Rep. Shea-Porter Introduces Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-New Hampshire has introduced the bill (H.

R.5785), legislation that would "direct the Mine Safety and Health Administration to provide to mine operators for distribution to miners wallet cards and similar devices containing the phone number of the Administration's national hazard reporting phone number."

The bill was introduced on July 20. It was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee.

A copy of the full-text of the legislation follows:

H.

R.5785

To direct the Mine Safety and Health Administration to provide to mine operators for distribution to miners wallet cards and similar devices containing the phone number of the Administration's national hazard reporting phone number.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the 'Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act'.

SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL HAZARD REPORTING HOTLINE PHONE NUMBER.

Title I of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.

S.

C. 811 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

'SEC. 117. NATIONAL HAZARD REPORTING HOTLINE.

'The Secretary shall provide to all operators plastic wallet cards, refrigerator magnets, and other similar devices, containing the toll-free telephone number and appropriate Internet website address of the national hazard reporting hotline established by the Secretary. Each operator shall ensure that each miner employed at each mine of the operator receives such cards, magnets, or other devices and shall make available such cards, magnets, or other devices to all miner communities in order to facilitate the reporting mine accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, possible violations of this Act or of mandatory health or safety standards or plans, or other mine safety and health concerns.'.

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