How HR 9556 changes current law

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The bill updates the benefit payment structure for miners with pneumoconiosis by introducing new rates and indexing them to inflation, significantly increasing the compensation they receive.

• 30 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)

  during the disability → during the disability:

  This change introduces a colon at the end of the sentence, signaling that further details about the benefit payments will follow.

• 30 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)

  at a rate → (A) For any calendar year preceding 2026, at a rate

  This change establishes that for years before 2026, the benefit rate structure remains unchanged but categorized.

• 30 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)

  step 1. → step 1. (B) For calendar year 2026, for each month after the date of enactment of the Support Our Miners Act for which benefits are payable to such miner, at a monthly pay rate equal to the quotient of-- (i) $15,030, and (ii) 12.

  This change introduces a new benefit structure for 2026, setting a specific monthly rate.

• 30 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)

  (C) For calendar year 2027 and each succeeding calendar year-- (i) at an annual rate equal to the product of-- (I)(aa) for calendar 2027, $15,030; or (bb) for a calendar year after calendar year 2027, the annual rate determined under this subparagraph for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the determination is being made under this subparagraph, and (II) the greater of one or the ratio of-- (aa) the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the determination is being made under this subparagraph; to (bb) such Consumer Price Index for the second calendar year preceding the calendar year for which the determination is being made under this subparagraph; and (ii) at a monthly rate equal to the quotient of-- (I) the annual rate determined under clause (i) for the calendar year for which the determination is being made under this subparagraph; and (II) 12.

  This change establishes a new formula for calculating benefits for 2027 and beyond, linking them to the Consumer Price Index to adjust for inflation.