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[CITE: 30USC936]

 
                   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. 936. Regulations and reports


(a) Promulgation; applicability of section 553 of title 5

    The Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services are authorized to issue such 
regulations as each deems appropriate to carry out the provisions of 
this subchapter. Such regulations shall be issued in conformity with 
section 553 of title 5, notwithstanding subsection (a) thereof.

(b) Annual reports to Congress

    At the end of each fiscal year, the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall submit to the Congress an annual report upon the subject matter of 
part B of this subchapter, and, after January 1, 1974, the Secretary of 
Labor shall also submit such a report upon the subject matter of this 
part. Each such report shall be prepared and submitted to Congress in 
accordance with the requirement with respect to submission under section 
942 of title 33.

(c) Compliance with State workmen's compensation laws; conflicts between 
        State and Federal provisions

    Nothing in this subchapter shall relieve any operator of the duty to 
comply with any State workmen's compensation law, except insofar as such 
State law is in conflict with the provisions of this subchapter and the 
Secretary by regulation, so prescribes. The provisions of any State 
workmen's compensation law which provide greater benefits than the 
benefits payable under this subchapter shall not thereby be construed or 
held to be in conflict with the provisions of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 91-173, title IV, Sec. 426, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 798; Pub. 
L. 92-303, Sec. 5(3), May 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 103-296, title 
I, Sec. 108(i)(3), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1488; Pub. L. 104-66, title 
I, Sec. 1102(b)(2), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 723.)

                       References in Text

    Section 942 of title 33, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the 
original ``section 42 of the Longshore Harbor Worker's Compensation 
Act'' and was translated as reading ``section 42 of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act'' to reflect the probable intent of 
Congress.


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-66 substituted ``At the end of each 
fiscal year, the'' for ``Within 120 days following the convening of each 
session of Congress the'' and inserted at end ``Each such report shall 
be prepared and submitted to Congress in accordance with the requirement 
with respect to submission under section 942 of title 33.''
    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-296, Sec. 108(i)(3)(A), substituted 
``, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services'' for ``and the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-296, Sec. 108(i)(3)(B), substituted 
``Commissioner of Social Security'' for ``Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare''.
    1972--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-303 substituted ``January 1, 1974'' 
for ``January 1, 1973''.


                    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 title 33 section 942.
