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SECTION 1. ADVISORY BOARD ON TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND WORKER HEALTH.

(a) Establishment.--Subtitle B of the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 3632. ADVISORY BOARD ON TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND WORKER HEALTH.

''(a) Establishment.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the President shall establish
and appoint an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker
Health (referred to in this section as the 'Board').
''(2) Consultation on appointments.--In appointing members
to the Board under paragraph (1), the President shall consult
with organizations with expertise on worker health issues in
order to ensure that the membership of the Board reflects a
proper balance among perspectives from the scientific, medical,
legal, workers, and worker advocate communities.
''(3) Chairperson.--The President shall designate a
chairperson of the Board from among its members.
''(b) Duties.--The Board shall--
''(1) provide advice to the President concerning the review
and approval of the Department of Labor site exposure matrix;
''(2) conduct periodic peer reviews of, and approve,
medical guidance for part E claims examiners with respect to
the weighing of a claimant's medical evidence;
''(3) obtain periodic expert reviews of medical evidentiary
requirements for part B claims related to lung diseases;
''(4) provide oversight over consulting physicians and
reports to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency of the
consultant physicians' work; and
''(5) coordinate where applicable exchanges of data and
findings with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(under section 3624).
''(c) Staff and Powers.--
''(1) In general.--The President shall appoint a staff to
facilitate the work of the Board. The staff of the Board shall
be headed by a Director who shall be appointed under subchapter
VIII of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code.
''(2) Federal agency personnel.--The President may
authorize the detail of employees of Federal agencies to the
Board as necessary to enable the Board to carry out its duties
under this section. The detail of such personnel may be on a
non-reimbursable basis.
''(3) Powers.--The Board shall have same powers that the
Advisory Board has under section 3624.
''(d) Expenses.--The members of the Board, other than full-time
employees of the United States, while attending meetings of the Board
or while otherwise serving at the request of the President, and while
serving away from their homes or regular place of business, shall be
allowed travel and meal expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence (as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States
Code) for individuals in the Federal Government serving without pay.
''(e) Security Clearances.--
''(1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Energy shall ensure
that the members and staff of the Board, and the contractors
performing work in support of the Board, are afforded the
opportunity to apply for a security clearance for any matter
for which such a clearance is appropriate. The Secretary
should, not later than 180 days after receiving a completed
application for such a clearance, make a determination whether
or not the individual concerned is eligible for the clearance.
''(2) Budget justification.--For fiscal year 2012, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall include
in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in
support of the Department of Energy budget for that fiscal year
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report specifying
the number of applications for security clearances under this
subsection, the number of such applications granted, and the
number of such applications denied.
''(f) Information.--The Secretary of Energy shall, in accordance
with law, provide to the Board and the contractors of the Board, access
to any information that the Board considers relevant to carry out its
responsibilities under this section, including information such as
restricted data (as defined in section 2014(y)) and information covered
by the Privacy Act.''.
(b) Department of Labor Response to the Office of the Ombudsman
Annual Report.--Section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-15) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g), the following:
''(h) Response to Report.--Not later than 90 days after the
publication of the annual report under subsection (e), the Department
of Labor shall submit an answer in writing on whether the Department
agrees or disagrees with the specific issues raised by the Ombudsman,
if the Department agrees, on the actions to be taken to correct the
problems identified by the Ombudsman, and if the Department does not
agree, on the reasons therefore. The Department of Labor shall post
such answer on the public Internet website of the Department.''.
A:
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to require the President to establish an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.

Requires the Board to provide advice to the President on the review and approval of the Department of Labor site exposure matrix (SEM) used to determine the eligibility of Department of Energy (DOE) employee contractor claims for compensation for lung disease resulting from exposure to toxic substances.