United States · Bill · S
S. 2637 (107th)
Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act
Introduced
18 June 2002
Last action
18 June 2002 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Allen, George [R-VA], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Stability and Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize appropriations to the Combined Fund and the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan to: (1) pay any benefit or administrative costs of unassigned beneficiaries of the Combined Fund; (2) pay any benefit or administrative costs of unassigned beneficiaries of the 1992 UMWA Plan; and (3) eliminate any annual deficit in any premium account of the Combined Fund as certified by the Trustees of the Combined Fund. Makes other related revisions, including: (1) providing for refunds to certain operators; and (2) reductions in annual health benefit premiums to the Fund in the event of a surplus. Redefines a coal wage agreement as: (1) the 1988 agreement, meaning the collective bargaining agreement between the settlors which became effective on February 1, 1988; and (2) the coal wage agreement, meaning the 1988 agreement and any predecessor to the 1988 agreement.
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Timeline
18 June 2002
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
18 June 2002
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 June 2002 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2637
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2637
- us · 107-s-2637 · source updated 19 August 2025