S. 5391
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2026
Sponsor: Tim Kaine · 0 cosponsors
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I Additional inspection and investigation authority
II Enhanced enforcement authority
Section 105 (30 U.S.C. 815) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
(2) in subsection (a), by striking subsection (d) and inserting subsection (e); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
(d) Revocation of approval of programs or plans
(1) Revocation. If the Secretary finds that any program or plan of an operator, or part thereof, that was approved by the Secretary under this Act is based on inaccurate information or that circumstances that existed when such program or plan was approved have materially changed and that continued operation of such mine or an area of such mine under such program or plan constitutes a hazard to the safety or health of miners, the Secretary shall revoke the approval of such program or plan.
(2) Withdrawal orders. Upon revocation of the approval of a program or plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary may immediately issue an order requiring the operator to cause all persons, except those persons referred to in section 104(c), to be withdrawn from such mine or an area of such mine, and to be prohibited from entering such mine or such area, until the operator has submitted and the Secretary has approved a new plan.
III Penalties
IV Miners’ Rights and Protections
V Modernizing health and safety standards
VI Additional mine safety provisions