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HR 4298 112th Congress House Labor and Employment Coal Disability assistance Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Mining

Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act

Introduced: March 29, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 29, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 29, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program to determine whether it is feasible to combine or reduce such forms in order to further the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Directs the Secretary to implement any feasible combination or reduction of such forms.

What's happening now September 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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