In the President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget is a proposal to replace the Defense Base Act. The new statute, (not yet published), would create a Government wide fund to replace the patchwork of contract coverage now in effect under the DBA. The program would pay benefits directly from the Federal fund administered by the DOL and agencies would be billed only for their share of benefits and administrative costs.
The proposal appears on page 772 of the Budget proposal, under Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
The link is attached:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2014/assets/lab.pdf
