To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

Bill: 119-hr-876
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-31
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Guam

Military personnel and dependents

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 876 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2025 Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 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. .