3.0.0 1911 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z Senate S 2017-10-03 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-03T19:53:47Z Miners Protection Act of 2017 115 179 HR 2017-02-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS Miners Pension Protection Act 115 2713 HR 2017-06-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS American Miners Pension Act of 2017 115 3913 HR 2017-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS Miners Protection Act of 2017 115 175 S 2017-01-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S343) Related bill CRS Miners Pension Protection Act 115 1105 S 2017-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act 115 4426 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Related bill CRS 2017-10-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-10-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-10-03 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-10-03 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-10-03 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2017-10-03 True D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2017-10-03 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-10-03 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-10-03 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2017-10-03 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-10-03 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-10-16 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2017-11-29 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-11-30 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-01-04 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-03-06 False Labor and Employment Coal Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Mining Sales and excise taxes Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Labor and Employment 00 2017-10-03 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-04T21:16:18Z American Miners Pension Act of 2017

This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds and provide loans to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan in order to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners.

The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the amounts available for transfer under SMCRA's $490 million annual limit exceed the amounts required to be transferred for other purposes (including to the UMWA Health Plans). The bill prohibits the plan from making certain changes to benefits during any year in which a transfer is received.

Treasury must make annual loans to the plan equal to the amount certified by the trustees of the plan as necessary to prevent insolvency. The loans may not exceed $600 million per year. The trustees must annually certify that the plan is projected to be solvent and is able to repay the loans under terms specified in the bill.

The bill also establishes additional reporting requirements for the plan.

]]> American Miners Pension Act of 2017 Display Title American Miners Pension Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced American Miners Pension Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1911is/xml/BILLS-115s1911is.xml 2017-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.