,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjac ,mr4 
,cummings 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tierney1  
and ,ms4 ,shea-,porter7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,defense ,base ,act to require
 the provision of insurance under that  
,act under a ,government self-insurance 
program1 and to require an              
implementation strategy for such        
self-insurance program4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,defense ,base ,act ,insurance          
,improvement ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,requirement for use of ,government     
self-insurance program for insurance    

under ,defense ,base ,act ,section #a of
 the ,defense ,base ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#afea7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7g7      
,transition to ,government              
self-,insurance program  7#a7 ,in       
general ,on the effective date of this  
subsection1 the requirements in         
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#f7 of         
subsection 7a7 imposed on contractors to
 secure the payment of compensation and 
other benefits under the provisions of  
this ,act and to maintain in full force 
and effect such security for the payment
 of such compensation and benefits      
shall1 for injuries sustained after such
 effective date1 be satisfied through   
the ,government ,defense ,base ,act     
self-insurance program4  7#b7           
,government ,defense ,base ,act         
self-insurance program defined ,in this 
subsection1 the term ,government        
,defense ,base ,act self-insurance      
program means a self-insurance program  
developed in the implementation strategy

 required by section #c of the ,defense 
,base ,act ,insurance ,improvement ,act 
of #bjac and under which--  7,a7        
compensation and benefits for injuries  
sustained are satisfied directly by the 
,government1 without action of the      
contractor 7or subcontractor or         
subordinate contractor with respect to  
such contractor72 and  7,b7 compensation
 and benefits are funded by the agencies
 whose contracts are affected4  7#c7    
,effective date ,the effective date of  
this subsection is the date occurring   
one year after the date of the enactment
 of the ,defense ,base ,act ,insurance  
,improvement ,act of #bjac4  4  #c4     
,implementation strategy for ,government
 ,defense ,base ,act self-insurance     
program  7a7 ,requirement ,the          
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,labor shall jointly      
develop and execute an implementation   
strategy for a self-insurance program   
for insurance required by the ,defense  
,base ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #afea et      

seq474  7b7 ,matters covered ,the       
implementation strategy required under  
subsection 7a7 shall address and provide
 a plan for the following3  7#a7        
,appropriate administration of the      
self-insurance program1 including       
appropriate program financing4  7#b7    
,appropriate procedures for claims      
processing1 claims adjudication1 and    
benefits delivery1 taking into          
consideration the unique circumstances  
of insuring overseas contractors4  7#c7 
,a timeline and strategy to transfer    
existing claims covered under the       
,defense ,base ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #afea
 et seq47 and the ,war ,hazards         
,compensation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agja 
et seq47 by private carriers to a       
,government self-insurance program4     
7#d7 ,recommendations for any additional
 statutory revisions necessary to carry 
out the strategy4  7c7 ,report and      
deadline ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,defense and the     

,secretary of ,labor shall jointly      
prepare and submit to the appropriate   
congressional committees a report on the
 implementation strategy4  #d4 ,report  
7a7 ,report requirement ,not later than 
#b years after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary of        
,defense and the ,secretary of ,labor   
shall jointly prepare a report on the   
implementation of this ,act and the     
amendment made by this ,act4  7b7       
,matters covered ,the report shall      
cover1 at a minimum1 the following with 
respect to the ,government ,defense     
,base ,act self-insurance program 7as   
defined in the amendment made by section
 #b73  7#a7 ,the cost savings from the  
use of the self-insurance program4  7#b7
 ,the quality of administration of the  
self-insurance program4  7#c7 ,whether  
the delivery of benefits to injured     
employees and their survivors 7in the   
case of death7 has improved under the   
self-insurance program4  7#d7           
,recommendations for improvement of the 

self-insurance program4  7#e7 ,such     
other matters as the ,secretaries       
consider appropriate4  #e4 ,definition  
of congressional committees ,in this    
,act1 the term appropriate congressional
 committees means the following3  7#a7  
,the ,committees on ,armed ,services of 
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives4  7#b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate and the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives4