CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tim Walberg (R-MI)

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025

H.R. 3170 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 7 Democratic cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025. It amends chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. The purpose of the legislation is to cover services provided by physician assistants and nurse practitioners to injured federal workers for workers' compensation. It expands the definition of medical providers under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. Finally, it requires the Secretary of Labor to finalize rules for these changes within six months.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    The bill expands healthcare access for injured federal workers by allowing them to use nurse practitioners and physician assistants for workers' compensation services.

  • Scored +3

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill benefits federal workers, many of whom are unionized, by expanding their medical coverage options for work-related injuries.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.