#HappeningNow: The Committee is holding a hybrid markup to advance six proposals aimed to strengthen the social safety net and build safer communities for all.
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WP Subcommittee Chair is speaking on the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act, a bill to help miners and their survivors access the worker's compensation benefits they are entitled to receive.
📖:edlabor.house.gov/download/black
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CRHS Subcommittee Chair is speaking on the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2021, a bill that would improve the Community Services Block Grant program to help local organizations reduce poverty in their communities.
📖:edlabor.house.gov/download/csbg-
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is speaking on the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021, a bill that would make it easier for federal firefighters to secure workers’ compensation benefits for work-related illnesses.
📖:edlabor.house.gov/download/feder
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is speaking on the School Shooting and Safety Preparedness Act, a bill that would improve school safety by providing uniform data to policymakers and the public on gun violence in schools.
📖: edlabor.house.gov/download/schoo
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is speaking on the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ COVID–19 Compensation Act, a bill that would boost protections for maritime workers who were diagnosed with COVID-19.
📖: edlabor.house.gov/download/longs
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is speaking on the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, a bill that would expand access to medical care for injured workers.
📖: edlabor.house.gov/download/worke
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The Committee just APPROVED the bipartisan Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act to expand federal employees’ access to workers’ compensation.
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The Committee just APPROVED the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act to help disabled miners access compensation and benefits for black lung disease.
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The Committee just APPROVED the bipartisan Federal Firefighters Fairness Act to help federal firefighters receive the benefits they deserve by providing these heroic workers with a presumption—based on scientific evidence—that certain illnesses are work-related.
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The Committee just APPROVED the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act to lay the groundwork necessary to provide uniform data on school shootings to parents, policymakers, and the American people.
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The Committee just APPROVED the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ COVID-19 Compensation Act to help longshore and harbor workers diagnosed with COVID-19 access compensation and benefits.
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The Committee just APPROVED the bipartisan Community Services Block Grant Act to strengthen the Community Services Block Grant program to help local organizations reduce poverty in their communities.
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