US HB6461 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-12-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 21 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-12-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
Sponsors
| Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA] | Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA] | Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC] | Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY] |
| Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA] | Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-17 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. |
| 2023-11-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. |
| 2023-11-21 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB3304 (Same As) 2023-11-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6461/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr6461/BILLS-118hr6461ih.pdf |
