H.R. 3170

Summary

H.R. 3170, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on May 1, 2025 by Rep. Tim Walberg (R) with 17 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Dec 4, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343.

Record

Text

H.R. 3170 has 17 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3170 IH: Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-01
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3170  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 1, 2025   Mr. Walberg  (for himself and  Mr. Courtney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act  .
2.
Inclusion of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
(a)
Inclusion
Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3), by inserting  , other eligible providers,  after  osteopathic practitioners ;
(2)
by striking  and  at the end of paragraphs (18) and (19);
(3)
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (20) and inserting  ; and ; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following:
(21)
 other eligible provider  means a nurse practitioner or physician assistant within the scope of their practice as defined by State law.
 .
(b)
Conforming amendments
 Chapter 81  of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in section 8103(a)—
(A)
by inserting  or other eligible provider  after  physician  each place it appears; and
(B)
in paragraph (3), by inserting  or other eligible providers  after  physicians ;
(2)
in section 8121(6), by inserting  or other eligible provider  after  physician ; and
(3)
in section 8123(a)—
(A)
by inserting  or other eligible provider  after  The employee may have a physician ; and
(B)
by inserting  or other eligible provider  after  United States and the physician .
(c)
Regulations
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall finalize rules to carry out the amendments made by this Act.

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Sponsors

Rep. Tim Walberg (R) sponsors H.R. 3170, and 17 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Tim Walberg

Rep. · R–MI-5 · Sponsor

Introduced May 1, 2025

Joe Courtney

Rep. · D–CT-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Timothy Kennedy

Rep. · D–NY-26 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 12, 2025

Ryan Mackenzie

Rep. · R–PA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 25, 2025

Mark Messmer

Rep. · R–IN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 25, 2025

Shri Thanedar

Rep. · D–MI-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 8, 2025

Michael Lawler

Rep. · R–NY-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 15, 2025

Burgess Owens

Rep. · R–UT-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 15, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 30, 2025

Don Bacon

Rep. · R–NE-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 30, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 3170 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Reported By · Dec 4, 2025 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 3170, the latest H. Rept. 119-394.

• H. Rept. 119-394 — IMPROVING ACCESS TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR INJURED FEDERAL WORKERS ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 3170 has taken 6 actions since May 1, 2025, the latest on Dec 4, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3170 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3170 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 3170, the latest on Aug 5, 2025.

• H.R. 3170, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act — 2025-08-05As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 25, 2025

Lobbying

17 clients hired 18 firms and 95 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3170 in 78 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Government Issues, Veterans.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 95.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3170 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3170’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 3170 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Disability assistance to Worker safety and health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3170, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 73 (Thursday, May 1, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALBERG:H.R. 3170.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H1811]

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