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[CITE: 30USC934a]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                   CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
 
           Part C--Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1973
 
Sec. 934a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-119, title I, Sec. 103(b), Dec. 
        29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1638
        
    Section, Pub. L. 95-227, Sec. 3(a)-(c), Feb. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 12; 
Pub. L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. 
L. 96-222, title I, Sec. 108(b)(2)(A), (3)(A), Apr. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 
226, established a Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, designated trustees 
for the fund, and provided for operation of the fund. See section 9501 
of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.


                        Effective Date of Repeal

    Repeal effective Jan. 1, 1982, see section 103(d)(1) of Pub. L. 97-
119, set out as an Effective Date note under section 9501 of Title 26, 
Internal Revenue Code.


   Provisions Relating to Payment of Benefits to Miners and Eligible 
Survivors of Miners To Take Effect as Rules and Regulations of Secretary 
                                of Labor

    Pub. L. 95-239, Sec. 20(b), Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 106, provided 
that in the event that the payment of benefits to miners and to eligible 
survivors of miners cannot be made from the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund established by section 3(a) of the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act 
of 1977 [former subsec. (a) of this section], the provisions of the Act 
relating to the payment of benefits to miners and to eligible survivors 
of miners, as in effect immediately before the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Mar. 1, 1978], shall take effect, as rules and regulations of 
the Secretary of Labor until such provisions are revoked, amended, or 
revised by law, and that the Secretary of Labor may promulgate 
additional rules and regulations to carry out such provisions and shall 
make benefit payments to miners and to eligible survivors of miners in 
accordance with such provisions.
