The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-1116, to create a presumption for FECA benefits purposes that disability or death caused by heart disease, lung disease and certain cancers of federal employees who worked in fire protection activities for at least five years was work-related.
A similar bill, HR-2499, recently passed the full House. The Senate committee also approved:
* S-3905, to require agencies to identify potential conflicts for specific contracts early in the process and require potential and current contractors to disclose business relationships with entities that conflict with the specific work they do for an agency.
* S-4000, to require DHS to enter into information-sharing agreements with the Senate and the House to facilitate the exchange of information about cybersecurity threats and to periodically brief Congress on the implementation of the agreements.
* S-4057, to require creation of a policy on how federal agencies can maximize the longevity of batteries in the growing fleet of federal electronic vehicles and on reusing and recycling retired batteries.
* S-4128, to require an annual report from GAO listing recommendations it has made but that agencies have not carried out, organized by policy topic and including the amount of time the recommendations have been unimplemented.
* S-4167, to update the Government Performance and Results Act by requiring regular strategic reviews of federal agencies’ performance goals and improving the data that is publicly available regarding how agencies are achieving those goals.
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