Rep. Rogers Introduces Legislation to Fast-Track Black Lung Benefits
March 16, 2022
March 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release:
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to expedite approved benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for coal miners with black lung disease. The John "J.L." White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act (H.R. 6791) is named in memory of a former coal miner from Williamsburg, Kentucky who passed awa . . .
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to expedite approved benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for coal miners with black lung disease. The John "J.L." White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act (H.R. 6791) is named in memory of a former coal miner from Williamsburg, Kentucky who passed awa . . .