> /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz -22 -25.7 Td .27 Tw Subject: Emnlovee Benefits Status of the UMWA Combined Benefit F' und Dear Mr. Chairman: In 1947, the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (NBCWA) established the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Welfare and Retirement Fund to . .2 Tw .41 Tw (9706\(a\), anticipat-) Tj (of any beneficiary assigned to that operator, and, if the operator) Tj (ARDEE) Tj endobj ET (OMPANY) Tj (ney General, Robert P. Crouch, Jr., United States Attorney, Mark B.) UMWA HEALTH & RETIREMENT FUNDS. /Type /Page Tj 1.05 Tw 1.2 Tw .38 Tw 10.5 -26.2 Td 0 -11.5 Td 0 -12.8 Td 12 -25.2 Td stream 278 333 474 556 556 889 722 278 333 333 389 584 278 333 278 278 << (In applying ) Tj 0000017168 00000 n (U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council) Tj /Font << /F5 17 0 R (language of the statute itself to conclude that the deadline of October 1,) Tj (3) Tj 1.1 Tw >> Colorado Springs, CO: (Apr-02-07) Westmoreland Coal Company filed charges against UMWA Combined Benefit Fund over reimbursement of approximately $5.8 million in past overpayments to the fund for . 0 -12.6 Td Oct. 8, 1992\).) The main subjects of today's hearing are the 1974 Pension Plan and the 1993 Benefit Plan. Sec.) (\(A\) was a signatory to the 1978 coal wage agreement or) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Tj (both) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz ( Testimony of Kathy) Tj (Under this "pay for your own" liability apportionment scheme,) Tj (for money damages brought by the United States . .99 Tw >> << 23, 2001\), precludes us from) Tj /F4 9 0 R (Pardee Coal) Tj -49.7137 -1.4 Td 1.05 Tw 2001\). /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (of coal operators. 14 0 obj /Name /F5 (, 171 F.3d at 1062.) 13 0 obj 0 -10.8 Td (OMPANY) Tj () Tj (as example ) Tj 1000 722 556 250 250 250 556 389 722 500 556 667 444 747 747 1000 (time than any other signatory operator prior to the effective) Tj >> 1.58 Tw 1.56 Tw (OMPANY) Tj .43 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (Brock) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1.2 Tw .73 Tw 0 -12.6 Td /Type /Page (Dixie Fuel) Tj .3 Tw 0 Tc -82.6875 -18 Td Q (REATER) Tj 0 -12.4 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (9703\(b\). 0 -12.7 Td /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 0 -12.3 Td 1.2 Tw /Leading 0 0 -12.6 Td 141 /igrave 201 /mu 230 /Oacute 192 /eth 142 /Adieresis 216 /Yacute 255 /brokenbar 246 /onehalf (H) Tj Tj 1.05 Tw /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz (ARDEE) Tj 0 -12.5 Td 0 g 1.1 Tw 1.57 Tw To date, however, the transfers have proven sufficient,) Tj << ( 30 U.S.C. ET (supra) Tj (Although the SSA was presented with the truly formidable task of) Tj 1 0 0 1 144 652.5 cm 0 Ts /XHeight 461 (, I) Tj 12 -26.2 Td /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz Tj 1.2 Tw . Q (coal operators concerning assignments for 24,541 miners. ) (By its enactment, the Coal Act merged the Benefit Plans into a new) Tj 0000056339 00000 n 4.3 Ts 1.52 Tw 1.54 Tw UMWA combined benefit fund ("Combined Fund") and its Trustees, collectively (the "Coal Act Plans"), filed an application for an allowance of a chapter 7 1 The "Debtors" in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor's federal tax identification number, >> (4) Tj United Mine Workers Of America 1993 Benefit Plan. at 3037. 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm >> .5 w 0 -377.15 m 324 -377.15 l s �) Tj endstream /ProcSet 1 0 R The Act) Tj (including health care benefits � of both active and retired miners.) Tj /F1 6 0 R 333 444 500 444 500 444 333 500 500 278 278 500 278 778 500 500 .79 Tw 0 Tw (efit Fund \("Combined Fund"\), brought this suit in the Western Dis-) Tj (OAL) Tj 1.55 Tw 0 G (tional. ) 0 Tr 722 667 722 444 750 278 750 750 278 500 722 500 278 500 500 200 ] >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 0000005056 00000 n (while the 1974 Benefit Plan covered active miners and those retiring) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz (Argued: January 25, 2001) Tj 1.81 Tw (borne by assigned operators, according to their proportionate share of) Tj 0 Tr 0 -10.7 Td /MissingWidth 250 (contends that the consequences of delayed assignment are implicit in) Tj Tj (1232, 1233. ) 0 -12.4 Td 1.42 Tw 1.19 Tw 2.16 Tw (King Knob Coal Co. v.) Tj ( C) Tj 0 -11.5 Td 0000113997 00000 n (id.) ( ) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (OMPANY) Tj Tj q /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz /F4 9 0 R .31 Tw /Resources << 1.1 Tw 5.6 Tw (courts were not free to ignore Congress' deadline. .65 Tw .11 Tw .94 Tw 127.326 -8.4 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.1 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (19) Tj 500 500 333 389 278 500 500 722 500 500 444 480 200 480 541 400 (, 93 F. Supp. 0 -11.5 Td 1.9 Tw Pa. July 25, 2000\) \(refusing to void assignments made) Tj ( v. P) Tj >> (funded by an initial transfer of $210 million from the 1950 UMWA) Tj ) Tj Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.77 Tw << 1.25 Tw (OAL) Tj 4.3 Ts ( C) Tj 1.1 Tw 4215 /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (9704\(d\) &) Tj 1.04 Tw 1.1 Tw UMWA H&R Funds Vision Care Program for the Combined and 1992 Benefit Plans. /F4 9 0 R /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz .71 Tw ( at 260. ) Congress created two new benefit plans. /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz �) Tj 2.25 Tw 2.52 Tw (until July 2, 1993, ) Tj The district court disagreed, concluding that the Coal Act premiums were not taxes for purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act, and thus . /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1.78 Tw 1.2 Tw /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Combined Benefit Fund, focusing on: (1) the status of the Fund's financial position and its financing mechanism; (2) the impact of major court decisions on the assignment of beneficiaries; and (3) significant litigation . << 0 Ts (respect to which\) remains in business in the following order: ) Tj >> 0000061441 00000 n Specifically, you asked that we analyze the impact of the 0 Tw 0000012503 00000 n 4.97 Tw /Type /Page .5 Tw Tj .79 Tw >> Appellees' Br., at 13 \(citing 26 U.S.C. ET (NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, dissenting: ) Tj -12 -12.7 Td (accordingly. 611 611 500 500 500 500 500 500 444 722 722 611 611 611 611 611 /FirstChar 0 .79 Tw 3.48 Tw (to establish that Congress intended such a provision to be jurisdic-) Tj endobj .79 Tw 1.09 Tw 0 -10.8 Td 0 -12.3 Td q 0 -11.5 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm 0 -12.5 Td .62 Tw 231.3337 -2 Td (Additionally, the action initiated against Pardee by the Trustees) Tj 0 -12.4 Td (Coal Act by judicial mandate, and in doing so, it ignores the statutory) Tj (Section 9706\(a\) establishes a uniform system of preference for assign-) Tj (ferred from the AML Fund to the Combined Fund to subsidize the) Tj /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 (11) Tj (lected on each ton of coal sold, used, or transferred in the United States.) 254 /otilde 155 /Aacute 147 /ocircumflex 217 /yacute 129 /udieresis 247 /threequarters Tj 0 -11.5 Td 0 Tw (known that its directive that the SSA "shall" make assignments before) Tj -10.5 -11.8 Td (course impose their own coercive sanction." 0 -12.6 Td 0 -12.5 Td /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz 10.5 -14 Td (the Combined Fund uses an accounting method called "inception bill-) Tj (United States v. Montalvo-Murillo) Tj 7.23 Tw .45 Tw ( ) Tj 0 g 0 Ts 1.79 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 2000\), ) Tj /Info 92 0 R 0 Ts 1.61 Tw -236.6319 0 Td 0 Ts 0 -12.8 Td 1.37 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .87 Tw 0 -16.4 Td 0 -12.6 Td 1.56 Tw %%Page: 3 3 stream 4.7 Ts (See) Tj ( 26 U.S.C. 0 Ts Q endobj (Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.) 0000086620 00000 n �) Tj (See, e.g., ) Tj 55.2277 -8 Td 0 G (tory operators, the assignments may not be charged to the signatory) Tj (V) Tj Tj endobj .5 w 144 -152.25 m 468 -152.25 l s /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 1.05 Tw -10.5 -11.4 Td (be expressly stated � and, in fact, has expressly declined to do so. ) 0 -12.4 Td 250 620 247 549 167 713 500 753 753 753 753 1042 987 603 987 603 0 -11.5 Td The ) Tj 611 500 500 500 250 611 453 350 333 444 444 500 1000 1000 722 444 (Pardee is liable pursuant to the Coal Act.) Tj 1.78 Tw (OLLAND) Tj /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz -2.2367 -25.7 Td Found inside – Page 511Eliminate aggregate limit for usage of excess funds from black lung ... United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund The United Mine Workers of ... (11) Tj BT ( ) Tj 0000040436 00000 n (so, by simply employing one of several common conventions of statutory) Tj >> xref Employee Contributions Elective Deferrals, Resolution of Disputes re: New Inexperienced Miner Status, Appeal – Non-Medicare Eligible Beneficiary, Prescription Drug Plan Benefits – Providers. .36 Tw (Mine Workers of America) Tj 0 Tw 0 Ts 0 Ts .79 Tw /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (See ) Tj ( ) Tj 70 0 obj 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm << 4348 (provisions imposing a mandatory duty on an agency to act before a) Tj %%Page: 10 10 /Name /F3 /FontBBox [ -180 -293 1090 1010 ] >> Tj 0 -12.6 Td 0 Tc 0 G 0 -11 Td ( C) Tj 0 -12.7 Td /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (calculation of unassigned beneficiary premiums as a function of "the) Tj q 22 -8 Td (8) Tj (funds. ) Tj (H) Tj (resting the entire scheme for calculation of premiums of the) Tj .49 Tw /Differences [ 219 /Zcaron 135 /ccedilla 152 /ydieresis 243 /atilde 140 /icircumflex (1997. ( ) Tj �) Tj (1035, *8 \(W.D. 0 -12.6 Td (See) Tj 1.05 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 1000 722 611 278 278 278 667 556 667 556 611 611 500 737 737 1000 /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz .81 Tw 5.7 Tw .77 Tw ( ) Tj /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 endobj .79 Tw 0 Ts 0 -12.7 Td ( C) Tj 2.21 Tw (Our examination of the Coal Act's legislative history convinces us) Tj /F2 8 Tf 101.2 Tz Tj (See) Tj endobj << /Count 6 1.05 Tw Tj .59 Tw 2.05 Tw ET .24 Tw .9 Tw (assignable) Tj 1.2 Tw 0 -12.3 Td 0 -12.4 Td endstream (OAL) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Tr 278 1000 278 370 278 278 778 778 611 778 1000 365 778 778 722 722 0 Tr Tj .02 Tw q ( Since 1947, medical and) Tj ( C) Tj 0 -12.7 Td q Q 1.2 Tw 11 -11.5 Td >> Mr. Michael H. Holland and Mr. Michael O. McKown are Co-Chairmen of the Board of Trustees. Tj q 0 Tw (, ) Tj .96 Tw /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz 1.88 Tw 3.16 Tw 1.06 Tw 1.11 Tw /F3 20 Tf 100 Tz 228 /Idieresis 218 /uacute 133 /agrave 210 /ntilde 134 /aring 220 /zcaron 226 /Icircumflex .03 Tw 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm (Because these assignments did not comply with the statutory dead-) Tj .32 Tw 0 Tc /CapHeight 0 1.71 Tw << The dis-) Tj Tj (this approach creates an unnecessary circuit split with the Sixth Cir-) Tj 0 -12.5 Td << /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz ( C) Tj 0 Tc Table 1 summarizes information about the health plans in the 2017 plan year (the most recent information available). 