Appendix. August 1975

Act is amended benefit payments benefits to orphans black lung benefits black lung disease Chairman chest X-ray child claim for benefits claim is filed claimant coal dust Coal Mine Health coal miners committee amendment conference report Congress cost date such claim death December 30 denied DENT dependent diagnosis disabled miners double orphans due to pneumoconiosis Education emphysema enacted entitled ERLENBORN extend black lung Federal Coal Federal Government gentleman from Illinois gentleman from Pennsylvania gentleman yield Health and Safety House bill House recedes industry legislation Lung Benefits Act ment million operator paid paragraph Pennsylvania percent period PERKINS President pulmonary impairment rebuttable presumption regulations Safety Act Secretary of Health Secretary of Labor section 412 Senate Senate amendments silicosis Social Security Act Social Security Administration social security disability Speaker subsection tests tion totally disabled due underground Welfare West Virginia widow workmen's compensation law X-ray evidence