To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

Bill: 118-hr-842
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-06
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill excludes Guam from the application of the Defense Base Act (DBA). The DBA provides workers' compensation protection to civilian employees working on national defense projects outside the United States.</p> <p>Under current Department of Labor guidance, the DBA applies to U.S. citizens and lawful residents working on such projects in Guam.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 842 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2023 Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

1. Inapplicability of Defense Base Act to Guam Subsection (b) of section 1 of the Defense Base Act (Chapter 357; 55 Stat. 622; 42 U.S.C. 1651 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting and Guam; ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) the term Territory or possession outside the continental United States does not include Guam. .