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HR 3567 107th Congress House

Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to protect the health benefits of retired miners and to r… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to protect the health benefits of retired miners and to restore stability and equity to the financing of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and 1992 Benefit Plan by providing additional sources of revenue to the Fund and Plan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Latest action December 20, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize appropriations to the Combined Fund and the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan to: (1) pay any benefit or administrative costs of unassigned beneficiaries of the Combined Fund; (2) pay any benefit or administrative costs of unassigned beneficiaries of the 1992 UMWA Plan; and (3) eliminate any annual deficit in any premium account of the Combined Fund as certified by the Trustees of the Combined Fund.

Makes other related revisions, including: (1) providing for refunds to certain operators; (2) reductions in annual health benefit premiums to the Fund in the event of a surplus.

Redefines a coal wage agreement as: (1) the 1988 agreement, meaning the collective bargaining agreement between the settlors which became effective on February 1, 1988; and (2) the coal wage agreement, meaning the 1988 agreement and any predecessor to the 1988 agreement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 17, 2002
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Dec 20, 2001
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Dec 20, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3567: Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3567/
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