H.R.2768 - S-MINER Act

To establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and for other purposes. view all titles (7)

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  • Short: S-MINER Act as introduced.
  • Short: Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: S-MINER Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Short: S-MINER Act as passed house.
  • Official: To establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and for other purposes. as introduced.

News Coverage

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01/23/08
Miner Safety Bill Clears House, Bu...

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

Source: OMB Watch
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01/21/08
Despite Bush veto threat, House pa...

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 ...

Source: People's Weekly World
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01/21/08
Despite Bush veto threat, House pa...

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 se...

Source: Workday Minnesota, MN
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01/19/08
Thomas Voting Reports

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

Source: TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), WA
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01/17/08
House Passes Mine Safety Bill Desp...

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

Source: Mineweb
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01/16/08
Tough new health & safety bill app...

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

Source: The Associated Press
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01/14/08
White House Opposes Mine Safety Bill

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

Source: The Associated Press
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01/13/08
The Week Ahead: The Week of Januar...

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

Source: Manufacturers' Blog, DC
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12/11/07
Coal Industry Finds a Friend in Court

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

Source: State Journal, WV
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11/18/07
The Week Just Passed: Military Spe...

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 Ed...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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Blog Coverage

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07/31/11
H.R. 2768 - OpenCongress

Chris Dunn points out to me a column by Keynesian economist Dean Baker where he endorses Ron Paul's introduction of a Congressional bill ...

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01/06/09
The Writing Corner: Sandra Day O'C...

... Gurney Norman (1); Gypsy Meltdown (1); H.R. 2768 (1); h.r.297.07 (1); h.r.96.07 (1); habeas (1); Harlan Coben (1); Hayden Carruth (1)...

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01/02/09
The Writing Corner: Obama's Transi...

... Gurney Norman (1); Gypsy Meltdown (1); H.R. 2768 (1); h.r.297.07 (1); h.r.96.07 (1); habeas (1); Harlan Coben (1); Hayden Carruth (1)...

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12/24/08
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12/24/08
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12/24/08
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12/23/08
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12/18/08
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12/14/08
NFIB.com - Report on the 110th Con...

In opposing H.R. 2768, the Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, NFIB successfully blocked a proposal that would ...

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12/14/08
The Writing Corner: Obama's Aunt: ...

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