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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 934
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to
include certain retirees in the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 31, 2019
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 to include certain retirees in the Multiemployer
Health Benefit Plan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Benefits for
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Miners Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION IN MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT
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PLAN.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(h)(2)(C) of the Sur-
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face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
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U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘the Health Benefits for Miners
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Act of 2017’’ both places it appears in clause (ii)
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and inserting ‘‘the Health Benefits for Miners Act
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of 2019’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘, would be denied or reduced
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as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced
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in 2012 or 2015’’ in clause (ii)(II) and inserting ‘‘or
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a related coal wage agreement, would be denied or
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reduced as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding com-
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menced in 2012, 2015, or 2018’’;
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(3) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2017’’ in clause (ii)
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and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2019’’; and
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(4) by adding at the end the following new
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clause:
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‘‘(vi) RELATED
COAL
WAGE
AGREE-
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MENT.—For purposes of clause (ii), the
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term ‘related coal wage agreement’ means
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an agreement between the United Mine
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Workers of America and an employer in
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the bituminous coal industry that—
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‘‘(I) is a signatory operator; or
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‘‘(II) is or was a debtor in a
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bankruptcy proceeding that was con-
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solidated, administratively or other-
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wise, with the bankruptcy proceeding
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of a signatory operator or a related
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person to a signatory operator (as
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those terms are defined in section
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9701(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
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of 1986).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply to fiscal years beginning after Sep-
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tember 30, 2018.
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