§ 901. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1969

   Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969

   Pub. L. 91–173 title IV § 401 · 83 Stat. 742

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 901

   Pub. L. 91–173, title IV, § 401, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 792

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–173, title IV, § 401, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 792

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 401. Congress finds and declares that there are a significant number of coal miners living today who are totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis arising out of employment in one or more of the Nation’s underground coal mines; that there are a number of survivors of coal miners whose deaths were due to this disease; and that few States provide benefits for death or disability due to this disease to coal miners or their surviving dependents. It is, therefore, the purpose of this title to provide benefits, in cooperation with the States, to coal miners who are totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and to the surviving dependents of miners whose death was due to such disease; and to ensure that in the future adequate benefits are provided to coal miners and their dependents in the event of their death or total disability due to pneumoconiosis.

2. 1972

   Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972

   Pub. L. 92–303 § 3(a) · 86 Stat. 150

   1. Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 901

      Pub. L. 92–303, § 3(a), inserted “or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their deaths” after “disease” the first and third times it appeared

   2. Struck · 30 U.S.C. § 901

      Pub. L. 92–303, § 3(a), struck out “underground” before “coal mines”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 92–303, § 3(a), inserted “or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their deaths” after “disease” the first and third times it appeared and struck out “underground” before “coal mines”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Sections 401, 411(c)(1), 411(c)(2), and 422(h) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 are each amended 30 USC 901, 921, 932. 30 USC 902, 933. by striking out “underground”.

3. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–239 § 16 · 92 Stat. 95

   1. Amended · 30 U.S.C. § 901

      Pub. L. 95–239 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 30 U.S.C. § 901

      Pub. L. 95–239 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–239 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 16. short title for the act Section 401 of the Act is amended by inserting “(a)” after 30 USC 901. “Sec. 401.” and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) This title may be cited as the ‘Black Lung Benefits Act’.”.

4. 1981

   Pub. L. 97–119 title II § 203(a)(4) · 95 Stat. 1635

   Struck · 30 U.S.C. § 901(a)

   Pub. L. 97–119 struck out “or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their deaths” after “due to this disease” and “due to such disease”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–119 struck out “or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their deaths” after “due to this disease” and “due to such disease”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) Section 401(a) is amended by striking the phrase “or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their deaths” each time it appears.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 97–119, title II, § 206(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1645, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this title [see Short Title of 1981 Amendment note set out under section 801 of this title] shall take effect on January 1, 1982.”

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