Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022

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Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, my amendment is to add the text of the Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act to the underlying text of the legislation.

Currently, the deadline for Federal employees to provide the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs with information supporting a claim for benefits is unrealistically short, just 30 days.

This deprives many employees and their families of the benefits intended to support them through difficult times, including after traumatic injury or death.

The Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act would amend the Federal Employees Compensation Act to establish that claimants who have been asked to provide additional evidence supporting their occupational illness, traumatic injury, or death claim have at least 60 days to provide such evidence.

By allowing additional time for employees and their families to provide pertinent information, this bill would ensure that our public servants receive the assistance they are entitled to when they are injured on the job.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to offer this bipartisan amendment, and I urge my colleagues to support it.
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Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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