‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as of 
the beginning of each fiscal year beginning on or 
after October 1, 2004, and before making any allo-
cation with respect to the fiscal year under sub-
section (g), use an amount not to exceed the amount 
of interest that the Secretary estimates will be 
earned and paid to the fund during the fiscal year 
to make the transfers described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS
DESCRIBED.—The transfers 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(A) UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA 
COMBINED BENEFIT FUND.—A transfer to the 
United Mine Workers of America Combined 
Benefit Fund, in an amount equal to the dif-
ference between— 
‘‘(i) the amount that the trustees of 
the Combined Benefit Fund estimate will 
be expended from the premium accounts 
maintained by the Combined Benefit Fund 
for the fiscal year of the fund in which the 
transfer is made; minus 
‘‘(ii) the amount the trustees of the 
Combined Benefit Fund estimate the Com-
bined Benefit Fund will receive during
such fiscal year in required health benefit 
premiums. 
‘‘(B) UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA 
1992 BENEFIT PLAN.—A transfer to the United 
Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, in 
an amount equal to the difference between— 
‘‘(i) the amount that the trustees of 
the 1992 Benefit Plan estimate will be ex-
pended from the 1992 Benefit Plan during 
the next calendar year to provide the bene-
fits required by the 1992 Benefit Plan on 
the date of enactment of this subpara-
graph; minus 
‘‘(ii) the amount that the trustees of 
the 1992 Benefit Plan estimate the 1992 
Benefit Plan will receive during such cal-
endar year in required monthly per bene-
ficiary premiums, including the amount of 
any security provided to the 1992 Benefit 
Plan that is available for use in the provi-
sion of benefits. 
‘‘(C) MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT 
PLAN.—A transfer to the multiemployer health 
benefit plan established after July 20, 1992, by 
the parties that are the settlors of the 1992
Benefit Plan referred to in subparagraph (B), 
in an amount equal to the difference between— 
‘‘(i) the amount that the trustees of 
the multiemployer health benefit plan esti-
mate will be expended from such plan dur-
ing the next calendar year, to provide ben-
efits no greater than those provided by 
such plan on the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph; minus 
‘‘(ii) the amount of income that such 
trustees estimate such plan will receive 
during such calendar year. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT.—If, for any fiscal year, the 
amount of a transfer under subparagraph (A), (B), 
or (C) of paragraph (2) is more or less than the 
amount required to be transferred under that sub-
paragraph, the Secretary shall appropriately adjust 
the amount transferred under that subparagraph for 
the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) PREVIOUSLY CREDITED INTEREST.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
interest credited to the fund that has not pre-
viously been transferred to the Combined Ben-
efit Fund referred to in paragraph (2)(A) under 
this section shall be used— 
‘‘(i) to transfer to the Combined Ben-
efit Fund such amounts as are estimated 
by the trustees of the Combined Benefit 
Fund to offset the amount of any deficit in 
net assets in the Combined Benefit Fund; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent any such interest 
remains after the transfer under clause (i), 
to make the transfers described in sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(B) 
PREVIOUSLY
ALLOCATED 
AMOUNTS.—All amounts allocated under sub-
section (g)(2), including interest, before the 
date of enactment of this subparagraph for the 
program set forth under section 406, but not 
appropriated prior to such date, shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to make the transfers de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NEXT 
FISCAL YEAR.—The Secretary may make trans-
fers under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of para-
graph (2) for a fiscal year only if the Secretary 
determines, using actuarial projections provided 
by the trustees of the Combined Benefit Fund 
referred to in paragraph (2)(A), that amounts 
will be available under paragraph (1), after 
such transfer, for the next fiscal year for mak-
ing the transfer under paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(B) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF OBLI-
GORS.—A transfer under paragraph (2)(C) 
shall not be made for a fiscal year unless the 
persons that are obligated to contribute to the 
plan referred to in paragraph (2)(C) on the 
date of the transfer are obligated to make such 
contributions at rates that are no less than 
those in effect on the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph.’’. 
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