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HR 130 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory health Coal Disability assistance Mining Worker safety and health

To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity for certain eligible survivors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 2, 2015 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim.

Applies the amendments made by this Act to claims filed after January 1, 2005, that were pending on or after March 23, 2010.

What's happening now April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 130: To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity for certain eligible survivors, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-130/
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H.R. 130, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-130/.
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