To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

United States119th CongressHR-876House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Jan 31, 2025

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This bill aims to amend the Defense Base Act, a federal statute that provides workers' compensation benefits to employees of U.S. government contractors working outside the continental United States. The primary purpose of this legislation is to exclude Guam from the scope of this Act.

To achieve this, the bill modifies the definition of "Territory or possession outside the continental United States" within the Defense Base Act, explicitly stating that this term does not include Guam. As a direct result, employees of U.S. government contractors performing work in Guam would no longer be covered by the federal workers' compensation provisions of the Defense Base Act.

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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  2. Introduced in House

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