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himself beyond the normal hazards in-
herent in the operation which could 
reasonably be expected to cause death 
of serious physical harm before such 
condition or practice can be abated.’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
after the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘No 
investigation or hearing authorized by this 
paragraph may be stayed to await resolu-
tion of a related grievance proceeding’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) Attorneys representing the Secretary are author-
ized to contact any miner or non-managerial employee of 
a mine operator for the purposes of carrying out the Sec-
retary’s functions under this Act and no attorney rep-
resenting the Secretary shall be disbarred or disciplined by 
any State bar or State court for making such contacts. No 
attorney representing a mine operator in a matter under 
this Act may concurrently represent individual miners in 
the same matter.’’; and 
(5) in section 110 (30 U.S.C. 820)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘under’’ and inserting ‘‘of subsections (a) 
through (h) of’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Whenever a corporate 
operator’’ and inserting ‘‘Whenever a mine 
operator’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘safety standard’’ and 
inserting ‘‘safety standard or requirement of 
this Act’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘partner, owner,’’ 
after ‘‘director,’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘such corporation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such mine operator’’. 
(l) 
FEDERAL
LICENSING.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
promptly establish an advisory committee to provide rec-
ommendations as to whether the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977 should provide for Federal licensing of 
mines, mine operators, mine controllers, or various mine 
personnel in order to ensure that those engaged in mining 
activities are not frequent violators of safety and health re-
quirements, and establish a national registry in connection 
therewith. The advisory committee shall be established pur-
suant to the Advisory Committee Act, and shall conduct a 
review of existing State licensing requirements and reg-
istries, assess their effectiveness, and shall provide its rec-
ommendations to Congress not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTING RESCUE, RECOVERY, AND INCI-
DENT INVESTIGATION AUTHORITY. 
(a) EMERGENCY CALL CENTER.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall establish, within the Mine Safety and Health Admin-
istration, a central communications emergency call center 
for all coal or other mine operations that shall be staffed 
and operated 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, by 1 or 
more employees of the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion. All calls placed to the emergency call center shall be 
answered by an individual with adequate experience and 
training to handle emergency mine situations. A single na-
tional phone number shall be provided for this purpose and 
the Secretary shall ensure that all miners and mine opera-
tors are issued laminated cards with emergency call center 
information. 
(b) CONTACT INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide the emergency call center with a contact list, updated 
not less often than quarterly, that contains— 
(1) the contact phone numbers, including the 
home phone numbers, for the members of each mine 
rescue team responsible for each coal or other mine; 
(2) the phone numbers for the local emergency 
and rescue services unit that is located nearest to each 
mine; 
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(3) the contact phone numbers, including the 
home phone number, for the operator of each mine; 
(4) the contact phone numbers, including the 
home phone numbers, for the national and district of-
ficials of the Mine Safety and Health Administration; 
(5) the contact phone numbers, including the 
home phone numbers, for the State officials in each 
State who should be contacted in the event of a mine 
emergency in such State; and 
(6) the contact phone numbers, including the 
home phone number, for the authorized representative 
of the miners at each mine. 
Each mine operator shall ensure that the Secretary is pro-
vided with completely current information required to be 
maintained by the Secretary pursuant to paragraphs (1), 
(3), and (6). The Secretary shall give due consideration to 
the information collected by the joint government-industry 
Mine Emergency Operations database. 
(c) MINE
LOCATIONS; REPOSITORY
OF
MINING 
MAPS.— 
(1) MINE LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish, maintain, and keep current, on the Depart-
ment of Labor’s website, a detailed map or set of 
maps showing the exact geographic location of each 
operating or abandoned mine in the United States, as 
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determined by a global positioning system. Such map 
or maps shall— 
(A) be presented, through links within the 
website, in such a way as to make the location 
of a mine instantly available to the emergency 
personnel responding to the mine; 
(B) be available to members of the public; 
(C) allow a user to find the geographic loca-
tion of a particular mine, or the geographic loca-
tions of all mines of a particular type in a coun-
ty, congressional district, State, or other com-
monly used geographic region; and 
(D) provide the geographic location of any 
mining waste impoundments with links to asso-
ciated emergency contact information and avail-
able emergency response plans. 
(2) REPOSITORY
OF
MINING
MAPS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a national repository for pre-
serving a digital archive of mining maps to be acces-
sible directly and without delay from the Depart-
ment’s web site. The mining maps shall include copies 
of all historic maps that can be obtained, as well as 
copies of currently approved mining maps, which the 
Secretary shall arrange to copy and preserve in dig-
ital form. The Secretary may coordinate the oper-
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