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[CITE: 30USC944]

 
                   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. 944. Statement of reasons for denial of claim

    Any individual whose claim for benefits under this subchapter is 
denied shall receive from the Secretary a written statement of the 
reasons for denial of such claim, and a summary of the administrative 
hearing record or, upon good cause shown, a copy of any transcript 
thereof.

(Pub. L. 91-173, title IV, Sec. 434, as added Pub. L. 95-239, Sec. 14, 
Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 103.)


                             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.