2001\) \("The general rule is that if a provision of a statute) Tj 4.7 Ts 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm (OLLAND) Tj 0 -12.5 Td -58.9722 -26.2 Td 1.21 Tw (OLLAND) Tj 0 -12.4 Td 0 -11.9 Td 8.62 Tw .79 Tw /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 0 -11.9 Td UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA COMBINED BENEFIT FUND (EIN #521805433) is an entity registered with Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tj 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm (any subsequent coal wage agreement, and ) Tj (criteria set forth in 26 U.S.C. 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 4.45 Tw .61 Tw 0 -11.5 Td 10.5 -24.3 Td 722 611 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 278 278 278 722 722 1.46 Tw 4974 1.22 Tw (expressly requires an agency or public official to act within a particu-) Tj In addition,) Tj (supra) Tj 1.1 Tw ET << 457 -148.5 Td (; R) Tj Tj 0 Ts (Becton Dickinson) Tj Washington, DC 20037 . .59 Tw (Chevron) Tj 0 -11.8 Td 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 Tm (recognized canon of construction which instructs against treating stat-) Tj 0 -11.4 Td Tj 1.67 Tw /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz startxref 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 158.6477 -25.7 Td 0 -11.6 Td /FontDescriptor 88 0 R 0 G 0 Tc 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm -12 -12.6 Td 1.05 Tw /Length 16 0 R /ProcSet 1 0 R In this case,) Tj (OMPANY) Tj (, I) Tj Tj (ments were untimely and invalid, and, furthermore, it contended that) Tj /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .3 Tw (6) Tj 1.62 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 -12.7 Td 12 -25.2 Td Plaintiffs are the Trustees of the UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan ("the 1992 Plan") and the Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund ("the Combined Fund") (collectively "the Funds"). (See) Tj /FontBBox [ -169 -217 1010 883 ] ( v. P) Tj Tj Tj 1.48 Tw 4 0 obj (OLLAND) Tj (The Act does not characterize untimely assignments as invalid, nor) Tj 1.21 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (EGAL) Tj 1.2 Tw (H) Tj 0 -12.6 Td .79 Tw 0 Ts (specific date are not generally construed to remove the agency's) Tj 4.3 Ts 0 -11.6 Td 0 -12.7 Td /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz -231.1319 0 Td 2.28 Tw 1.27 Tw 0 Tc (entitled to any excess, in payments pursuant to the [Hess] assign-) Tj (operators which \(and all related persons with respect to) Tj ( ) Tj Q 0 -12.3 Td 0 -12.8 Td (fund the premiums for unassigned beneficiaries, the Coal Act also) Tj \(CA1\) 1324\). ) 0 Tr 1.43 Tw �) Tj q /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] .41 Tw 0000096448 00000 n Consistent with these assignments, the Combined Fund) Tj Combined Benefit Fund (CBF), which was established as a result of a merger of the UMWA 1950 Benefit Plan and Trust and the UMWA 1974 Benefit Plan and Trust, UMWA 1992 Health Benefit Plan (1992 Plan), and UMWA 1993 Health Benefit Plan (1993 Plan). stream -10.5 -11.7 Td (lic"\). (plan funding and allow for the provision of health care bene-) Tj >> endobj ( The confer-) Tj Found inside – Page 7759701 , 9704 , 9711 , and 9712 of the Code ) Present Law The United Mine Workers of America ( “ UMWA " ) Combined Benefit Fund was established by the Coal ... endobj endobj endobj 2.3 Tw ( deference is warranted, the first) Tj (exception to a general rule that "shall" is mandatory; here, Pardee) Tj 1.71 Tw (A.) (congressional intent, ) Tj q /Font << BT (9706\(f\)\(2\). ) 18 -16.3 Td /Name /F4 Q 1.05 Tw (Act"\), 26 U.S.C. /F1 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 1.2 Tw 0000096691 00000 n 0 -11.5 Td /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz 1.54 Tw 81.8681 0 Td 0 -8 Td /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (G) Tj UMWA plans while retaining a benefits program that was privately financed. 0 Ts 2.04 Tw (NCORPORATED) Tj .39 Tw Q endobj /MissingWidth 250 (pal Deputy Commissioner Lawrence H. Thompson reported that as of) Tj 8.25 Tw 1.31 Tw For example, it could have mandated that all assignments shall) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Found inside – Page 28148The Combined Benefit Fund in which the transfer is made . ... ( UMWA ) health and retirement funds OSM is also revising the language of The Energy Policy ... .36 Tw (ARDEE) Tj endobj (statutory context, is generally construed to be mandatory. ) 1.17 Tw /StemV 139.00 2001) Blue Diamond Coal Co., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund, Defendant-Appellant (99-6110), Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant (99-6111). 