S. 3296 · 119th Congress

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025

Introduced on Dec 2, 2025 by Susan M. Collins (R-ME). 10 cosponsors, 8 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 14, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Dec 2, 2025
Cosponsors
10
8 from the other party
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Disability assistance
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Health personnel
  • Nursing
  • Worker safety and health

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Susan M. CollinsR-MESponsor

Democrats · 8

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Dec 2, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 2, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8450-8451)
  3. Aug 6, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
  6. Sep 14, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES5 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION3 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION2 reports
  6. National Association of Letter Carriers2 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  7. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  8. National League for Nursing2 reports
    $58.1K reported (all issues)
  9. National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.