Nov 29, 2016

S. 3470, Miners Protection Act of 2016

S. 3470 would authorize payments for health and pension benefits for certain retired or disabled coal miners and their eligible dependents. Such payments would be made to the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Health and Retirement Funds, a group of multiemployer plans that provide benefits to retirees from the coal industry. The bill also would extend the authority to collect and increase the rate of certain customs user fees. Read full at: https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/costestimate/s3470.pdf