Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§942 Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - BLACK LUNG BENEFITS › Part Part C— - Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1973 › § 942
Summary
Secretary may require employers to report miners’ benefit start/stop dates and amounts. Those reports can’t be used as proof in pneumoconiosis death or total-disability cases. Employers who don’t file face fines up to $500 per failure.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §942
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(a)The Secretary may by regulation require employers to file reports concerning miners who may be or are entitled to benefits under this part, including the date of commencement and cessation of benefits and the amount of such benefits. Any such report shall not be evidence of any fact stated therein in any proceeding relating to death or total disability due to pneumoconiosis of any miner to which such report relates.
(b)Any employer who fails or refuses to file any report required of such employer under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each such failure or refusal.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 1978, see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 95–239, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1978 Amendment note under section 901 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 942
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73