HR 4235 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2002

Introduced Apr 16, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Nick J. Rahall II D-WV

Latest action · Jul 10, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 16, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2002 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2002 to Sep 19, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Apr 16, 2002
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Apr 16, 2002
D-OH	Ted Strickland	Original	Apr 16, 2002
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Apr 18, 2002
D-NY	Major R. Owens		May 7, 2002
D-IL	David D. Phelps		Sep 19, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Apr 16, 2002
	Workforce Protections Subcommittee	Referred Jul 10, 2002

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 10, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 16, 2002Introduced in House
Apr 16, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E536)
Apr 16, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E536	Nick J. Rahall II D-WV	Apr 16, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 16, 2002Introduced in House

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