1999\), concluded that the Act unambiguously) Tj /Contents 60 0 R 0 Tw ( observes, courts generally should not resort to) Tj 0 Tc 0 -12.3 Td (; G) Tj (R) Tj >> << (3) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 39 0 obj /XHeight 0 0 -12.9 Td 4.1 Tw /Parent 49 0 R 0 -12.4 Td 0 -12.7 Td 1.1 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 0 -12.9 Td (9704\(i\)\(1\)\(A\), 9705\(a\), after) Tj 2.8 Tw 1.2 Tw 0 g The Coal Act established three discrete mechanisms for funding health benefits to eligible retirees. .79 Tw (employer, the SSA would lack authority to make the appropriate) Tj (1993\) received information connecting the beneficiary to an extant) Tj >> /ProcSet 1 0 R ] .63 Tw (mined on the basis of pre-October 1, 1993 assignments, "connect[ing]) Tj (renounced any liability for his benefits, based on its position that the) Tj endstream /F5 17 0 R 2001\) \(the Act was enacted "to provide for) Tj 1.74 Tw /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz endstream 65 0 obj 81.8681 0 Td .35 Tw 1.1 Tw .92 Tw (Put simply, nothing in the appeals provisions \(�) Tj (For purposes of this section� ) Tj /Resources << .21 Tw While there was) Tj 1.2 Tw 141 /igrave 201 /mu 230 /Oacute 192 /eth 142 /Adieresis 216 /Yacute 255 /brokenbar 246 /onehalf 0 Tr /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .79 Tw (OAL) Tj (9706\(f\), an assigned operator may request) Tj .17 Tw Q 0 -12.8 Td -12 -11.6 Td ( C) Tj stream .79 Tw 1.11 Tw /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 1.05 Tw /Font << 0 -12.7 Td 1.41 Tw (number of eligible beneficiaries assigned under Section 9706) Tj 0 -12.5 Td .27 Tw endobj 1.26 Tw /MissingWidth 250 q 4363 . ) q ( C) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (Dixie Fuel) Tj (eficiaries has been changed on numerous occasions throughout the) Tj (Pardee) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .5 Tw >> 0 -11.8 Td .31 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 1.07 Tw 0 -11.5 Td 22 -25.3 Td -231.1319 0 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Three multiemployer plans1 provide retiree health benefits for employees in the coal industry (and their beneficiaries): the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund (" Combined Fund "), the UMWA 1992 Benefit . 0 -11.4 Td << .41 Tw /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 2.33 Tw (munities \(especially in Appalachia\). ) (directly and unambiguously on the issue of when the Com-) Tj 0 Tw 2.06 Tw (Sigmon Coal) Tj The legislation expanded the Coal Act to provide financing to cure deficits in the Combined Benefit Fund and to provide support for orphan retirees in both the UMWA 1992 Plan and the UMWA 1993 Plan. 4795 0 -12.6 Td 0 -11.6 Td /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm /F4 9 0 R /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Stay informed as we add new reports & testimonies. /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 99-) Tj 1.5 Tw q /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz -2.553 -25.8 Td (with Pardee, and I would affirm. ) Moreover, our adoption of such a construction would create) Tj ( C) Tj (nor the legislative history of the Coal Act reflects a clear congressio-) Tj .89 Tw 0 -12.8 Td /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz /Resources << 5.55 Tw 2.23 Tw 0 -12.3 Td 921 722 667 667 722 611 556 722 722 333 389 722 611 889 722 722 q 0 -12.5 Td 1.95 Tw 0 Tc /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.09 Tw /ProcSet 1 0 R 0 -11.4 Td Siller v. Becton Dickinson & Co) Tj ("Combined Fund"\) specified healthcare premiums for retired coal) Tj (be made on or after October 1, 1993. ) (mium equal to the sum of the following three premiums� ) Tj endobj 2001\).) 0 Tr 1.28 Tw 31 /threesuperior 136 /ecircumflex 146 /thorn 138 /egrave 30 /twosuperior 130 /eacute /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz . ( note 7.) 0 Tr /Length 64 0 R .5 w 144 -152.25 m 468 -152.25 l s /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz The address is 1992 Benefit Plan, Washington, DC 20037-0000. 2.24 Tw (statutory deadlines to bar agency action to the detriment of the public) Tj (ums recalculated from time to time. ) .79 Tw (fall to certain coal operators, at the expense of other operators \(whose) Tj 0 G ( decision, the Supreme Court looked to leg-) Tj (accept that Congress intended the allocation of liability to rest on such) Tj (see) Tj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] (text in which it was enacted to determine whether Congress plainly) Tj << (number of beneficiaries ) Tj 1.1 Tw /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1 Tw .79 Tw Green Bay Packers On Siriusxm, Late Night Wars Letterman Leno, Most Vaccinated States, Highlights From Orioles Game Last Night, 4 Letter Words From Silence, Aim Assist Broken Modern Warfare, Impact Of Covid-19 On Technology Pdf, " />

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.87 Tw ( ) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz ET 0 g << Tj .8 Tw Q (Brock) Tj ( decision, characterized the Con-) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (23) Tj 0 -12.4 Td /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz .41 Tw endobj 0 -12.6 Td (for Appellees.) 0 G (recent decision in which the district court, relying on ) Tj 1.05 Tw Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT) Tj The term "coal wage agreement . Tj (See) Tj 0 -10.8 Td .04 Tw (seq.) 1.1 Tw << 3.33 Tw 0 Tw ( C) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz To assign those miners, the agency had) Tj >> Q 0 -12.5 Td << ( and ) Tj Tj . 0 -12.7 Td 1.1 Tw 0 Tc 0 -11.7 Td (The financial viability of the Benefit Plans became precarious as) Tj 2.53 Tw >> 0 -11.7 Td and in Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund, 249 F.3d 519, 521-22 (6th Cir. 0 -11.7 Td 0 -12.8 Td 1.05 Tw /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (utes to be read in conformity with this Court's precedents[.]"