,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ca1        
#bjai,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia 7for      
himself and ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,surface ,mining ,control and           
,reclamation ,act of #aigg to include   
certain retirees in the ,multiemployer  
,health ,benefit ,plan1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,health ,benefits   
for ,miners ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,inclusion in multiemployer health      
benefit plan  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#djb7;h77#b77;,c7 of the ,surface       
,mining ,control and ,reclamation ,act  
of #aigg 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4                 
#abcb7;h77#b77;,c77 is amended--  7#a7  
by striking the ,health ,benefits for   
,miners ,act of #bjag both places it    
appears in clause 7ii7 and inserting the
 ,health ,benefits for ,miners ,act of  

#bjai2  7#b7 by striking 1 would be     
denied or reduced as a result of a      
bankruptcy proceeding commenced in #bjab
 or #bjae in clause 7ii77,,ii7 and      
inserting or a related coal wage        
agreement1 would be denied or reduced as
 a result of a bankruptcy proceeding    
commenced in #bjab1 #bjae1 or #bjah2    
7#c7 by striking ,january #a1 #bjag in  
clause 7ii7 and inserting ,january #a1  
#bjai2 and  7#d7 by adding at the end   
the following new clause3  7vi7 ,related
 coal wage agreement ,for purposes of   
clause 7ii71 the term related coal wage 
agreement means an agreement between the
 ,united ,mine ,workers of ,america and 
an employer in the bituminous coal      
industry that-- 7,i7 is a signatory     
operator2 or  7,,ii7 is or was a debtor 
in a bankruptcy proceeding that was     
consolidated1 administratively or       
otherwise1 with the bankruptcy          
proceeding of a signatory operator or a 
related person to a signatory operator  
7as those terms are defined in section  

#igja7;c7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf74  4  7b7 ,effective date
 ,the amendments made by this section   
shall apply to fiscal years beginning   
after ,september #cj1 #bjah4