House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Walberg R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2023
- Committee actionJun 13, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 5, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 472.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 618, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act” on June 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 13, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60427
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 618, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-571 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 5, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/571
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 618, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 19, January 30, 2023, Page H510):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 343 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 618, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
55 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 55 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Andy Barr (R-KY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Foster (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 3296 (119th) Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.