Kenneth Meisel Public Servants’ Claimant Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-2017
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-06-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Labor

Evidence and witnesses

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2017 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2021 Mr. Schatz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To increase the period of time during which an individual who has submitted a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, may supply supporting documentation to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs of the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kenneth Meisel Public Servants’ Claimant Fairness Act . 2. Increase in time period for FECA claimant to submit supporting evidence to Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall— (1) amend the second sentence of section 10.121 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, by striking 30 days and inserting 60 days ; and (2) modify the Procedure Manual of the Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs of the Department of Labor to reflect the change made by the Secretary under paragraph (1).