,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mrs4 ,capps 7for herself and ,mr4 
,meehan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend chapter #ha of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 to create a      
presumption that a disability or death  
of a ,federal employee in fire          
protection activities caused by any of  
certain diseases is the result of the   
performance of such employee's duty4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,firefighters ,fairness
 ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,certain diseases  
presumed to be work-related cause of    
disability or death for ,federal        
employees in fire protection activities 
7a7 ,definition ,section #haja of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by
 striking and at the end of paragraph   
7#ai71 by striking the period at the end
 of paragraph 7#bj7 and inserting 2 and1

 and by adding at the end the following3
  7#ba7 employee in fire protection     
activities means a firefighter1         
paramedic1 emergency medical technician1
 rescue worker1 ambulance personnel1 or 
hazardous material worker1 who-- 7,a7 is
 trained in fire suppression2  7,b7 has 
the legal authority and responsibility  
to engage in fire suppression2  7,c7 is 
engaged in the prevention1 control1 and 
extinguishment of fires or response to  
emergency situations where life1        
property1 or the environment is at risk2
 and  7,d7 performs such activities as a
 primary responsibility of his or her   
job4  4  7b7 ,presumption relating to   
employees in fire protection activities 
,section #hajb of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7c7 7#a7 ,with  
regard to an employee in fire protection
 activities1 a disease specified in     
paragraph 7#c7 shall be presumed to be  
proximately caused by the employment of 
such employee1 subject to the length of 

service requirements specified4 ,the    
disability or death of an employee in   
fire protection activities due to such a
 disease shall be presumed to result    
from personal injury sustained while in 
the performance of such employee's duty4
 ,such presumptions may be rebutted by a
 preponderance of the evidence4  7#b7   
,such presumptions apply only if the    
employee in fire protection activities  
is diagnosed with the disease for which 
presumption is sought within #aj years  
of the last active date of employment as
 an employee in fire protection         
activities4  7#c7 ,the following        
diseases shall be presumed to be        
proximately caused by the employment of 
the employee in fire protection         
activities3 7,a7 ,if the employee has   
been employed for a minimum of #e years 
in aggregate as an employee in fire     
protection activities3 7i7 ,heart       
disease4  7ii7 ,lung disease4  7iii7    
,the following cancers3 7,i7 ,brain     
cancer4  7,,ii7 ,cancer of the blood or 

lymphatic systems4  7,,iii7 ,leukemia4  
7,,iv7 ,lymphoma 7except ,hodgkin's     
disease74  7,v7 ,multiple myeloma4      
7,,vi7 ,bladder cancer4  7,,vii7 ,kidney
 cancer4  7,,viii7 ,testicular cancer4  
7,,ix7 ,cancer of the digestive system4 
7,x7 ,colon cancer4  7,,xi7 ,liver      
cancer4  7,,xii7 ,skin cancer4  7,,xiii7
 ,lung cancer4  7iv7 ,any other cancer  
the contraction of which the ,secretary 
of ,labor through regulations determines
 to be related to the hazards to which  
an employee in fire protection          
activities may be subject4  7,b7        
,regardless of the length of time an    
employee in fire protection activities  
has been employed1 any uncommon         
infectious disease1 including but not   
limited to tuberculosis1 hepatitis ,a1  
,b1 or ,c1 the human immunodeficiency   
virus 7,,hiv71 and any other uncommon   
infectious disease the contraction of   
which the ,secretary of ,labor through  
regulations determines to be related to 
the hazards to which an employee in fire

 protection activities may be subject4  
4  7c7 ,report ,not later than #e years 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,national ,institute of       
,occupational ,safety and ,health in the
 ,centers for ,disease ,control and     
,prevention shall examine the           
implementation of this ,act and         
appropriate scientific and medical data 
related to the health risks associated  
with firefighting and submit to         
,congress a report which shall include--
 7#a7 an analysis of the injury claims  
made under this ,act2  7#b7 an analysis 
of the available research related to the
 health risks associated with           
firefighting2 and  7#c7 recommendations 
for any administrative or legislative   
actions necessary to ensure that those  
diseases most associated with           
firefighting are included in the        
presumption created by this ,act4  7d7  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
this section applies to an injury that  
is first diagnosed or a death that      

occurs1 on or after the date of         
enactment of this ,act4