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Industry Information

Federal—Legislative Activity

Posted Date: June 17, 2019
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Industry InformationLegislative Activity

​NCCI's Legislative Activity Page is provided "As Is", solely as a reference tool to be used for informational purposes only. This page contains summaries of various workers compensation related bills as initially drafted, which are subject to change and frequently do. The end user is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information contained herein prior to use for any purpose. The information on this page shall not be construed or interpreted as providing legal or any other advice.
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Relates to the “Kenya Merritt Renewing our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity Act of 2026” or the “Renewing our PACT Act of 2026”; improves access to workers compensation for civilian Federal employees exposed to toxic burn pits.
Senate6/1/2026S 4554In Senate Committee2026
Relates to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026; reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
Senate5/22/2026S 4395In Senate Committee2026
Relates to the “Kenya Merritt Renewing our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity Act of 2026” or the “Kenya Merritt Renewing our PACT Act of 2026”; improves access to workers’ compensation for civilian Federal employees exposed to toxic burn pits.
House5/7/2026HR 8524In House Committee2026
Relates to ensuring that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person.
House2/24/2026HR 1320In House Committee2026
Relates to the “McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act”; eliminates the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establishes a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury.
House2/4/2026HR 7130In House Committee2026
Relates to extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.
House2/3/2026HR 7128In House Committee2026
​Relates to the “Empowering App-Based Workers Act”​; promotes transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work.
House1/22/2026HR 6646In House Committee2026
Relates to the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025”; ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as “black lung disease”).
Senate1/13/2026S 3491In Senate Committee2026
Relates to the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025”; ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as “black lung disease”).
House1/12/2026HR 6756In House Committee2026
Relates to the “Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025”; amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
House1/12/2026HR 6757In House Committee2026
Relates to the “Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025”; amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
Senate1/12/2026S 3505In Senate Committee2026
Relates to the “Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025”; relates to covering services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers.
Senate1/5/2026S 3296In Senate Committee2025
Reporms the H–2A worker program, and for other purposes.
House10/23/2025HR 4367In House Committee2025
Relates to the “Empowering App-Based Workers Act”; promotes transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work.
Senate8/12/2025S 2488In Senate Committee2025
Relates to including Parkinson’s disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities.
House7/28/2025HR 4453In House Committee2025
Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct an economic impact study of the financial costs of extreme heat.
House6/10/2025HR 3702In House Committee2025
Relates to establishing an improved Medicare-for-All national health insurance program.
House6/5/2025HR 3069In House Committee2025
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services.
House6/3/2025HR 3227In House Committee2025
Relates to the “Insurance Data Protection Act”; prohibits the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.
House5/23/2025HR 3437In House Committee2025
Relates to the "Medicare for All Act"; establishes a Medicare-for-All national health insurance program.
Senate5/15/2025S 1506In Senate Committee2025
Relates to the “Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act”; covers services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers.
House5/13/2025HR 3170In House Committee2025
Relates to the “Insurance Data Protection Act”; prohibits the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.
Senate5/12/2025S 1544In Senate Committee2025
Amends the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.
House3/4/2025HR 876In House Committee2025
Relates to the “Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act” or “Tim’s Act”; reforms and enhances the pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters.
Senate2/28/2025S 279In Senate Committee2025
Relates to the “Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2024”; allows transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels.
House2/25/2025HR 667In House Committee2025
Relates to covering, for purposes of workers compensation under such chapter, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers.
Senate1/6/2025S 131Failed2023
Covers, for purposes of workers compensation, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured federal workers.
House1/6/2025HR 618Failed2023
Allows transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels.
House1/6/2025HR 2588Failed2023
Relates to the “Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act” or “Tim’s Act”; reforms and enhances the pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters.
Senate1/6/2025S 1505Failed2023
Relates to the “Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act”; requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers.
House1/6/2025HR 3482Failed2023
Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers.
Senate1/6/2025S 1696Failed2023
Establishes an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program.
House1/6/2025HR 3421Failed2023
Relates to the “Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act” or “Tim’s Act”; reforms and enhances the pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters.
