3.0.0 757 2023-01-11T13:47:42Z 2023-01-11T13:47:42Z Senate S 2021-03-16 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-16T16:01:48Z 2021-03-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2022-11-14 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2022-11-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2022-11-14 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2022-11-14 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Coal Congressional oversight Department of Labor Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Legal fees and court costs Mining Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2021-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-20T16:45:48Z Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021

This bill creates, for the purpose of claims for black lung benefits, a rebuttable presumption that a deceased miner's death was caused by black lung disease if such miner was totally disabled due to black lung disease. It also establishes a program to pay up to a maximum of $4,500 in attorney fees and $3,000 in medical expenses incurred while establishing such claims.

]]> Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021 Display Title Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s757is/xml/BILLS-117s757is.xml 2021-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.