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The Defense Base Act (DBA) (ch. 357 of the 77th United States Congress, 55 Stat. 622, enacted August 16, 1941, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651–1654) is an extension of the federal workers' compensation program that covers longshoremen and harbor workers, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 33 U.S.C. §§ 901–950.
The Key West Agreement is the colloquial name for the policy paper Functions of the Armed Forces and the Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted by James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
In addition, Congress has extended the LHWCA to cover non-appropriated fund employees (i.e. certain MWR and AAFES employees), [1] Outer Continental Shelf workers, [2] and U.S. government contractors working in foreign countries under the Defense Base Act [3] This coverage is mandated for all employees, including owners and officers of companies ...
Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act; Defense Base Act; Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection; Department of Defense Whistleblower Program; Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–6 (text), H.R. 933, enacted March 26, 2013) was a bill passed by the United States House of Representatives of the 113th United States Congress. The bill prevented a government shutdown and funded the federal government through September 30, 2013 as it replaced a ...
The $740 billion, 4500-page National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is the result of months of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives ...
Pentagon officials calculated that, if adopted in full by the nine-member BRAC Commission, the recommendations would have saved almost $50 billion over 20 years. The BRAC Commission (officially known as the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission) disputed this claim, pointing out what it considered to be significant flaws in the Department's methodology.
A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert that directly affects Pueblo was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House of Representatives Friday.