Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.2768 S-MINER Act

Miner Safety Bill Clears House, Bush Veto Looms

2008-01-23T19:00:00Z

The S-MINER bill (HR 2768) passed the House in a 214-199 vote, largely along party lines. The bill creates additional federal protections for miners and ...

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Despite Bush veto threat, House passes new mine safety bill

2008-01-21T19:00:00Z

The S-Miner Act, HR 2768, “would build on the improvements” in mine safety enacted two years ago in a bipartisan mine safety law after a series of disasters ...

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Despite Bush veto threat, House passes new mine safety bill

2008-01-21T19:00:00Z

The S-Miner Act, HR 2768, "would build on the improvements" in mine safety enacted 2 years ago in a bipartisan mine safety law after a series of disasters ...

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Thomas Voting Reports

2008-01-19T19:00:00Z

Republican mining bill: Members defeated, 188-229, a GOP attempt to strip HR 2768 (above) of its sweeping new regulations on the US mining industry. ...

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House Passes Mine Safety Bill Despite Veto Threats

2008-01-17T19:00:00Z

The measure, HR 2768, the Supplementary Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act, was introduced after an explosion at Crandall Canyon Mine ...

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Tough new health & safety bill approved on narrow US House vote

2008-01-16T19:00:00Z

The National Mining Association quickly expressed its disappointment with passage of HR 2768, the Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response ...

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White House Opposes Mine Safety Bill

2008-01-14T19:00:00Z

... with people's lives and work with Congress to enact mine safety reforms that were left unaddressed by the MINER Act of 2006." The bill number is HR 2768.

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The Week Ahead: The Week of January 14

2008-01-13T19:00:00Z

Later in the week, action expected on HR 2768, the mine safety bill. The majority leader's schedule for the week is available here. ...

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Coal Industry Finds a Friend in Court

2007-12-11T19:00:00Z

Now Congress is working on additional mine safety legislation -- the S-MINER Act (HR 2768) -- that many in the industry see as impractical and unnecessary. ...

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The Week Just Passed: Military Spending, Government-Wide Spending ...

2007-11-18T19:00:00Z

New Items HR 2768 The S-MINER Act Costs $1.68 per family http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2768.html S. 1642 The Higher Education Amendments ...

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Major MINER Act Reform Bill Passes House Committee

2007-10-30T20:00:00Z

By a vote of 26 to 18, the US House Education and Labor Committee approved HR 2768, The Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, ...

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ASSE: Some Provisions in House Mining Bills "Not Realistic"

2007-09-23T20:00:00Z

... American Society of Safety Engineers President Michael W. Thompson, CSP, offers comments on mining safety reform legislation, HR 2768 and HR 2769, ...

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UMWA: Doubling of Black Lung Prevalence "Shocking and Disturbing"

2007-09-13T20:00:00Z

... or S-MINER Act (HR. 2768 and HR 2769 in the House and S. 1655 in the Senate), includes language that would lower permissible respirable dust standards ...

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OSHA Is Watching--How to Handle a Construction Inspection

2007-08-28T20:00:00Z

According to Abrams, employers covered by OSHA should be aware that the proposed S-Miner Act (HR 2768) would cut silica exposure limits in the mining ...

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Quaker organization urges congress to tighten mine safety rules

2007-08-21T20:00:00Z

That legislation, HR 2768 and 2769 and S. 1655, introduced in June of this year by Representatives George Miller (D-CA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), ...

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Mollohan Joins with Rahall, California's George Miller as Original ...

2007-06-20T20:00:00Z

The legislation (HR 2768 and HR 2769) would establish an independent ombudsman to ensure proper attention to miner complaints of unsafe conditions and to ...

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