SB3304: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
A bill to ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as "black lung disease"), and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
This bill aims to improve how claims for black lung benefits are handled for coal miners with pneumoconiosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust. Black lung benefits are payments provided to miners who develop this occupational disease. The bill focuses on making the claims process fairer and faster, though specific changes are not detailed in the description provided. It also aims to better protect miners from developing black lung disease. The bill was introduced in Congress and is currently in the early stage of consideration.
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SB3304: Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
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Sponsors
Robert Casey
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (6)
John Fetterman
Tim Kaine
Mark Warner
Joe Manchin
Sherrod Brown