Makes it easier for families of miners who died from black lung disease to get benefits.
This bill would make it easier for families of miners who died from black lung disease to get benefits. It would change how claims are approved and create a new program to help pay for legal and medical costs during the process, with coal companies eventually paying those costs back.
Today, proving a miner's death was due to black lung can be difficult for survivors, and there's no specific government program to help pay for legal and medical costs during contested claims before a final decision. If this bill passes, it would make it easier to prove these claims by changing how they are reviewed and would create a new program to pay up to $4,500 for attorneys' fees and $3,000 for medical expenses in certain contested cases, with coal mine operators reimbursing the government.
S 3505 · 119th Congress · December 16, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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