PUBLIC LAW 97-119—DEC. 29, 1981
95 STAT. 1637
of the Treasury (as of the close of the calendar month preceding the month in which the advance is made) to be equal to the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the anticipated period during which the advance will be outstanding. "(d) EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST FUND.—Amounts in the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for— "(1) the payment of benefits under section 422 of the Black Lung Benefits Act in any case in which the Secretary of Labor determines that— "(A) the operator liable for the payment of such benefits— "(i) has not commenced payment of such benefits within 30 days after the date of an initial determination of eligibility by the Secretary of Labor, or "(ii) has not made a payment within 30 days after that pa3mientisdue, except that, in the case of a claim filed on or after the date of the enactment of the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1981, amounts will be available under this subparagraph only for benefits accruing after the date of such initial determination, or "(B) there is no operator who is liable for the payment of such benefits, "(2) the payment of obligations incurred by the Secretary of Labor with respect to all claims of miners or their survivors in which the miner's last coal mine employment was before January 1, 1970, (3) the repayment into the Treasury of the United States of an amount equal to the sum of the amounts expended by the Secretary of Labor for claims under part C of the Black Lung Benefits Act which were paid before April 1, 1978, except that the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund shall not be obligated to pay or reimburse any such amounts which are attributable to periods of eligibility before January 1, 1974, (4) the repayment of, and the payment of interest on, repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, "(5) the payment of all expenses of administration on or after March 1, 1978— "(A) incurred by the Department of Labor or the Department of Health and Human Services under part C of the Black Lung Benefits Act (other than under section 427(a) or 433), or "(B) incurred by the Department of the Treasury in administering subchapter B of chapter 32 and in carrying out its responsibilities with respect to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, "(6) the reimbursement of operators for amounts paid by such operators (other than as penalties or interest) before April 1, 1978, in satisfaction (in whole or in part) of claims of miners whose last emplo3maent in coal mines was terminated before January 1, 1970, and "(7) the reimbursement of operators and insurers for amounts paid by such operators and insurers (other than amounts paid as penalties, interest, or attorney fees) at any time in satisfaction (in whole or in part) of any claim denied (within the meaning of section 402(i) of the Black Lung Benefits Act) before March 1,
30 USC 932.
30 USC 93i.
30 USC 937,943. 26 USC 4i2i.
Post, p. 1645.
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