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HR 1222 99th Congress Labor and Employment

A bill to require the Department of Labor to employ additional administrative law judges to hear cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act.

Introduced: February 21, 1985 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1222: A bill to require the Department of Labor to employ additional administrative law judges to hear cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1222/
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"H.R. 1222: A bill to require the Department of Labor to employ additional administrative law judges to hear cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1222/.
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H.R. 1222, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1222/.
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[H.R. 1222: A bill to require the Department of Labor to employ additional administrative law judges to hear cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1222/)
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