not be collected for any fiscal year except to the ex-
tent and in the amount provided in advance in ap-
propriation Acts. 
‘‘(d) CITATION; WITHDRAWAL ORDER.—Any oper-
ator who permits a person to perform any of the health 
or safety related functions described in subsection (a) 
without a current certification which meets the require-
ments of this section shall be considered to have com-
mitted an unwarrantable failure under section 104(d)(1), 
and the Secretary shall issue an order requiring that the 
miner be withdrawn or reassigned to duties that do not 
require such certification.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 318 (30 
U.S.C. 878) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 
(2) in subsection (c), by redesignating para-
graphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (C), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (g), by redesignating para-
graphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (D), respectively; and 
(4) by redesignating subsections (c) through (j) 
as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 
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SEC. 509. ELECTRONIC RECORDS REQUIREMENT. 
Section 103 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regula-
tions requiring that mine operators retain records and 
data required by this Act, or otherwise required by the 
Secretary, that are created, stored or transmitted in elec-
tronic form. Such records shall include records pertaining 
to miner safety and health, tracking and communications, 
atmospheric monitoring of methane, carbon monoxide, ox-
ygen, coal dust and other mine conditions, equipment 
usage history and operating parameters, equipment cali-
bration and maintenance, and other information relevant 
to compliance with Federal mine health and safety laws 
and regulations. Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a 
regulation regarding the minimum necessary capabilities 
of equipment to retain, store, and recover data created or 
transmitted in electronic form.’’. 
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL MINE 
SAFETY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF OPERATOR.—Section 3(d) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ‘operator’ means— 
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‘‘(1) any owner, lessee, or other person 
that— 
‘‘(A) operates or supervises a coal or 
other mine; or 
‘‘(B) controls such mine by making or 
having the authority to make management 
or operational decisions that affect, directly 
or indirectly, the health or safety at such 
mine; or 
‘‘(2) any independent contractor per-
forming services or construction at such mine;’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF AGENT.—Section 3(e) (30 U.S.C. 
802(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘the miners’’ and inserting 
‘‘any miner’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF IMMINENT DANGER.—Section 
3(j) (30 U.S.C. 802(j)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘means the’’ and inserting 
‘‘means— 
‘‘(1) the’’; 
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the existence of multiple conditions or 
practices (regardless of whether related to each 
other) that, when considered in the aggregate, could 
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reasonably be expected to cause death or serious 
physical harm before such conditions or practices 
can be abated;’’. 
(d) DEFINITION OF MINER.—Section 3(g) (30 U.S.C. 
802(g)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘or other mine’’ the 
following: ‘‘, and includes any individual who is not cur-
rently working in a coal or other mine but would be cur-
rently working in such mine, but for an accident in such 
mine’’. 
(e) DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL 
VIOLATIONS.—Section 3 (30 U.S.C. 802) is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (m), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (n), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in subsection (o), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ‘significant and substantial violation’ 
means a violation of this Act, including any manda-
tory health or safety standard or regulation promul-
gated under this Act, that is of such nature as could 
significantly and substantially contribute to the 
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cause and effect of a coal or other mine safety or 
health hazard as described in section 104(d).’’. 
SEC. 602. ASSISTANCE TO STATES. 
Section 503 (30 U.S.C. 953(a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health, Education, and Welfare and 
the Secretary of the Interior,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to assist such State in developing and im-
plementing any certification program for coal or 
other mines required for compliance with section 
118.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 
for fiscal year 1970, and $10,000,000 annually in 
each 
succeeding 
fiscal 
year’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000 for each fiscal year’’. 
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