PUBLIC LAW 106-259—AUG. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 701 is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government. SEC. 8120. (a) REPORT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.— Not later than May 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense Deadline, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on work-related illnesses in the Department of Defense workforce, including the workforce of Department contractors and vendors, resulting from exposure to beryllium or beryllium alloys. (b) PROCEDURE, METHODOLOGY, AND TIME PERIODS. —To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the same procedures, methodology, and time periods in carrying out the work required to prepare the report under subsection (a) as those used by the Department of Energy to determine work-related illnesses in the Department of Energy workforce associated with exposure to beryllium or beryllium alloys. To the extent that different procedures, methodology, and time periods are used, the Secretary shall explain in the report why those different procedures, methodology, or time periods were used, why they were appropriate, and how they differ from those used by the Department of Energy. (c) REPORT ELEMENTS. —The report shall include the following: (1) A description of the precautions used by the Department of Defense and its contractors and vendors to protect their current employees from beryllium-related disease. (2) Identification of elements of the Department of Defense and of contractors and vendors to the Department of Defense that use or have used beryllium or beryllium alloys in production of products for the Department of Defense. (3) The number of employees (or, if an actual number is not available, an estimate of the number of employees) employed by each of the Department of Defense elements identified under paragraph (2) that are or were exposed during the course of their Defense-related employment to beryllium, beryllium dust, or beryllium fumes. (4) A characterization of the amount, frequency, and duration of exposure for employees identified under paragraph (3). (5) Identification of the actual number of instances of acute beryllium disease, chronic beryllium disease, or beryllium sensitization that have been documented to date among employees of the Department of Defense and its contractors and vendors. (6) The estimated cost if the Department of Defense were to provide workers' compensation benefits comparable to benefits provided under the Federal Employees Compensation Act to employees, including former employees, of Government organizations, contractors, and vendors who have contracted beryllium-related diseases. (7) The Secretary's recommendations on whether compensation for work-related illnesses in the Department of Defense workforce, including contractors and vendors, is justified or recommended. (8) Legislative proposals, if any, to implement the Secretary's recommendations under paragraph (7). SEC. 8121. Of the amounts made available in title II of this Act for "Operation and Maintenance, Army", $1,900,000 shall be available only for the purpose of making a grant to the San Bernardino County Airports Department for the installation of a perimeter security fence for that portion of the Barstow-Daggett Airport, California, which is used as a heliport for the National 79-194O-00 -24:QL3Part1
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