US Congress House Bill 3162 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on September 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim. Applies the amendments made by this Act to claims filed after January 1, 2005, that were pending on or after March 23, 2010.

To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity for certain eligible survivors, and for other purposes.

Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]

Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]

Rep. David Roe [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2013-09-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3162/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3162/BILLS-113hr3162ih.pdf