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117TH CONGRESS REPT. 117-589
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
BLACK LUNG BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2022
DECEMBER 2, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, from the Committee on Education and
Labor, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6102]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 6102) to ensure that claims for benefits under the
Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner,
to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as
black lung disease), and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 12
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 13
Committee Views ..................................................................................................... 17
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 48
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 52
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 52
Unfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 53
Earmark Statement ................................................................................................. 53
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 53
Statement of Performance Goals and Objectives .................................................. 55
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 55
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 55
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 55
New Budget Authority and CBO Cost Estimate ................................................... 55
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 59
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 59
Minority Views ......................................................................................................... 141
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