House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3170.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3170, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act” on August 5, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61636
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3170, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-394 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 4, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/394
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3170, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1811):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 3170, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
17 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 17 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Randy Fine (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
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Related bills
- S. 3296 (119th) Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.