3.0.0 5432 2023-01-13T04:48:27Z 2023-01-13T04:48:27Z House H HR 2006-05-19 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2006-06-12T16:11:04Z hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2006-06-12T16:10:33Z Referred to 2006-05-19T13:02:05Z MINER Act 109 2803 S 2006-12-06 By Senator Enzi from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 109-365. Related bill CRS 2006-06-12 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2006-06-12 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2006-05-19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001047 Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2 N R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 2006-05-19 True M000844 Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] ALAN MOLLOHAN D WV B. 1 2006-05-19 True R000395 Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] HAROLD ROGERS R KY 5 2006-05-23 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2006-05-23 False N000143 Rep. Northup, Anne M. [R-KY-3] ANNE NORTHUP R KY M. 3 2006-05-23 False W000413 Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] EDWARD WHITFIELD R KY 1 2006-05-24 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2006-05-24 False B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2006-05-24 False M001120 Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] JOHN MURTHA D PA P. 12 2006-05-24 False L000293 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] RON LEWIS R KY 2 2006-05-24 False D000603 Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4] Geoff Davis R KY 4 2006-05-24 False W000268 Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] CURT WELDON R PA 7 2006-05-25 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2006-06-06 False Labor and Employment Accident prevention Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Coal Collection of accounts Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Death Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Employee training Energy Executive reorganization Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federal officials Fines (Penalties) Fire prevention Government Operations and Politics Government and the press Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education Law Liability (Law) Materials Mine safety Miners Mining engineering National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oxygen Rescue work Research and development Research centers Research grants Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Standards Technological innovations Technology assessment Telephone Test facilities Labor and Employment 00 2006-05-19 Introduced in House 2006-08-03T14:31:57Z Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 or the MINER Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require coal mine operators to: (1) carry out continuously a program to improve accident preparedness and response at each mine; and (2) adopt and update an accident response plan for evacuations and for maintenance of individuals trapped underground. Requires such a plan to provide for: (1) redundant means and local coordination of communication; (2) post-accident location of underground personnel; (3) emergency air supplies: (4) self-rescuer caches, maintenance, and replacement; (5) escapeways and flame-resistant directional lifelines; (6) emergency training; and (7) within three years, post accident wireless communication between underground and the surface and electronic tracking of trapped persons.

Limits the liability of persons who carry out mine accident rescue or recovery operations.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to require: (1) the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to establish and update criteria to certify the qualifications of mine rescue teams; and (2) mine operators to have one employee knowledgeable in emergency response on each shift and two certified mine rescue teams available at each mine within one hour.

Requires notification of a mine accident to be provided to the Secretary by the operator within 15 minutes of knowledge of a death or potentially fatal injury.

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to establish within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) an Office of Mine Safety and Health to enhance the development of new mine safety technology and applications and to expedite the commercial availability and implementation of such technology. Authorizes the Director of NIOSH to: (1) award competitive grants and contracts; and (2) establish an interagency working group to share technology, research, and developments concerning mine safety and accident response.

Requires the Secretary to require: (1) the temporary assignment of a department official as a liaison with the families of victims of mine tragedies involving multiple deaths; and (2) MSHA to be as responsive as possible to family requests for information and to serve as the primary communicator.

Prescribes penalties for operator violations of health or safety standards or orders.

Requires the Secretary to finalize mandatory health and safety standards relating to the sealing of abandoned areas in coal mines, which shall increase the current 20 psi standard.

Establishes a Technical Study Panel to provide independent scientific review and recommendations regarding the use of belt air and the composition and fire retardent properties of belt materials in mines.

Requires the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide scholarships to individuals to increase the skilled workforce for mine operators, mine safety inspectors, and other MSHA personnel.

Requires NIOSH to provide for research about various refuge alternatives in coal mines.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants for funding education and training programs to better identify and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines.

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