US Congress House Bill 3913 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

American Miners Pension Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds and provide loans to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan in order to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners. The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury 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 prohibits the plan from making certain changes to benefits during any year in which a transfer is received. Treasury must make annual loans to the plan equal to the amount certified by the trustees of the plan as necessary to prevent insolvency. The loans may not exceed $600 million per year. The trustees must annually certify that the plan is projected to be solvent and is able to repay the loans under terms specified in the bill. The bill also establishes additional reporting requirements for the plan.

American Miners Pension Act of 2017

Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]
Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2017-10-03	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.
2017-10-03	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.
2017-10-03	House	Introduced in House

HB179 (Related) 2017-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HB2713 (Related) 2017-06-14 - 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)
SB1105 (Related) 2017-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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/house-bill/3913/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3913/BILLS-115hr3913ih.pdf