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H.R. 1603 96th Congress House

A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that the provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining operations or to sand and gravel mining operations.

Introduced: January 29, 1979 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Mine safetyMineral industriesMines and mineral resourcesPublic safetySand and gravel industry
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Jan 29, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 29, 1979
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 29, 1979

Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining or sand and gravel mining operations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Republican 1
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Jan 29, 1979
CRANE, PHILIP
· Jan 29, 1979
FROST, MARTIN
· Jan 29, 1979
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Jan 29, 1979
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 29, 1979
HYDE, HENRY
· Jan 29, 1979
LEACH, JIM
· Jan 29, 1979
LEWIS, JERRY
· Jan 29, 1979
LUNGREN, DANIEL
· Jan 29, 1979
MATSUI, ROBERT
· Jan 29, 1979
NOLAN, RICHARD
· Jan 29, 1979
PAUL, RON
· Jan 29, 1979
REGULA, RALPH
· Jan 29, 1979
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· Jan 29, 1979
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Jan 29, 1979
THOMAS, WILLIAM
· Jan 29, 1979
YOUNG, DON
· Jan 29, 1979
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1603: A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that the provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining operations or to sand and gravel mining operations.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1603/
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"H.R. 1603: A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that the provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining operations or to sand and gravel mining operations.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1603/.
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H.R. 1603, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1603/.
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