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HR 4298 112th Congress House

Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a review of the forms related to obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program.

Introduced: May 10, 2012 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment CoalDisability assistanceEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment information and archivesMining
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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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
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 Latest action September 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · May 10, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4298: Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4298/
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