,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ah1 #bjbb 
,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky 7for himself  
and ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,labor1 and in addition to the          
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title ,,iv of the ,federal ,mine  
,safety and ,health ,act of #aigg to    
provide for the timely payment of black 
lung benefits pending liability         
determinations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,john ,white ,ensuring ,timely  
,black ,lung ,benefits ,act4  #b4       
,payment of black lung benefits pending 
liability determinations  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #dbb7;h7 of the        

,federal ,mine ,safety and ,health ,act 
of #aigg 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #icb7;h77 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,the        
,secretary of ,labor and inserting 7#a7 
,the ,secretary of ,labor2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
7,a7 ,in any case in which a            
determination of liability described in 
paragraph 7#a7 has not been made with   
respect to a benefit determination for a
 miner by the date that is #fj days     
after the date of such a benefit        
determination1 the ,secretary shall pay 
the benefits to which the miner is      
entitled under section #dbb out of the  
fund 7as defined in section #djb7;h774  
7,b7 ,in no case shall payment of       
benefits under this paragraph be        
construed to relieve any operator       
subsequently determined responsible for 
the payment of such benefits of         
repayment liability described in section
 #dbd7;b74  7,c7 ,for purposes of this  
paragraph1 the term benefit             
determination for a miner means a       

determination by the ,secretary that the
 miner is totally disabled due to       
pneumoconiosis or that the death of the 
miner was due to pneumoconiosis4  4  7b7
 ,authorization for expenditures from   
trust fund ,section #ieja7;d77#a7 of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is   
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking or at the end2  7#b7 by       
redesignating subparagraph 7,b7 as      
subparagraph 7,c72 and  7#c7 by         
inserting after subparagraph 7,a7 the   
following3  7,b7 a determination of     
liability described in paragraph 7#a7 of
 section #dbb7;h7 of such ,act has not  
been made with respect to a benefit     
determination for a miner 7as defined in
 paragraph 7#b77;,c7 of such section7 by
 the date that is #fj days after the    
date of such a benefit determination1 or
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