Uranium Miners Compensation Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Uranium Miners Compensation Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay benefits for the total disability or death of any miner due to a radiation-induced or dust-induced latent disease if such miner was employed for at least three years in one or more uranium mines prior to full implementation of final regulations issued under the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act prior to its repeal. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations prescribing standards for determining the extent of such disabilities and whether such deaths were due to such disease. Establishes criteria for setting such standards. Sets forth formulae for determining the amount of payments to be paid to a disabled miner and his dependents and to a deceased miner's dependents. Stipulates that such benefit payments shall be reduced by an amount equal to any payments received under workmen's compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws of the appropriate State or under the excess earnings provisions of the Social Security Act. Excludes such benefits from consideration as income under the Internal Revenue Code. Reduces the amount of benefits to be paid in…