House1/6/2025HR 3108Failed2023
Establishes a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program.
Senate1/6/2025S 1655Failed2023
Relates to the “Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023”; replaces references to “wives” and “husbands” in Federal law with references to “spouses”.
House1/6/2025HR 4602Failed2023
Relates to the “Exploitative Workplace Surveillance and Technologies Task Force Act of 2023"; establishes an interagency task force on employer surveillance and workplace technologies.
Senate1/6/2025S 2440Failed2023
Relates to the “Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2023”; amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
Senate1/6/2025S 2416Failed2024
Relates to the “Insurance Data Protection Act”; prohibits the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.
House1/6/2025HR 5535Failed2023
Relates to the “Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act” or the “MORE Act”; decriminalizes and deschedules cannabis and provides for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs; provides for expungement of certain cannabis offenses.
House1/6/2025HR 5601Failed2023
Relates to the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023”; ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as “black lung disease”).
Senate1/6/2025S 3304Failed2023
Relates to the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023”; ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as “black lung disease”).
House1/6/2025HR 6461Failed2023
Relates to the “Insurance Data Protection Act”; prohibits the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.
Senate1/6/2025S 3349Failed2023
Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
House1/6/2025HR 6761Failed2023
Relates to the “Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act”; clarifies and preserves the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
House1/6/2025HR 6860Failed2024
Relates to the “Coordination Of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation Act” or the “COMP Act”; provides for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.
House1/6/2025HR 7368Failed2024
Relates to the “Ensuring Equity for Firefighters Act”; includes in the time as a firefighter employed by a State when that firefighter is later reclassified as a Federal employee.
House1/6/2025HR 7878Failed2024
Relates to the “Open America's Ports Act”; adjusts certain ownership and other requirements for passenger vessels.
Senate1/6/2025S 4538Failed2024
Relates to the “Safeguarding American Tourism Act”; exempts large cruise ships from certain requirements applicable to passenger vessels.
Senate1/6/2025S 4544Failed2024
Relates to the “Baltimore Recovery Act”; provides an exemption from certain Jones Act restrictions for vessels that arrive at or depart from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
Senate1/6/2025S 4694Failed2024
In part, relates to Longshore And Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act; allows transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels.
House1/11/2023HR 300Failed2021
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services.
House1/11/2023HR 1603Failed2021
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services.
House1/11/2023HR 1537Failed2021
In part, provides for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.
Senate1/11/2023S 653Failed2021
Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.
Senate1/11/2023S 757Failed2021
Establishes an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program.
House1/11/2023HR 1976Failed2021
Creates a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty.
House1/11/2023HR 2499Failed2022
Provides benefits authorized under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act to maritime workers who contract COVID–19.
House1/11/2023HR 3114Failed2021
Increases the period of time a claimant under the Federal Employees Compensation Act may supply supporting documentation to the Office of Worker’s Compensation.
House1/11/2023HR 3050Failed2021
Amends the Social Security Act to provide for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.
House1/11/2023HR 3124Failed2021
Increases the period of time during which an individual who has submitted a claim for benefits, may supply supporting documentation to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs of the Department of Labor.
Senate1/11/2023S 2017Failed2021
Relates to enhancing the rights of domestic workers.
House1/11/2023S 2569Failed2021
Relates to enhancing the rights of domestic workers.
House1/11/2023HR 4826Failed2021
Establishes a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program.
House1/11/2023HR 5823Failed2021
Relates to covering, for purposes of workers compensation, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers.
House1/11/2023HR 6087Failed2021
Ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner.
House1/11/2023HR 6102Failed2021
Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers.
Senate1/11/2023S 3674Failed2022
Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers.
House1/11/2023HR 6767Failed2022
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system.
House1/11/2023HR 6637Failed2022
Relates to the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. In part, provides to Congress a study that addresses the societal impact of the legalization of recreational cannabis by States, including workers compensations claims.
House1/11/2023HR 3617Failed2022
Creates a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty.
Senate1/11/2023S 1116Failed2022
Ensures that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as “black lung disease”).
Senate1/11/2023S 4511Failed2022
Provides exemptions from certain Jones Act restrictions to vessels providing disaster relief to Puerto Rico for the areas affected by Hurricane Fiona.
Senate1/11/2023S 4999Failed2022
Requires the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make certain determinations in enforcing the Jones Act.
House1/11/2023HR 9548Failed2022
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services.
Senate1/11/2023S 5282Failed2022
Relates to American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
House3/12/2021HR 1319Enacted2021
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