US Congress Senate Bill 1105 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3-1)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Miners Pension Protection Act This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the amounts available for transfer under SMCRA's $490 million annual limit exceed the amounts required to be transferred for other purposes (including to the UMWA Health Plans). The bill also: (1) prohibits the pension plan from making certain changes to benefits during any year in which a transfer is received, and (2) establishes additional reporting requirements for the plan. As an offset, the bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend the authority of Treasury to collect certain customs user fees.

Miners Pension Protection Act

Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2713 (Related) 2017-06-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HB179 (Related) 2017-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
SB175 (Related) 2017-01-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S343)
HB3913 (Related) 2017-10-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
SB1911 (Related) 2017-10-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4426 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1105/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1105/BILLS-115s1105is.pdf