[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1903 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1903

  To direct that certain coal mine safety grant funds be directed to 
       study the prevention and treatment of Black Lung Disease.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2013

  Mr. McKinley (for himself and Mr. Enyart) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct that certain coal mine safety grant funds be directed to 
       study the prevention and treatment of Black Lung Disease.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANT FUNDS TO STUDY THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BLACK 
              LUNG DISEASE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall award competitive 
grants under the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants established by 
section 14 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 
2006 to entities eligible to receive grants under such section for 
research and outreach related to the prevention and treatment of Black 
Lung Disease.
    (b) Funding.--
            (1) Establishment of fund.--There is established in the 
        Treasury of the United States a separate account for the 
        deposit of penalties described in paragraph (2) to be known as 
        the Mine Safety Grant Fund.
            (2) Deposit of civil penalties.--The Secretary of Labor 
        shall deposit amounts determined by the Secretary that are 
        collected as penalties under section 110 of the Federal Mine 
        Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 820) into the Mine 
        Safety Grant Fund established by paragraph (1).
            (3) Availability of funds.--Amounts in the Mine Safety 
        Grant Fund shall be available to the Secretary of Labor, as 
        provided in subsection (c), to award grants under the 
        Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants established by section 14 of 
        the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006. 
        $10,000,000 of such amounts (or a greater amount as determined 
        by the Secretary based on the availability of funds) shall be 
        used by the Secretary to award grants for the purposes 
        described in subsection (a).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to funds 
appropriated under section 114 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 824), there is authorized to be appropriated 
from the Mine Safety Grant Fund to the Secretary of Labor an amount 
equal to the total amount deposited into the fund pursuant to 
subsection (b)(2) during the previous fiscal year. Such amounts are 
authorized to remain available until expended.
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