3.0.0 1756 2023-01-15T08:03:18Z 2023-01-15T08:03:18Z Senate S S 2003-10-17 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-17T19:52:34Z Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act 108 3586 HR 2003-11-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2003-10-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12846-12849) IntroReferral 2003-10-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-10-17 True B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2003-10-17 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2003-10-17 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2003-10-17 True C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2003-10-17 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2003-10-20 False L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2003-10-20 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2003-10-22 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2003-10-22 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2004-03-22 False Health Auditing Authorization Coal Collective bargaining Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Energy Finance and Financial Sector Government trust funds Insurance premiums Interest Labor and Employment Labor contracts Labor unions Law Managed care Medical economics Pension funds Public Lands and Natural Resources Retiree health benefits Small business Trusts and trustees Health 00 2003-10-17 Introduced in Senate 2003-11-07T20:08:02Z Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize appropriations from the U.S. Treasury to the Combined Fund to: (1) pay any benefit or administrative costs of unassigned beneficiaries of the Combined Fund remaining after the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund transfers; and (2) eliminate any annual deficit in any premium account of the Combined Fund as certified by the Trustees of the Combined Fund. Requires an annual audit of the Combined Fund by the Comptroller General. Provides for the appointment of two trustees by the Secretary of the Treasury to the board of the Fund.

Makes other related revisions, including: (1) modifying premiums; (2) providing for refunds to certain operators; and (3) reductions in annual health benefit premiums to the Fund in the event of a surplus.

Redefines a coal wage agreement as: (1) the 1988 agreement, meaning the collective bargaining agreement between the settlors which became effective on February 1, 1988; and (2) the coal wage agreement, meaning the 1988 agreement and any predecessor to the 1988 agreement.]]>

Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act Display Title Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect the health benefits of retired miners and to restore stability and equity to the financing of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund by providing additional sources of revenue to the Fund, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2003-10-17T04:00:00Z 2003-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12846-12849) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.