Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 11
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
What it does
The Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025 would amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to make it easier for survivors of miners who died from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) to receive benefits by establishing rebuttable presumptions linking death or total disability to the disease, requiring that such presumptions can only be overcome by proving no part of the death was caused by pneumoconiosis. It would also create a new program to pay attorneys’ fees and unreimbursed medical expenses for contested claims that remain unresolved for over a year, with the Secretary of Labor administering payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, subject to reimbursement by liable operators if…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.