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30 U.S.C. § 940 — Regulations and reports
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**(a) Promulgation; applicability of section 553 of title 5** The Secretary of Labor 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim), notwithstanding subsection (a) thereof.
**(b) Annual reports to Congress** At the end of fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the subject matter of this part and part B of this subchapter. 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section942&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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.
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**(a) Promulgation; applicability of section 553 of title 5** The Secretary of Labor 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim), notwithstanding subsection (a) thereof.
**(b) Annual reports to Congress** At the end of fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the subject matter of this part and part B of this subchapter. 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section942&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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.
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**(a) Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund** There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund”. The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund shall consist of the securities held by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Old-Age Reserve Account and the amount standing to the credit of the Old-Age Reserve Account on the books of the Treasury on January 1, 1940, which securities and amount the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and, in addition, such gifts and bequests as may be made as provided in subsection (i)(1), and such amounts as may be appropriated to, or deposited in, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. There is hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for each fiscal year thereafter, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 100 per centum of—
(1) the taxes (including interest, penalties, and additions to the taxes) received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (and covered into the Treasury) which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue before January 1, 1951; and
(2) the taxes certified each month by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as taxes received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of such Code which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue after December 31, 1950, and before January 1, 1953, with respect to assessments of such taxes made before January 1, 1951; and
(3) the taxes imposed by
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The Secretary shall make to Congress at the end of each fiscal year,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. a report of the administration of this chapter for the preceding fiscal year, including a detailed statement of receipts of and expenditures from the fund established in [section 944 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section944&num=0&edition=prelim), together with such recommendations as the Secretary deems advisable. Such report shall include the annual report required under [section 936(b) of title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section936/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be identified as the Annual Report of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs.
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**(a) In general** Telephone service or equivalent two-way communication facilities, approved by the Secretary or his authorized representative, shall be provided between the surface and each landing of main shafts and slopes and between the surface and each working section of any coal mine that is more than one hundred feet from a portal.
**(b) Accident preparedness and response**
(1) **In general** — Each underground coal mine operator shall carry out on a continuing basis a program to improve accident preparedness and response at each mine.
(2) **Response and preparedness plan**
(A) *In general* — Not later than 60 days after June 15, 2006, each underground coal mine operator shall develop and adopt a written accident response plan that complies with this subsection with respect to each mine of the operator, and periodically update such plans to reflect changes in operations in the mine, advances in technology, or other relevant considerations. Each such operator shall make the accident response plan available to the miners and the miners’ representatives.
(B) *Plan requirements* — An accident response plan under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) provide for the evacuation of all individuals endangered by an emergency; and
(ii) provide for the maintenance of individuals trapped underground in the event that miners are not able to evacuate the mine.
(C) *Plan approval* — The accident response plan under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to review and approval by the Secretary. In determining whether to approve a particular plan the Secretary shall take into consideration all comments submitted by miners or their representatives. Approved plans shall—
(i) afford miners a level of safety protection at least consistent with the existing standards, in
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**(a)** This section applies, according to the provisions thereof, except to the extent that there is involved—
(1) a military or foreign affairs function of the United States; or
(2) a matter relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.
**(b)** General notice of proposed rule making shall be published in the Federal Register, unless persons subject thereto are named and either personally served or otherwise have actual notice thereof in accordance with law. The notice shall include—
(1) a statement of the time, place, and nature of public rule making proceedings;
(2) reference to the legal authority under which the rule is proposed;
(3) either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved; and
(4) the Internet address of a summary of not more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, in plain language, that shall be posted on the Internet website under section 206(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002 ([44 U.S.C. 3501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3501&num=0&edition=prelim) note) (commonly known as regulations.gov).
Except when notice or hearing is required by statute, this subsection does not apply—
(A) to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice; or
(B) when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.
**(c)** After notice required by this section, the agency shall give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making through subm
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 939
the term ‘‘miner’’ shall not include any person
who has been found to be totally disabled.
(b) Determination by Secretary; procedure
Any miner who believes that he has been dis-
charged or otherwise discriminated against by
any person in violation of subsection (a) of this
section, or any representative of such miner
may, within ninety days after such violation oc-
curs, apply to the Secretary for a review of such
alleged discharge or discrimination. A copy of
the application shall be sent to such person who
shall be the respondent. Upon receipt of such ap-
plication, the Secretary shall cause such inves-
tigation to be made as he deems appropriate.
Such investigation shall provide an opportunity
for a public hearing at the request of any party
to enable the parties to present information re-
lating to such violation. The parties shall be
given written notice of the time and place of the
hearing at least five days prior to the hearing.
Any such hearing shall be of record and shall be
subject to section 554 of title 5. Each adminis-
trative law judge presiding under this section
and under the provisions of subchapters I, II and
III of this chapter shall receive compensation at
a rate determined under section 5372 of title 5.
Upon receiving the report of such investigation,
the Secretary shall make findings of fact. If he
finds that such violation did occur, he shall
issue a decision, incorporating an order therein,
requiring the person committing such violation
to take such affirmative action as the Secretary
deems appropriate, including, but not limited
to, the rehiring or reinstatement of the miner to
his former position with back pay. If he finds
that there was no such violation, he shall is
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