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PUBLIC LAW 92-304-MAY 19, 1972

during the period from July 1, 1973 to December 31, 1973, shall be considered and determined in accordance with the procedures of this section. With respect to any such claim— "(1) Such claim shall be determined and, where appropriate under this part or section 424 of this title, benefits shall be paid with respect to such claim by the Secretary of Labor. "(2) The manner and place of filing* such claim shall be in accordance with regulations issued jointly by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Labor, which regulations shall provide, among other things, that such claims may be filed in district offices of the Social Security Administration and thereafter transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor for further consideration. "(3) The Secretary of Labor shall promptly notify any operator who he believes, on the basis of information contained in the claim, or any other information available to him, may be liable to pay benents to the claimant under part C of this title for any month after December 31, 1973. "(4) I n determining such claims, the Secretary of Labor shall, to the extent appropriate, follow the procedures described in sections 19(b), (c), and (d) of Public Law 803, 69th Congress (44 Stat. 1424, approved March 4, 1927), as amended. "(5) Any operator who has been notified of the pendency of a claim under paragraph 4 of this subsection shall be bound by the determination of the Secretary of Labor on such claim as if the claim had been filed pursuant to part C of this title and section 422 thereof had been applicable to such operator. Nothing in this paragraph shall require any operator to i^ay any benefits for any month prior to January 1, 1974. "(b) The Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, may issue such regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose of this section." SEC. 8. Section 422(f) of title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 is amended by inserting " (1) ' ' after "(f)'* and by adding a new paragraph (2) as follows: " (2) Any claim for benefits under this section in the case of a living miner filed on the basis of eligibility under section 411(c)(4) of this title, shall be filed within three years from the date of last exposed employment in a coal mine or, in the case of death from a respiratory or pulmonary impairment for which benefits would be payable under section 411(c)(4) of this title, incurred as the result of employment in a coal mine, shall be filed within fifteen years from the date of last exposed employment in a coal mine."' Approved May 19, 1972.

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Public Law 92-304 AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.

May 19, 1972 [H. R. 14070]

Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Representatives of the National United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby nautics andAeroSpace authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminrsrrauon Administration:

Authorization Act 1973.

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