To provide emergency unemployment compensation to coal mining workers who lost their jobs due to Federal environmental regulations, and for other purposes.
Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016
This bill allows certain states in which the coal mining and related industries have been adversely impacted by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Department of the Interior to enter into and participate in a specified agreement with the Department of Labor.
These states shall include:
The agreement shall require that the state's agency make payments of coal mining emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to individuals, other than illegal aliens, who:
A state which enters such an agreement must deliver specified reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities to each coal mining EUC recipient while the individual continues to receive such EUC.
The bill requires that, subject to specified conditions, 100% of the coal mining EUC paid to individuals by the state be reimbursed to each such state that enters into the agreement.
Funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be used for making payments to these states.
This bill prescribes penalties for an individual who commits fraud resulting in overpayment of coal mining EUC.
No compensation under this bill shall be payable following 24 months after its enactment.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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