US HB6102 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-12-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 1 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-12-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2022
Sponsors
| Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA] | Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA] | Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN] | Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC] |
| Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD] | Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY] | Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ] | Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL] |
| Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] | Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI] | Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR] | Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA] |
| Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ] | Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-23 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483. |
| 2022-12-23 | House | Committee on Ways and Means discharged. |
| 2022-12-15 | House | House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 23, 2022. |
| 2022-12-02 | House | House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2022. |
| 2022-12-02 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-589, Part I. |
| 2022-03-16 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22. |
| 2022-03-16 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| 2021-12-01 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2021-12-01 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4511 (Related) 2022-07-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
