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H.R. 6461 118th Congress House

Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023

Official title: To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as "Black lung disease"), and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 21, 2023 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Nov 21, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 21, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3304 Identical bill Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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    for WORKERS INJURY LAW & ADVOCACY GROUP · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
Wild, Susan
· Jan 29, 2024
 D
Lee, Summer L.
Pennsylvania · Jan 18, 2024
 D
McGarvey, Morgan
Kentucky · Nov 29, 2023
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Nov 21, 2023
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 21, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6461: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6461/
MLA
"H.R. 6461: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6461/.
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H.R. 6461, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6461/.
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[H.R. 6461: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6461/)
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