Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019

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40 cosponsors · 35 D, 5 R

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This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds to provide health benefits for retired coal miners.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 31, 2019

Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds to provide health benefits for retired coal miners. The bill adds miners affected by 2018 coal company bankruptcies to the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that Treasury must transfer under current law to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019

Latest action (Oct 23, 2019): Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 31, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.