S. 3505
119th Congress
Senate
Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Lobbying activity
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- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
- APPALACHIAN VOICES
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
- APPALACHIAN VOICES
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
- APPALACHIAN VOICES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Energy, Dept of
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3505: Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3505/
"S. 3505: Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3505/.
S. 3505, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3505/.
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