld information about worker health 
        risks for reasons that were not in the national interest--while 
        actively resisting efforts by workers to seek compensation.
            (5) The Department of Energy currently does not have 
        accurate and complete records of exposure to radioactive and 
        hazardous substances--which unfairly places the burden of proof 
        of harm upon workers.
            (6) Current remedies under State compensation programs are 
        ill-suited to address chronic diseases and those that have long 
        latency periods which are associated with exposure to 
        radioactive and hazardous substances at Department of Energy 
        facilities.
            (7) Scientific evidence shows that ionizing radiation is a 
        carcinogenic substance and that specific types of cancer are 
        considered radiogenic by the scientific and medical community.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Department of energy.--The term ``Department of 
        Energy'' includes the predecessor agencies of the Department.
            (2) DOE nuclear employee.--The term DOE nuclear employee`` 
        means an individual employed by--
                    (A) the Department of Energy;
                    (B) an entity that contracted with the Department 
                of Energy to provide management and operations, 
                management and integration, production, testing, 
                research, development, environmental remediation, or 
                waste management at facilities at locations, including 
                the following:
                            (i) Portsmouth, Ohio;
                            (ii) Paducah, Kentucky.
                            (iii) O.R. K-25, Tennessee;
                            (iv) O.R. Y-12, Tennessee;
                            (v) O.R. X-10, Tennessee;
                            (vi) Hanford, Washington;
                            (vii) Idaho National Engineering 
                        Laboratory;
                            (viii) Rocky Flats, Colorado;
                            (ix) Fernald, Ohio;
                            (x) Miamisburg, Ohio;
                            (xi) Los Alamos National Laboratory, New 
                        Mexico;
                            (xii) Pinellas, Florida;
                            (xiii) Pantex, Texas;
                            (xiv) Nevada Test Site;
                            (xv) Brookhaven, New York;
                            (xvi) Lawrence Livermore National 
                        Laboratory;
                            (xvii) Sandia National Laboratory, New 
                        Mexico
                            (xviii) Burlington, Iowa;
                            (xix) Fermi Nuclear Facility, Illinois;
                            (xx) Weldon Spring, Maryland; or
                            (xxi) Savannah River, South Carolina
                            (xxii) Argonne National Lab, Illinois
                    (C) a supplier that supplied uranium conversion or 
                manufacturing services, including Allied Signal 
                Facility in Metropolis, Illinois, Nuclear Fuels 
                Services in Erwin, Tennessee, Linde Air Products, 
                Tonowanda, New York, and Reactive Metals in Ashtabula, 
                Ohio.
            (3) Specified disease.--The term ``specified disease'' 
        means--
                    (A) leukemia (other than chronic lymphocytic 
                leukemia);
                    (B) the following diseases;
                            (i) multiple myeloma;
                            (ii) lymphomas (other than Hodgkins 
                        disease); and
                            (iii) primary cancer or a pre-cancerous 
                        condition of the bone, lung, thyroid, male or 
                        female breast, esophagus, kidney, salivary 
                        gland, skin, urinary bladder, stomach pharynx, 
                        small intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gall 
                        bladder, or liver; and
                    (C) additional diseases covered by the Nuclear 
                Claims Tribunal of the Marshall Islands.

SEC. 4. DOE NUCLEAR FACILITY EMPLOYEES' EXPOSURE COMPENSATION FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury the DOE 
Nuclear Employees' Exposure Compensation Fund (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``Fund'').
    (b) Purpose.--The amounts in the Fund are available only for 
disbursement by the Attorney General under section 6.
    (c) Termination.--The Fund shall terminate 22 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. If all of the amounts in the Fund have not 
been expended by the end of the 22-year period, amounts remaining in 
the Fund shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account in 
the Treasury.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act. Amounts appropriated to the fund shall remain available until 
expended or deposited in the Treasury.
    (e) Authority.--Authority under this Act to enter into contracts or 
to make payments is effective in any fiscal year only to the extent, or 
in the amounts, provided in advance in an appropriation Act.

SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.

    A DOE nuclear employee who--
            (1) was employed at a DOE nuclear facility for at least a 
        year;
            (2) during the employees' employment period--
                    (A) was or should have been monitored through the 
                use of dosimetry badges for exposure of the employees's 
                body to radiation at the facility, and
                    (B) submits written medical documentation as to 
                having contracted a specified disease after beginning 
                employment as described in paragraph (1) and after 
                beginning being monitored or beginning work,
is authorized to receive $100,000 and first dollar coverage for all 
medical and diagnostic costs related to a claim for a specified 
disease, including complicating factors, if the claim for payment is 
filed with the Attorney General and the Attorney General determines, in 
accordance with section 6, that the claim meets the requirements of 
this Act.

SEC. 6. DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.

    (a) Filing Procedures.--The Attorney General shall establish 
procedures under which an eligible employee may submit a claim for 
payment under this section.
    (b) Determination.--The Attorney General shall determine if each 
claim filed under this section meets the requirements of this Act. In 
making a determination of eligibility for compensation, the Attorney 
General may consult with the Surgeon General and the Secretary of 
Energy. The Attorney General shall--
            (1) in consultation with the Surgeon General, establish 
        guidelines for determining what constitutes written medical 
        documentation under section 5 that an individual contracted a 
        specified disease; and
            (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, establish 
        guidelines for determinations of employment and exposure, as 
        described in section 5.
    (c) Payment.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General is authorized to pay, 
        from amounts available in the Fund, claims filed under this 
        section that the Attorney General determines meets the 
        requirements of this Act.
            (2) Subrogation.--Upon payment of a claim under paragraph 
        (1), the United States is subrogated for the amount of the 
        payment to a right or claim that the individual to whom the 
        payment was made may have against any person on account of a 
        specified disease contracted following employment and exposure 
        as described in section 5.
            (3) Deceased or dying employee.--
                    (A) Deceased.--In the case of a DOE nuclear 
                employee who is deceased at the time of payment under 
                this section, the payment may be made only as follows:
                            (i) If the DOE nuclear employee is survived 
                        by a spouse who is living at the time of 
                        payment, the payment shall be made to the 
                        surviving spouse.
                            (ii) If there is no surviving spouse at the 
                        time of payment, the payment shall be made in 
                        equal shares to all the children of the DOE 
                        nuclear employee who are living at the time of 
                        payment.
                            (iii) If there is no spouse or children 
                        living at the time of payment, the payment 
                        shall be made in equal shares to the parents of 
                        the DOE nuclear employee who are living at the 
                        time of payment.
                            (iv) If there are no spouse, children, or 
                        parents living at the time of payment, the 
                        payment shall be made in equal shares to all 
                        grandchildren of the DOE nuclear employee who 
                        are living at the time of payment.
                            (v) If there are no spouse, children, 
                        parents, or grandchildren living at the time of 
                        payment, the payment shall be made in equal 
                        shares to the grandparents of the DOE nuclear 
                        employee who are living at the time of payment.
                            (vi) If there are no spouse, children, 
                        parents, grandchildren, or grandparents living 
                        at the time of payment, the amount of the 
                        payment shall remain in the Fund for future 
                        claimants.
                    (B) Dies.--If the DOE nuclear employee eligible for 
                payment under this section dies before filing a claim 
                under this Act, a survivor of that employee who may 
                receive payment under subparagraph (A) may file a claim 
                for payment for such employee.
                    (C) Definitions.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A)--
                            (i) the term ``spouse'' of a DOE nuclear 
                        employee is a wife or husband of that employee 
                        who was married to that employee for at least 
                        one year immediately before the death of that 
                        employee;
                            (ii) the term ``child'' includes a natural 
