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[H.J. Res. 99 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.99

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                            Joint Resolution


 
 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 114-223) is further 
amended by--
        (1) striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting 
    ``May 5, 2017''; and
        (2) inserting after section 201 the following new section:
    ``Sec. 202. (a) This section may be cited as the `Further Continued 
Health Benefits for Miners Act'.
    ``(b) Section 402(h)(2)(C)(ii) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended--
        ``(1) in subclause (II), by striking `April 30, 2017' and 
    inserting `May 5, 2017';
        ``(2) in subclause (II)(aa), by striking `the Continued Health 
    Benefits for Miners Act' and inserting `the Further Continued 
    Health Benefits for Miners Act'; and
        ``(3) by adding at the end the following: `For purposes of 
    subclause (II)(aa), a beneficiary enrolled in the Plan as of the 
    date of the enactment of the Further Continued Health Benefits for 
    Miners Act shall be deemed to have been eligible to receive health 
    benefits under the Plan on January 1, 2017.'.
    ``(c) The provisions of section 167(d) of Public Law 114-223 (as 
added by Public Law 114-254) shall apply to this section.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.