H.R. 5785: Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-20 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act

Plain summary

Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require: (1) the Secretary of Labor to provide all coal and other mine operators plastic wallet cards, refrigerator magnets, and other similar devices containing the toll-free telephone number and appropriate website address of the national hazard reporting hotline; and (2) each operator to ensure that each miner and miner community receives such devices in order to facilitate the reporting of mine accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, possible violations of such Act or of mandatory health and safety standards or plans, or other mine safety and health concerns.

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Official text

Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5785.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5785 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111