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HRD-80-111 1 (1980-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / ( '-1 1 RESTRICTED - Not tbi be ieleased outsIde the General g | Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval GAO by the Office of Congressional Relations. /' ,p United States Genera Accounting Office Human Resources Washington, DC 20548 Division B-200153 SEPTEMBE.R 15, 1980 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker IIDllil United States Senate 113377 Dear Senator Schweiker: Subject: LFollowup on Department of Labor's Actions on GAO's July 1977 Report on Administration of the Black Lung Benefits Program3 (HRD-80-111) This report provides information on the Department of Labor's actions (1) to reduce the backlog of black lung claims and (2) on our July 1977 recommendations to improve administration of the black lung benefits program. l/ Labor, after a slow start, has processed many claims and could eliminate its large backlog by late calendar year 1981. Labor has also acted on our recommendations. As you requested, we did not obtain agency comments on the matters discussed in this report. We reviewed the legislative history of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 and the 1972 and 1977 amendments; Labor's regulations, policies, procedures, and eligibility criteria; and pertinent documents and case files. We did our work primarily at Labor's national office in Washington, D.C., and its field offices in Greensburg and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION The Social Security Administration (SSA) and Labor have both administered the black lung benefits program. Claims filed by a living miner on or before June 30, 1973, claims filed by the survivors of a miner on or before December 31, 1973, and certain survivors' claims filed 1/Report to the Senate Committee on Human Resources, Pro- gram to Pay Black Lung Benefits to Coal Miners and Their Survivors--Improvements Are Needed (HRD-77-77, July 11, 1977). (201610)

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