[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 99 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 99


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2017

                                Received

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                            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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.