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[CITE: 30USC942]

 
                   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. 942. Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure 
        or refusal to file
        
    (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.

(Pub. L. 91-173, title IV, Sec. 432, as added Pub. L. 95-239, 
Sec. 12(b), Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 101.)


                             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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 26 section 9501.
