S. 3491 119th Congress Senate

Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025

Official title: A bill 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 pneumoconi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: Tim Kaine Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment

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Dec 16, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Dec 16, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now December 16, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 8

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

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
for UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
APPALACHIAN VOICES
for APPALACHIAN VOICES · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
for UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
APPALACHIAN VOICES
for APPALACHIAN VOICES · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
for UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
APPALACHIAN VOICES
for APPALACHIAN VOICES · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8 filings
SENATE
8 filings
Energy, Dept of
4 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
4 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
4 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
4 filings
Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
4 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Fetterman, John

Pennsylvania · Dec 16, 2025

Warner, Mark R.

Virginia · Dec 16, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3491: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3491/

MLA

"S. 3491: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3491/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 3491, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3491/.

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