MILLER RELEASES “DISCUSSION DRAFT” OF MINER SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 2010

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Volume 6, Number 15

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            Representative George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, released a “discussion draft” of a bill on June 29, 2010, which would make significant changes to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.  In a statement posted on the House Committee on Education and Labor’s website, lawmakers said, “It is the hope of the authors that this paper can form the basis of productive discussions with Congressional colleagues and interested stakeholders, and can be the starting point for bipartisan legislation that will protect all our workers and prevent future disasters by improving compliance with mine and occupational safety and health laws.”