Coronavirus Workers’ Compensation for TSA Employees Act

Coronavirus Workers' Compensation for TSA Employees Act

This bill entitles certain employees of the Transportation Security Administration who are diagnosed with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during a specified period to federal workers' compensation benefits.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6656 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6656

To ensure Transportation Security Administration employees who contract 
 COVID-19 are entitled to appropriate workers' compensation and other 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2020

 Mrs. Demings (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. DeFazio, 
    Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Titus, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Carson of 
    Indiana, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Correa, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. 
Hastings, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure Transportation Security Administration employees who contract 
 COVID-19 are entitled to appropriate workers' compensation and other 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Workers' Compensation 
for TSA Employees Act''.

SEC. 2. WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TSA EMPLOYEES WHO CONTRACT COVID-19.

    (a)  In General.--Any Transportation Security Administration 
employee described in subsection (b) who is diagnosed with COVID-19 
during the period between January 30, 2020, and January 30, 2022, 
shall, upon application, presumptively be entitled to disability 
compensation, medical services, and any other benefit provided under 
subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) TSA Employee.--A Transportation Security Administration 
employee described in this subsection is any of the following:
            (1) A transportation security officer.
            (2) A Federal air marshal.
            (3) A canine handler.
            (4) Any employee carrying out duties that require 
        substantial contact with the public.
    (c) Attorneys' Fees.--The Secretary of Labor shall approve any 
claim of reasonable legal or other services furnished with respect to a 
case, claim, or award for any Transportation Security Administration 
employee under this section.
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