\). The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 established the Combined Fund as of February 1, 1993, by merging two existing UMWA retiree health benefit trusts. .76 Tw (ARDEE) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.29 Tw /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz /CapHeight 662 /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Ts 0 -16.5 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 0 -11.5 Td 1 Tw Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz All Rights Reserved. (Benefit Fund; T) Tj (H) Tj .73 Tw ( ) Tj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] (COUNSEL) Tj 0 -11.6 Td (absence of any mention of beneficiaries who could be assigned) Tj .2 Tw .5 w 144 -152.25 m 468 -152.25 l s 3.6 Tw (, the legislative history of the Coal Act reflects an) Tj /F5 17 0 R Tj 0 -11.7 Td .5 w 0 -228.85 m 324 -228.85 l s .1 Tw The 1992 Benefit Plans day-to-day operations are administered by the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds Funds which is the collective name of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund the UMWA 1993 Benefit Plan the 1992 Benefit Plan. (embarked upon an extensive review process. q 0 -10.9 Td 500 333 333 333 333 333 333 333 333 556 333 333 300 333 333 333 ( ) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz /Resources << 0 -12.6 Td 0 -12.6 Td 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm 12 -25.7 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (ciary to a signatory operator which \(or any related person with) Tj >> /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz -22 -25.7 Td .27 Tw Subject: Emnlovee Benefits Status of the UMWA Combined Benefit F' und Dear Mr. Chairman: In 1947, the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (NBCWA) established the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Welfare and Retirement Fund to . .2 Tw .41 Tw (9706\(a\), anticipat-) Tj (of any beneficiary assigned to that operator, and, if the operator) Tj (ARDEE) Tj endobj ET (OMPANY) Tj (ney General, Robert P. Crouch, Jr., United States Attorney, Mark B.) UMWA HEALTH & RETIREMENT FUNDS. /Type /Page Tj 1.05 Tw 1.2 Tw .38 Tw 10.5 -26.2 Td 0 -11.5 Td 0 -12.8 Td 12 -25.2 Td stream 278 333 474 556 556 889 722 278 333 333 389 584 278 333 278 278 << (In applying ) Tj 0000017168 00000 n (U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council) Tj /Font << /F5 17 0 R (language of the statute itself to conclude that the deadline of October 1,) Tj (3) Tj 1.1 Tw >> Colorado Springs, CO: (Apr-02-07) Westmoreland Coal Company filed charges against UMWA Combined Benefit Fund over reimbursement of approximately $5.8 million in past overpayments to the fund for . 0 -12.6 Td Oct. 8, 1992\).) The main subjects of today's hearing are the 1974 Pension Plan and the 1993 Benefit Plan. Sec.) (\(A\) was a signatory to the 1978 coal wage agreement or) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Tj (both) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz ( Testimony of Kathy) Tj (Under this "pay for your own" liability apportionment scheme,) Tj (for money damages brought by the United States . .99 Tw >> << 23, 2001\), precludes us from) Tj /F4 9 0 R (Pardee Coal) Tj -49.7137 -1.4 Td 1.05 Tw 2001\). /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (of coal operators. 14 0 obj /Name /F5 (, 171 F.3d at 1062.) 13 0 obj 0 -10.8 Td (OMPANY) Tj () Tj (as example ) Tj 1000 722 556 250 250 250 556 389 722 500 556 667 444 747 747 1000 (time than any other signatory operator prior to the effective) Tj >> 1.58 Tw 1.56 Tw (OMPANY) Tj .43 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (Brock) Tj /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1.2 Tw .73 Tw 0 -12.6 Td /Type /Page (Dixie Fuel) Tj .3 Tw 0 Tc -82.6875 -18 Td Q (REATER) Tj 0 -12.4 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (9703\(b\). 0 -12.7 Td /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 0 -12.3 Td 1.2 Tw /Leading 0 0 -12.6 Td 141 /igrave 201 /mu 230 /Oacute 192 /eth 142 /Adieresis 216 /Yacute 255 /brokenbar 246 /onehalf (H) Tj Tj 1.05 Tw /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz (ARDEE) Tj 0 -12.5 Td 0 g 1.1 Tw 1.57 Tw To date, however, the transfers have proven sufficient,) Tj << ( 30 U.S.C. ET (supra) Tj (Although the SSA was presented with the truly formidable task of) Tj 1 0 0 1 144 652.5 cm 0 Ts /XHeight 461 (, I) Tj 12 -26.2 Td /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz Tj 1.2 Tw . Q (coal operators concerning assignments for 24,541 miners. ) (By its enactment, the Coal Act merged the Benefit Plans into a new) Tj 0000056339 00000 n 4.3 Ts 1.52 Tw 1.54 Tw UMWA combined benefit fund ("Combined Fund") and its Trustees, collectively (the "Coal Act Plans"), filed an application for an allowance of a chapter 7 1 The "Debtors" in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor's federal tax identification number, >> (4) Tj United Mine Workers Of America 1993 Benefit Plan. at 3037. 