S. 3296

Summary

S. 3296, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 2, 2025 by Sen. Susan Collins (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Aug 6, 2026: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Record

Text

S. 3296 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 S3296 IS: Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-12-02
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3296  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   December 2, 2025   Ms. Collins  (for herself and  Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    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 of 2025  .
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 ;
(B)
by inserting  or other eligible provider  after  United States and the physician ; and
(C)
by striking  a third physician  and inserting  an additional 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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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Susan Collins (R) sponsors S. 3296, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Susan Collins

Sen. · R–ME · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 2, 2025

Richard Blumenthal

Sen. · D–CT · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 2, 2025 · Original

John Fetterman

Sen. · D–PA · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 17, 2025

Lisa Rochester

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 9, 2026

Christopher Coons

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 12, 2026

Jeanne Shaheen

Sen. · D–NH · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 4, 2026

Bernie Moreno

Sen. · R–OH · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 4, 2026

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Committees

S. 3296 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Markup By · Aug 6, 2026 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 3296 has taken 3 actions since Dec 2, 2025, the latest on Aug 6, 2026.

Votes

S. 3296 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 3296 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

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

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for S. 3296, the latest on Aug 25, 2026.

• S. 3296, Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025 — 2026-08-25As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026

Lobbying

9 clients hired 9 firms and 30 registered lobbyists who named S. 3296 in 25 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, Education, Medicare/Medicaid, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 30.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3296 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; S. 3296’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

S. 3296 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Disability assistance to Worker safety and health.

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