WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Workers' compensation

H.R. 4838, The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4838 would provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees....

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S. 2521, The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2521 would provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees....

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P.L. 110-173, The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $22.45

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2499 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs....

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H.R. 4651, The Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4651 would amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to cover services provided to injured Federal workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners....

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H.R. 4280, The Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4280 would amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for the Forest Service or an agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty....

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S. 2413, The Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2413 would provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for a public agency and suffer death or disability in the line of duty....

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H.R. 4183, The National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4183 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System....

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H.R. 4159, The Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4159 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities....

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H.R. 4158, The National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4158 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify and codify the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System for Federal response to all hazards....

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H.R. 3958, The Truth in Accounting Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3958 would amend title 31, United States Code, to require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement submitted under section 331(e) of that title....

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S. 1918, The Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1918 would amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations....

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S. 1924, The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.41

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1924 would amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create 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 employee's duty....

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S. 1820, A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1820 would better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California....

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S. 1795, The Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1795 would improve access to workers' compensation programs for injured Federal employees....

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H.R. 3043, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $5070.27

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3043 would make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 3000, The Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3000 would establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery....

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P.L. 110-160, The Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $109.81

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2761 would extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury....

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H.R. 2580, The Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2007

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2580 would improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system....

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H.R. 2549, The Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2549 would amend section 1862 of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and Medicare set-asides under such agreements....

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H.R. 2243, To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2243 would better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California....

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H.R. 2255, The EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2255 would amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program....

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H.R. 2224, The Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Fairness Act

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2224 would amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations....

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H.R. 2175, To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen's groups and host racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2175 would amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen's groups and host racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and other horseracing personnel....

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H.R. 1948, The Joseph E. Keane Federal Employees Freedom Act

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1948 would amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant....

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H.R. 1763, The Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1763 would provide for labor recruiter accountability....

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