Provides, under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, that if a miner was employed for 25 years or more in one or more underground coal mines, and if such miner died prior to the effective date of such Act, there shall be an irrebuttable presumption, for purposes of determining eligibility for black lung benefits, that his death was due to pneumoconiosis or that at the time of his death he was totally disabled by pneumoconiosis.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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