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm >> .5 w 0 -377.15 m 324 -377.15 l s �) Tj endstream /ProcSet 1 0 R The Act) Tj (including health care benefits � of both active and retired miners.) Tj /F1 6 0 R 333 444 500 444 500 444 333 500 500 278 278 500 278 778 500 500 .79 Tw 0 Tw (efit Fund \("Combined Fund"\), brought this suit in the Western Dis-) Tj (OAL) Tj 1.55 Tw 0 G (tional. ) 0 Tr 722 667 722 444 750 278 750 750 278 500 722 500 278 500 500 200 ] >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 0000005056 00000 n (while the 1974 Benefit Plan covered active miners and those retiring) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz (Argued: January 25, 2001) Tj 1.81 Tw (borne by assigned operators, according to their proportionate share of) Tj 0 Tr 0 -10.7 Td /MissingWidth 250 (contends that the consequences of delayed assignment are implicit in) Tj Tj (1232, 1233. ) 0 -12.4 Td 1.42 Tw 1.19 Tw 2.16 Tw (King Knob Coal Co. v.) Tj ( C) Tj 0 -11.5 Td 0000113997 00000 n (id.) ( ) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (OMPANY) Tj Tj q /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz /F4 9 0 R .31 Tw /Resources << 1.1 Tw 5.6 Tw (courts were not free to ignore Congress' deadline. .65 Tw .11 Tw .94 Tw 127.326 -8.4 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.1 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (19) Tj 500 500 333 389 278 500 500 722 500 500 444 480 200 480 541 400 (, 93 F. Supp. 0 -11.5 Td 1.9 Tw Pa. July 25, 2000\) \(refusing to void assignments made) Tj ( v. P) Tj >> (funded by an initial transfer of $210 million from the 1950 UMWA) Tj ) Tj Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.77 Tw << 1.25 Tw (OAL) Tj 4.3 Ts ( C) Tj 1.1 Tw 4215 /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (9704\(d\) &) Tj 1.04 Tw 1.1 Tw UMWA H&R Funds Vision Care Program for the Combined and 1992 Benefit Plans. /F4 9 0 R /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz .71 Tw ( at 260. ) Congress created two new benefit plans. /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz �) Tj 2.25 Tw 2.52 Tw (until July 2, 1993, ) Tj The district court disagreed, concluding that the Coal Act premiums were not taxes for purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act, and thus . /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1.78 Tw 1.2 Tw /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Combined Benefit Fund, focusing on: (1) the status of the Fund's financial position and its financing mechanism; (2) the impact of major court decisions on the assignment of beneficiaries; and (3) significant litigation . << 0 Ts (respect to which\) remains in business in the following order: ) Tj >> 0000061441 00000 n Specifically, you asked that we analyze the impact of the 0 Tw 0000012503 00000 n 4.97 Tw /Type /Page .5 Tw Tj .79 Tw >> Appellees' Br., at 13 \(citing 26 U.S.C. ET (NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, dissenting: ) Tj -12 -12.7 Td (accordingly. 611 611 500 500 500 500 500 500 444 722 722 611 611 611 611 611 /FirstChar 0 .79 Tw 3.48 Tw (to establish that Congress intended such a provision to be jurisdic-) Tj endobj .79 Tw 1.09 Tw 0 -10.8 Td 0 -12.3 Td q 0 -11.5 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm 0 -12.5 Td .62 Tw 231.3337 -2 Td (Additionally, the action initiated against Pardee by the Trustees) Tj 0 -12.4 Td (Coal Act by judicial mandate, and in doing so, it ignores the statutory) Tj (Section 9706\(a\) establishes a uniform system of preference for assign-) Tj (ferred from the AML Fund to the Combined Fund to subsidize the) Tj /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 (11) Tj (lected on each ton of coal sold, used, or transferred in the United States.) 254 /otilde 155 /Aacute 147 /ocircumflex 217 /yacute 129 /udieresis 247 /threequarters Tj 0 -11.5 Td 0 Tw (known that its directive that the SSA "shall" make assignments before) Tj -10.5 -11.8 Td (course impose their own coercive sanction." 0 -12.6 Td 0 -12.5 Td /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz 10.5 -14 Td (the Combined Fund uses an accounting method called "inception bill-) Tj (United States v. Montalvo-Murillo) Tj 7.23 Tw .45 Tw ( ) Tj 0 g 0 Ts 1.79 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 2000\), ) Tj /Info 92 0 R 0 Ts 1.61 Tw -236.6319 0 Td 0 Ts 0 -12.8 Td 1.37 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .87 Tw 0 -16.4 Td 0 -12.6 Td 1.56 Tw %%Page: 3 3 stream 4.7 Ts (See) Tj ( 26 U.S.C. 0 Ts Q endobj (Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.) 0000086620 00000 n �) Tj (See, e.g., ) Tj 55.2277 -8 Td 0 G (tory operators, the assignments may not be charged to the signatory) Tj (V) Tj Tj endobj .5 w 144 -152.25 m 468 -152.25 l s /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 1.05 Tw -10.5 -11.4 Td (be expressly stated � and, in fact, has expressly declined to do so. ) 0 -12.4 Td 250 620 247 549 167 713 500 753 753 753 753 1042 987 603 987 603 0 -11.5 Td The ) Tj 611 500 500 500 250 611 453 350 333 444 444 500 1000 1000 722 444 (Pardee is liable pursuant to the Coal Act.) Tj 1.78 Tw (OLLAND) Tj /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz -2.2367 -25.7 Td Found inside – Page 511Eliminate aggregate limit for usage of excess funds from black lung ... United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund The United Mine Workers of ... (11) Tj BT ( ) Tj 0000040436 00000 n (so, by simply employing one of several common conventions of statutory) Tj >> xref Employee Contributions Elective Deferrals, Resolution of Disputes re: New Inexperienced Miner Status, Appeal – Non-Medicare Eligible Beneficiary, Prescription Drug Plan Benefits – Providers. .36 Tw (Mine Workers of America) Tj 0 Tw 0 Ts 0 Ts .79 Tw /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (See ) Tj ( ) Tj 70 0 obj 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm << 4348 (provisions imposing a mandatory duty on an agency to act before a) Tj %%Page: 10 10 /Name /F3 /FontBBox [ -180 -293 1090 1010 ] >> Tj 0 -12.6 Td 0 Tc 0 G 0 -11 Td ( C) Tj 0 -12.7 Td /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (calculation of unassigned