US Congress House Bill 5891 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Defense Base Act (the Act) to require satisfaction through the Government Defense Base Act self-insurance program of insurance and benefits requirements imposed on defense contractors with respect to on-job injuries. Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Labor to jointly: (1) develop and execute an implementation strategy for a self-insurance program for insurance required by the Act, and (2) report to Congress on such strategy and on the implementation of this Act.

Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act of 2012

Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2012-07-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2012-06-05	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2012-06-05	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2012-06-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5891/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5891/BILLS-112hr5891ih.pdf