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H. Rept. 119-394 1 (2025-12-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahwo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-394 IMPROVING ACCESS TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR INJURED FEDERAL WORKERS ACT OF 2025 DECEMBER 4, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 3170] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 3170) 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 practi- tioners provided to injured Federal workers, and for other pur- poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for In- jured Federal Workers Act of 2025. SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN FEDERAL EM- PLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT. (a) INCLUSION.-Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended- (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting , other eligible providers, after osteo- pathic 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 assist- ant 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 69-006