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

Bill: 114-hr-130
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Coal

Disability assistance

Mining

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> 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. </p> <p>Applies the amendments made by this Act to claims filed after January 1, 2005, that were pending on or after March 23, 2010.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 130 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee , and Mr. Johnson of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity for certain eligible survivors, and for other purposes.

1. Equity for certain eligible survivors (a) Rebuttable presumption Section 411(c)(4) of the Black Lung Benefits Act ( 30 U.S.C. 921(c)(4) ) is amended by striking the last sentence. (b) Continuation of benefits Section 422(l) of the Black Lung Benefits Act ( 30 U.S.C. 932(l) ) is amended by striking , except with respect to a claim filed under this part on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981 . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to claims filed under part B or part C of the Black Lung Benefits Act ( 30 U.S.C. 921 et seq. , 931 et seq.) after January 1, 2005, that were pending on or after March 23, 2010. 2. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of any Act that repeals section 1556 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148).