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H.R. 935: Miners Pension Protection Act

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H.R. 935: Miners Pension Protection Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-31 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Miners Pension Protection Act

Plain summary

Miners Pension Protection Act This bill transfers certain funds to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies. The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the annual limit on transfers under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 exceeds the amount required to be transferred for existing obligations of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The bill also increases the annual limit on transfers from $490 million to $750 million. The bill also allows in-service distributions under a pension plan or governmental section 457(b) plan at age 59-1/2 (currently age 62).

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Official text

Miners Pension Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · 111 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Bost (R-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), John Joyce (R-PA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Al Green (D-TX), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Comer (R-KY), André Carson (D-IN), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and 51 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr935 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116