Federal Employees' Compensation Act

[1][2][3] Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana and Rep. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) of Maine, it established compensation to federal civil service employees for wages lost due to job-related injuries.

[citation needed] The Federal Employees' Compensation Commission was the original administrator of the FECA.

However, the Commission did not exist at the time the FECA went into effect and claims accumulated for more than six months while members were selected and sworn into office.

The Federal Employees' Compensation Commission officially began its duties on March 14, 1917.

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