HR 228 · 106th Congress · Labor and Employment
Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 1999
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.(1999-01-22)
Plain Language Summary
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Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 1999 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to eliminate the exception (with respect to a claim filed after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981) to the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim.…
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