Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021
United States117th CongressS-757Senate
Updated: Mar 16, 2021
Summary
Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021 This bill creates, for the purpose of claims for black lung benefits, a rebuttable presumption that a deceased miner's death was caused by black lung disease if such miner was totally disabled due to black lung disease. It also establishes a program to pay up to a maximum of $4,500 in attorney fees and $3,000 in medical expenses incurred while establishing such claims.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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