Kenneth Meisel Public Servants’ Claimant Fairness Act

Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations so as to allow at least 60 days (rather than at least 30 days) for a claimant to submit any additional evidence that is requested by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to support a federal workers' compensation claim.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3050 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3050

 To increase the period of time a claimant under the Federal Employees 
 Compensation Act may supply supporting documentation to the Office of 
             Worker's Compensation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Carson, and Mr. Stauber) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the period of time a claimant under the Federal Employees 
 Compensation Act may supply supporting documentation to the Office of 
             Worker's Compensation, 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 ``Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' 
Claimant Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN TIME-PERIOD FOR FECA CLAIMANT TO SUPPLY SUPPORTING 
              DOCUMENTATION TO OFFICE OF WORKER'S COMPENSATION.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Labor shall--
            (1) amend section 10.121 of title 20, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``60 days''; 
        and
            (2) modify the Federal Employees Compensation Act manual to 
        reflect the changes to such section made by the Secretary 
        pursuant to paragraph (1).
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