Ilhan Omar-led bipartisan House bills advance to reform federal workers’ compensation system
Legislation aims to prevent overpayments to injured federal employees and suspend benefits to healthcare providers convicted of fraud
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – The House Committee on Education and Workforce has approved two bipartisan bills introduced by Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Representative Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania, advancing reforms to the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program.
The first bill, H.R. 8822, authorizes greater data sharing among federal agencies to improve the accuracy of workers’ compensation calculations. Under current practice, administrative errors have sometimes produced overpayments — leaving injured employees to repay money months or years later, compounding the financial strain of a workplace injury. The bill aims to prevent those errors at the source rather than forcing workers to absorb the consequences after the fact.
The second bill, H.R. 8823, gives the Department of Labor authority to suspend compensation payments to medical providers convicted of fraud. The measure is designed to remove bad actors from the system and ensure that funds reach workers who depend on them.
Representative Omar described the legislation as an overdue step.
“When federal workers are injured while performing their duties, the government has a responsibility to provide the medical care and compensation they have earned in a timely and accurate manner,” she said. Omar added that the current system’s weaknesses have allowed fraudulent providers to exploit the program while administrative mistakes create financial uncertainty for injured workers and their families.
The bipartisan support reflects one of the few areas where cooperation between the parties remains functional: workplace protections and administrative accountability tend to attract agreement because they combine fiscal discipline with tangible improvements to public services.
If passed by both chambers and signed into law, the bills would introduce targeted reforms to make the FECA program more accurate, more resistant to fraud, and more reliable for the injured federal employees it is meant to serve.
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