US HB1613 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan to provide health benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan. The Government Accountability Office must study the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and submit to Congress reports analyzing whether federal funds are being spent appropriately by the plan. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal requirements for current and former signatories to labor agreements with the United Mineworkers of America to pay unassigned beneficiaries premiums or backstop premiums if transfers under SMCRA are less than the amount required to be transferred.
Title
HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017
Sponsors
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV] | Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH] | Rep. James Comer [R-KY] |
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-03-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. |
2017-03-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2017-03-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2017-03-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2017-03-17 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB176 (Related) 2017-01-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S343-344)
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Labor and employment
Mining
Coal
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Labor and employment
Mining
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1613/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1613/BILLS-115hr1613ih.pdf |