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10/2/2007--Introduced.<br/>Mine Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the MINER Act to require the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, as soon as practicable after being notified of a mining accident involving a mine operator and resulting in a mine emergency response by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), to: (1) designate and publicize the name and phone number of a director of a family support service as a point of contact within the federal government for the families of miners involved and as a liaison between the operator and the families; and (2) designate an independent nonprofit organization with primary responsibility for coordinating the emotional care and support of the miners' families.<br/>Sets forth responsibilities of the MSHA and the designated organization in such an accident.<br/>Prohibits: (1) impeding the ability of MSHA or the designated organization to carry out their responsibilities or the ability of families to have contact with one another; (2) unsolicited communications by attorneys or parties to litigation to injured individuals or their families concerning a potential action for personal injury or wrongful death before the 45th day following the accident date; and (3) preventing a designated organization from providing mental health and counseling services.<br/>Directs operators that are subject to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to submit to the Secretary of Labor a plan for addressing the needs of the families of miners involved in such accidents. Shields an operator from liability for damages (except for gross negligence or intentional misconduct) in any action brought in a federal or state court arising out of the operator's performance in preparing or providing a miner list pursuant to such plan.<br/>Requires the Secretary to establish a task force to develop guidelines and recommendations about responding to mining accidents.<br/>

1191297600 2007-10-02 Fri Nov 07 16:45:38 -0600 2008 introduced 46514 'act':5 '2007':7 'mine':1 'assist':4 'disast':2 'famili':3 53463 false short introduced 46514 'bill':2 'mine':12 'accid':13 'miner':9 'assist':5 'famili':7 'involv':10 'provid':4 52585 false official introduced 46514 1191297600 Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 -0500 2007 131325 M001111 1950-10-11 7694 173 Russell Senate Office Building http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm 202-224-0238 Patty 'd':4 'wa':5 'sen':1 'patti':2,6,8 'murray':3,7,9 F 300076 Murray Patty_Murray Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] 3512 N00007876 11110 Democrat 202-224-2621 Roman Catholic WA Patty Murray 4.36764705882353 http://murray.senate.gov/ C001041 1947-10-26 38260 Hillary 'd':4 'ny':5 'sen':1 'clinton':3,7,9 'hillari':2,6,8 F 300022 Clinton Hillary_Clinton Rodham Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] 14835 N00000019 25554 Democrat Methodist NY Hillary Clinton 3.34848484848485 H000206 1939-11-19 3701 731 Hart Senate Office Building http://harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm 202-224-9369 Thomas 'd':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'tom':8 'thoma':2,6,9 'harkin':3,7,10 M 300051 Harkin Tom_Harkin Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA] 1929 Tom N00004207 9561 Democrat 202-224-3254 Roman Catholic IA Tom Thomas Harkin 3.10714285714286 http://harkin.senate.gov/ SenatorTomHarkin K000105 1932-02-22 12654 317 Russell Senate Office Building http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm 202-224-2417 Edward 'd':4 'ma':5 'sen':1 'ted':8 'edward':2,6,9 'kennedi':3,7,10 M 300059 Kennedy Edward_Kennedy M. Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA] 7031 Ted N00000308 19714 Democrat 202-224-4543 Catholic MA Ted Edward Kennedy 3.52252252252252 http://kennedy.senate.gov/ introduced 46514 1191297600 Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 -0500 2007 131325 action 46514 1191297600 Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 -0500 2007 131326 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12441) action 46514 1191297600 Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 -0500 2007 131327 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.