beneficiary premiums as a function of "the) Tj q 22 -8 Td (8) Tj (funds. ) Tj (H) Tj (resting the entire scheme for calculation of premiums of the) Tj .49 Tw /Differences [ 219 /Zcaron 135 /ccedilla 152 /ydieresis 243 /atilde 140 /icircumflex (1997. ( ) Tj �) Tj (1035, *8 \(W.D. 0 -12.6 Td (See) Tj 1.05 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 1000 722 611 278 278 278 667 556 667 556 611 611 500 737 737 1000 /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz .81 Tw 5.7 Tw .77 Tw ( ) Tj /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 endobj .79 Tw 0 Ts 0 -12.7 Td ( C) Tj 2.21 Tw (Our examination of the Coal Act's legislative history convinces us) Tj /F2 8 Tf 101.2 Tz Tj (See) Tj endobj << /Count 6 1.05 Tw Tj .59 Tw 2.05 Tw ET .24 Tw .9 Tw (assignable) Tj 1.2 Tw 0 -12.3 Td 0 -12.4 Td endstream (OAL) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 Tr 278 1000 278 370 278 278 778 778 611 778 1000 365 778 778 722 722 0 Tr Tj .02 Tw q ( Since 1947, medical and) Tj ( C) Tj 0 -12.7 Td q Q 1.2 Tw 11 -11.5 Td >> Mr. Michael H. Holland and Mr. Michael O. McKown are Co-Chairmen of the Board of Trustees. Tj q 0 Tw (, ) Tj .96 Tw /F4 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz 1.88 Tw 3.16 Tw 1.06 Tw 1.11 Tw /F3 20 Tf 100 Tz 228 /Idieresis 218 /uacute 133 /agrave 210 /ntilde 134 /aring 220 /zcaron 226 /Icircumflex .03 Tw 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm (Because these assignments did not comply with the statutory dead-) Tj .32 Tw 0 Tc /CapHeight 0 1.71 Tw << The dis-) Tj Tj (this approach creates an unnecessary circuit split with the Sixth Cir-) Tj 0 -12.5 Td << /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz ( C) Tj 0 Tc Table 1 summarizes information about the health plans in the 2017 plan year (the most recent information available). 2001\) \("The general rule is that if a provision of a statute) Tj 4.7 Ts 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm (OLLAND) Tj 0 -12.5 Td -58.9722 -26.2 Td 1.21 Tw (OLLAND) Tj 0 -12.4 Td 0 -11.9 Td 8.62 Tw .79 Tw /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 0 -11.9 Td UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA COMBINED BENEFIT FUND (EIN #521805433) is an entity registered with Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tj 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 1 0 0 1 0 792 Tm (any subsequent coal wage agreement, and ) Tj (criteria set forth in 26 U.S.C. 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 4.45 Tw .61 Tw 0 -11.5 Td 10.5 -24.3 Td 722 611 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 278 278 278 722 722 1.46 Tw 4974 1.22 Tw (expressly requires an agency or public official to act within a particu-) Tj In addition,) Tj (supra) Tj 1.1 Tw ET << 457 -148.5 Td (; R) Tj Tj 0 Ts (Becton Dickinson) Tj Washington, DC 20037 . .59 Tw (Chevron) Tj 0 -11.8 Td 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 Tm (recognized canon of construction which instructs against treating stat-) Tj 0 -11.4 Td Tj 1.67 Tw /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz startxref 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm 158.6477 -25.7 Td 0 -11.6 Td /FontDescriptor 88 0 R 0 G 0 Tc 1 0 0 1 0 792 cm -12 -12.6 Td 1.05 Tw /Length 16 0 R /ProcSet 1 0 R In this case,) Tj (OMPANY) Tj (, I) Tj Tj (ments were untimely and invalid, and, furthermore, it contended that) Tj /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .3 Tw (6) Tj 1.62 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 0 -12.7 Td 12 -25.2 Td Plaintiffs are the Trustees of the UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan ("the 1992 Plan") and the Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund ("the Combined Fund") (collectively "the Funds"). (See) Tj /FontBBox [ -169 -217 1010 883 ] ( v. P) Tj Tj Tj 1.48 Tw 4 0 obj (OLLAND) Tj (The Act does not characterize untimely assignments as invalid, nor) Tj 1.21 Tw /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz (EGAL) Tj 1.2 Tw (H) Tj 0 -12.6 Td .79 Tw 0 Ts (specific date are not generally construed to remove the agency's) Tj 4.3 Ts 0 -11.6 Td 0 -12.7 Td /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz -231.1319 0 Td 2.28 Tw 1.27 Tw 0 Tc (entitled to any excess, in payments pursuant to the [Hess] assign-) Tj (operators which \(and all related persons with respect to) Tj ( ) Tj Q 0 -12.3 Td 0 -12.8 Td (fund the premiums for unassigned beneficiaries, the Coal Act also) Tj \(CA1\) 1324\). ) 0 Tr 1.43 Tw �) Tj q /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] .41 Tw 0000096448 00000 n Consistent with these assignments, the Combined Fund) Tj Combined Benefit Fund (CBF), which was established as a result of a merger of the UMWA 1950 Benefit Plan and Trust and the UMWA 1974 Benefit Plan and Trust, UMWA 1992 Health Benefit Plan (1992 Plan), and UMWA 1993 Health Benefit Plan (1993 Plan). stream -10.5 -11.7 Td (lic"\). (plan funding and allow for the provision of health care bene-) Tj >> endobj ( The confer-) Tj Found inside – Page 7759701 , 9704 , 9711 , and 9712 of the Code ) Present Law The United Mine Workers of America ( “ UMWA " ) Combined Benefit Fund was established by the Coal ... endobj endobj endobj 2.3 Tw ( deference is warranted, the first) Tj (exception to a general rule that "shall" is mandatory; here, Pardee) Tj 1.71 Tw (A.) (congressional intent, ) Tj q /Font << BT (9706\(f\)\(2\). ) 18 -16.3 Td /Name /F4 Q 1.05 Tw (Act"\), 26 U.S.C. /F1 11.5 Tf 100 Tz /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 1.2 Tw 0000096691 00000 n 0 -11.5 Td /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz 1.54 Tw 81.8681 0 Td 0 -8 Td /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (G) Tj UMWA plans while retaining a benefits program that was privately financed. 