BLACK LUNG BENEFITS REFORM ACT, 1976

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 10760 and S. 3183

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY
ACT OF 1969

MARCH 23, 26; AND APRIL 2, 1976

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1976

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
JOHN A. DURKIN, New Hampshire

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
PAUL LAXALT, Nevada

DONALD ELISBURG, General Counsel
MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk
ROBERT R. HUMPHREYS, Special Counsel
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
JOHN A. DURKIN, New Hampshire

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

DONALD ELISBURG, Counsel
GEORGE SAPE, Associate Counsel
DON ZIMMERMAN, Minority Counsel

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Haskell, Hon. Floyd K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado__

Erlenborn, Hon. John, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State
of Illinois_

Simon, Hon Paul, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois

Miller, Arnold, president, United Mine Workers of America; accompanied

by Lorin E. Kerr, M.D.; Jimmy C. Cooper; Theodore Scislowicz; B. P.

Lewallen; Woodrow Browning; and Earl D. Richardson-----

Bryant, Donald, chairman, West Virginia Black Lung Association;

James Kidd, president, Ohio Black Lung Association; William

Worthington, president, Regional Black Lung Association; Paul

Bichko, president, Pennsylvania Black Lung Association; and Anise

Floyd, president, West Virginia miners' wives and widows organization,

a panel..

FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1976

Kurzman, Stephen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Robert P. Bynum,

Associate Commissioner for Program Operation, Social Security Admin-

istration and William J. Rivers, Director, Bureau of Disability In-

surance, Social Security Administration___

DeLury, Bernard E., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Stand-

ards; accompanied by Nancy Snyder, Associate Director, Division of

Coal Mine Workers Compensation and Mark Solomons, Assistant Coun-

sel for Black Lung---

Maisonpierre, Andre, vice president, American Mutual Insurance Alliance_

FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1976

Bagge, Carl E., president, National Coal Association; accompanied by

James R. Garvey, president, Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Monroe-

ville, Pa. and Robert Bein, vice president, Johnson and Higgins, New

York, N.Y__

Alexander, Donald C., Commissioner of Internal Revenue; accompanied

by David E. Dickinson, technical adviser to the chief counsel, IRS and

Meade Emory, assistant to the Commissioner___

Patton, Paul, secretary, National Independent Coal Operations' Associa-

tion, accompanied by John Kilcullen, Esq., counsel.--.

Kalmykow, Andrew, assistant general counsel, American Insurance

Association

Miller, William Jr., general manager, labor relations, raw materials and

shipping, United States Steel Corp.; accompanied by James D. Strader,

Esq., United States Steel Corp. and George L. Hanghaw, administrative

assistant, benefits administration___

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