[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 576 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 576

 To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise the regulations under the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require that belt haulage 
    entries not be used to ventilate active working places in mines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2007

  Mr. Rahall (for himself and Mr. Mollohan) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise the regulations under the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require that belt haulage 
    entries not be used to ventilate active working places in mines.

    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 ``Federal Mine Ventilation Safety Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MINE VENTILATION SAFETY.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Labor shall revise the regulations prescribed pursuant 
to section 303(y) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 863(y)) to require, in any coal mine, regardless of the date on 
which it was opened, that belt haulage entries not be used to ventilate 
active working places.
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