Support for Miners' Survivors Bill
Official: Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
The Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025 simplifies the benefits process for families of miners who died from lung disease, ensuring they receive support more easily.
1. This bill makes it easier for families of deceased miners to claim benefits. 2. It creates a presumption that a miner's death was caused by lung disease if they were disabled by it. 3. The bill restores some previous rules that help families of miners who died from lung disease. 4. It establishes a program to pay for attorneys' fees and medical expenses for claimants. 5. The changes apply to claims filed within the last five years and those pending now.
Families of miners who died from pneumoconiosis or related conditions.