To amend title 11 of the United States Code to protecting the labor rights of current and former employees of coal industry employers that are debtors under such title.

H.R. 1367 is a bill designed to protect the wages, benefits, and collective bargaining rights of coal industry workers when their employer files for bankruptcy. The legislation would require any company purchasing a coal facility out of bankruptcy to honor existing labor rights and recognize the employees' union for at least one year. Additionally, it would make a company’s corporate affiliates responsible for paying retiree benefits and would give workers' claims for unpaid obligations a higher priority and legal claim against the company’s assets.

For coal miners and their families, this bill aims to prevent companies from using bankruptcy proceedings to cancel union contracts or avoid paying promised healthcare and pension benefits. By making it more difficult for employers to shed these obligations during a sale or reorganization, the bill seeks to provide greater financial security and job stability for workers in the coal industry.