0 Ts 2.04 Tw (NCORPORATED) Tj .39 Tw Q endobj /MissingWidth 250 (pal Deputy Commissioner Lawrence H. Thompson reported that as of) Tj 8.25 Tw 1.31 Tw For example, it could have mandated that all assignments shall) Tj /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Found inside – Page 28148The Combined Benefit Fund in which the transfer is made . ... ( UMWA ) health and retirement funds OSM is also revising the language of The Energy Policy ... .36 Tw (ARDEE) Tj endobj (statutory context, is generally construed to be mandatory. ) 1.17 Tw /StemV 139.00 2001) Blue Diamond Coal Co., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund, Defendant-Appellant (99-6110), Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant (99-6111). 1999\), concluded that the Act unambiguously) Tj /Contents 60 0 R 0 Tw ( observes, courts generally should not resort to) Tj 0 Tc 0 -12.3 Td (; G) Tj (R) Tj >> << (3) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 39 0 obj /XHeight 0 0 -12.9 Td 4.1 Tw /Parent 49 0 R 0 -12.4 Td 0 -12.7 Td 1.1 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 0 -12.9 Td (9704\(i\)\(1\)\(A\), 9705\(a\), after) Tj 2.8 Tw 1.2 Tw 0 g The Coal Act established three discrete mechanisms for funding health benefits to eligible retirees. .79 Tw (employer, the SSA would lack authority to make the appropriate) Tj (1993\) received information connecting the beneficiary to an extant) Tj >> /ProcSet 1 0 R ] .63 Tw (mined on the basis of pre-October 1, 1993 assignments, "connect[ing]) Tj (renounced any liability for his benefits, based on its position that the) Tj endstream /F5 17 0 R 2001\) \(the Act was enacted "to provide for) Tj 1.74 Tw /F2 10.5 Tf 104.7 Tz endstream 65 0 obj 81.8681 0 Td .35 Tw 1.1 Tw .92 Tw (Put simply, nothing in the appeals provisions \(�) Tj (For purposes of this section� ) Tj /Resources << .21 Tw While there was) Tj 1.2 Tw 141 /igrave 201 /mu 230 /Oacute 192 /eth 142 /Adieresis 216 /Yacute 255 /brokenbar 246 /onehalf 0 Tr /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .79 Tw (OAL) Tj (9706\(f\), an assigned operator may request) Tj .17 Tw Q 0 -12.8 Td -12 -11.6 Td ( C) Tj stream .79 Tw 1.11 Tw /Widths [ 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 1.05 Tw /Font << 0 -12.7 Td 1.41 Tw (number of eligible beneficiaries assigned under Section 9706) Tj 0 -12.5 Td .27 Tw endobj 1.26 Tw /MissingWidth 250 q 4363 . ) q ( C) Tj /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz (Dixie Fuel) Tj (eficiaries has been changed on numerous occasions throughout the) Tj (Pardee) Tj /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz .5 Tw >> 0 -11.8 Td .31 Tw 0 -12.8 Td 1.07 Tw 0 -11.5 Td 22 -25.3 Td -231.1319 0 Td /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Three multiemployer plans1 provide retiree health benefits for employees in the coal industry (and their beneficiaries): the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund (" Combined Fund "), the UMWA 1992 Benefit . 0 -11.4 Td << .41 Tw /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 2.33 Tw (munities \(especially in Appalachia\). ) (directly and unambiguously on the issue of when the Com-) Tj 0 Tw 2.06 Tw (Sigmon Coal) Tj The legislation expanded the Coal Act to provide financing to cure deficits in the Combined Benefit Fund and to provide support for orphan retirees in both the UMWA 1992 Plan and the UMWA 1993 Plan. 4795 0 -12.6 Td 0 -11.6 Td /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1 0 0 1 144 631.5 cm /F4 9 0 R /F4 11.5 Tf 100 Tz Stay informed as we add new reports & testimonies. /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz 99-) Tj 1.5 Tw q /F5 6 Tf 100 Tz /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz -2.553 -25.8 Td (with Pardee, and I would affirm. ) Moreover, our adoption of such a construction would create) Tj ( C) Tj (nor the legislative history of the Coal Act reflects a clear congressio-) Tj .89 Tw 0 -12.8 Td /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz /Resources << 5.55 Tw 2.23 Tw 0 -12.3 Td 921 722 667 667 722 611 556 722 722 333 389 722 611 889 722 722 q 0 -12.5 Td 1.95 Tw 0 Tc /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz 1.09 Tw /ProcSet 1 0 R 0 -11.4 Td Siller v. Becton Dickinson & Co) Tj ("Combined Fund"\) specified healthcare premiums for retired coal) Tj (be made on or after October 1, 1993. ) (mium equal to the sum of the following three premiums� ) Tj endobj 2001\).) 0 Tr 1.28 Tw 31 /threesuperior 136 /ecircumflex 146 /thorn 138 /egrave 30 /twosuperior 130 /eacute /F2 11.5 Tf 100 Tz . ( note 7.) 0 Tr /Length 64 0 R .5 w 144 -152.25 m 468 -152.25 l s /F2 11 Tf 100 Tz The address is 1992 Benefit Plan, Washington, DC 20037-0000. 2.24 Tw (statutory deadlines to bar agency action to the detriment of the public) Tj (ums recalculated from time to time. ) .79 Tw (fall to certain coal operators, at the expense of other operators \(whose) Tj 0 G ( decision, the Supreme Court looked to leg-) Tj (accept that Congress intended the allocation of liability to rest on such) Tj (see) Tj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] (text in which it was enacted to determine whether Congress plainly) Tj << (number of beneficiaries ) Tj 1.1 Tw /F2 7.7 Tf 101.2 Tz 1 Tw .79 Tw

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