Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6461.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 192, November 21, 2023, Page H5903):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as ``black lung disease''), and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6461, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d80b7b2d41c80fc23b7cd69801b9e61bb3b11339fa437979f8ee62cbf964ea99

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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