Energy Workers Health Improvement and Compensation Fund Act

HR 4905 creates a federal trust fund to reimburse oil and gas workers and their families for medical expenses related to specific health conditions linked to industry exposure. Oil companies with over $50 million in annual revenue must pay into the fund based on the compensation of their top 10 executives each year, with penalties for underpayment. The fund covers costs for asthma, heat illness, and other respiratory/cardiovascular diseases tied to methane emissions, smog, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. Eligible workers (or family members living within 20 miles of extraction sites for at least a year) receive reimbursements in the order claims are submitted. The bill also establishes a commission of health and labor experts to study worker health outcomes and submit recommendations to Congress within 18 months.