Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102

§942 Miner Benefit Entitlement Reports; Penalty for Failure or Refusal to File

Title 30 › CHAPTER 22 — MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH › SUBCHAPTER IV — BLACK LUNG BENEFITS › Part C — Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1973 › § 942

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make rules that require employers to give reports about miners who may be getting, or are getting, benefits under this part. The reports can include when the benefits started and stopped and how much was paid. Those reports cannot be used as proof in any legal or administrative case about a miner’s death or total disability from pneumoconiosis. If an employer fails or refuses to file a required report, the employer can be fined up to $500 for each failure or refusal.

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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102