HR 1722
113th 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: April 25, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 25, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 25, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1