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H.R. 6756 119th Congress House

Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025

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: December 16, 2025 Introduced by: Morgan McGarvey Democratic · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Education and 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.
Dec 16, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Education and 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3491 Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025
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 Lobbying activity 4

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

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 Cosponsors 5
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Dexter, Maxine
Oregon · Jan 20, 2026
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jan 7, 2026
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Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 18, 2025
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Lee, Summer L.
Pennsylvania · Dec 16, 2025
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 16, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6756: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6756/
MLA
"H.R. 6756: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6756/.
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H.R. 6756, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6756/.
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[H.R. 6756: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6756/)
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