                        child, a step-child in a regular parent-child 
                        relationship, and an adopted child;
                            (iii) the term ``parent'' includes fathers 
                        and mothers through adoption.
                            (iv) the term ``grandchild'' of a DOE 
                        nuclear employee is a child of a child of that 
                        employee;
                            (v) the term ``grandparent'' of a DOE 
                        nuclear employee is a parent of a parent of 
                        that employee.
    (d) Action on Claim.--
            (1) Determination period.--The Attorney General shall 
        complete the determination of each claim filed under subsection 
        (a) not later than 12 months after the date the claim is filed.
            (2) Additional information and documentation.--The Attorney 
        General may request from a claimant, or from an individual or 
        entity on behalf of a claimant, additional information or 
        documentation necessary to complete the determination of the 
        claim under subsection (b). The period of time from the 
        Attorney General's request for additional information or 
        documentation until the time the information or documentation 
        is provided, or the requested individual or entity informs the 
        Attorney General the information or documentation cannot or 
        will not be provided, is not counted toward the 12-month period 
        established under paragraph (1). A claimant may sue the 
        Department of Energy or its contractor in a district court of 
        the United States to compel the production of information or 
        documentation requested by the Attorney General if (A) it is 
        more than 60 days after the date the Attorney General's request 
        was made, and (B) the information or documentation has not been 
        provided.
            (3) Payments under other Acts limited.--An individual may 
        not receive payment under this Act and under the Radiation 
        Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) or under the 
        Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards 
        Act (38 U.S.C 354 note).
    (e) Costs of Administering the Adjudications.--
            (1) Limitation.--Costs incurred by the Attorney General in 
        carrying out this section shall not be paid from the Fund or 
        set off against, or otherwise deducted from, a payment under 
        this section.
            (2) Reimbursement.--The Department of Energy shall 
        reimburse the Attorney General for the costs incurred by the 
        Attorney General in connection with establishing and 
        administering the program of compensation under this Act until 
        the duties of the Attorney General terminate under subsection 
        (f).
    (f) Termination.--The duties of the Attorney General under this 
section terminate when the Fund terminates.
    (g) Treatment of Payments Under Other Laws.--An amount paid to an 
individual under this section--
            (1) shall not be subject to Federal income tax under the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            (2) shall not be included as income or resources for 
        purposes of determining eligibility to receive benefits 
        described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United States 
        Code; and
            (3) shall not be subject to the offset under chapter 37 of 
        title 31, United States Code.
    (h) Regulatory Authority.--The Attorney General may issue 
regulations to carry out this Act.
    (i) Issuance of Regulations Guidelines, and Procedures.--
Regulations, guidelines, and procedures to carry out this Act shall be 
issued not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (j) Administrative Appeals Procedure and Judicial Review.--
            (1) Decision denying claim.--A decision denying a claim 
        under this Act may be appealed to an appeals officer designated 
        by the Attorney General.
            (2) If the designated appeals officer affirms a decision 
        denying a claim under this Act, the individual who submitted 
        such claim may seek review of such affirmation by a district 
        court of the United States.

SEC. 7. CLAIMS NOT ASSIGNABLE OR TRANSFERABLE.

    A claim cognizable under this Act is not assignable or 
transferable.

SEC. 8. LIMITATIONS ON CLAIMS.

    A claim to which this Act applies is barred unless the claim is 
filed within 20 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. ATTORNEY FEES.

    Notwithstanding any contract, the representative of an individual 
filing a claim under this Act may not receive for services rendered in 
connection with such claim more than 10 percent of a payment made for 
such claim. A representative who violates this section shall be fined 
not more than $5,000.

SEC. 10. CLAIMS NOT AFFECTED BY AWARDS OF DAMAGES.

    A payment made under this Act shall not be considered as any form 
of compensation or reimbursement for a loss for purposes of imposing 
liability on the individual receiving the payment to repay any 
insurance carrier for insurance payments made. A payment under this Act 
does not affect any claim against any insurance carrier with respect to 
insurance.

Answer:
Sets forth procedural guidelines for claim determination and payment. Restricts claimant's attorney's fees to ten percent of a payment made for a claim.