H.R. 934 · 116th Congress
Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Bobby Scott
- Introduced
- 2019-01-31
- Latest action
- 2019-10-23 · Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Summary
Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to transfer additional funds to provide health benefits for retired coal miners. The bill adds miners affected by 2018 coal company bankruptcies to the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that Treasury must transfer under current law to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan.