Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2023
- Committee actionSep 25, 2024
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 131.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 131, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61095
- CBO publication date
- December 11, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 131, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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: S. Rept. 118-299 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 17, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/299
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 131, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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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.