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[CITE: 30USC925]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                   CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
 
    Part B--Claims for Benefits Filed on or Before December 31, 1973
 
Sec. 925. Procedure for the determination of claims during 
        transition period
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, for the 
purpose of assuring the uninterrupted receipt of benefits by claimants 
at such time as responsibility for administration of the benefits 
program is assumed by either a State workmen's compensation agency or 
the Secretary of Labor, any claim for benefits under this part filed 
during the period from July 1, 1973 to December 31, 1973, shall be 
considered and determined in accordance with the procedures of this 
section. With respect to any such claim--
        (1) Such claim shall be determined and, where appropriate under 
    this part or section 9501(d) of title 26, benefits shall be paid 
    with respect to such claim by the Secretary of Labor.
        (2) The manner and place of filing such claim shall be in 
    accordance with regulations issued jointly by the Commissioner of 
    Social Security and the Secretary of Labor, which regulations shall 
    provide, among other things, that such claims may be filed in 
    district offices of the Social Security Administration and 
    thereafter transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of 
    Labor for further consideration.
        (3) The Secretary of Labor shall promptly notify any operator 
    who he believes, on the basis of information contained in the claim, 
    or any other information available to him, may be liable to pay 
    benefits to the claimant under part C of this subchapter for any 
    month after December 31, 1973.
        (4) In determining such claims, the Secretary of Labor shall, to 
    the extent appropriate, follow the procedures described in 
    subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 919 of title 33.
        (5) Any operator who has been notified of the pendency of a 
    claim under paragraph 4 of this subsection shall be bound by the 
    determination of the Secretary of Labor on such claim as if the 
    claim had been filed pursuant to part C of this subchapter and 
    section 932 of this title had been applicable to such operator. 
    Nothing in this paragraph shall require any operator to pay any 
    benefits for any month prior to January 1, 1974.

    (b) The Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the Commissioner 
of Social Security, may issue such regulations as are necessary or 
appropriate to carry out the purpose of this section.

(Pub. L. 91-173, title IV, Sec. 415, as added Pub. L. 92-303, Sec. 7, 
May 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 156; amended Pub. L. 97-119, title I, 
Sec. 104(b)(2), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1639; Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 103-296, title I, Sec. 108(i)(2), 
Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1488.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (a)(2), (b). Pub. L. 103-296 substituted 
``Commissioner of Social Security'' for ``Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare''.
    1986--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', which for purposes 
of codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus requiring no change 
in text.
    1981--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-119 substituted ``section 9501(d) 
of title 26'' for ``section 934 of this title''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-296 effective Mar. 31, 1995, see section 
110(a) of Pub. L. 103-296, set out as a note under section 401 of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 945 of this title.
