Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
What it does
The Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025 aims to improve the processing of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act by providing assistance to miners and their families, clarifying eligibility criteria, and requiring the Secretary of Labor to develop medical evidence for claims. It also seeks to restore cost-of-living adjustments to benefits, strengthen financial security of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and establish the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to better administer benefits. The bill affects coal miners, their surviving spouses, and dependents who suffer from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) due to coal dust exposure.
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