,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,ms4 ,spanberger 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,bacon1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 
,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,mitchell1 ,ms4        
,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4  
,gottheimer7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to establish presumptions
 of service connection for diseases     
associated with firefighting4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,michael ,lecik ,military           
,firefighters ,protection ,act4  #b4    
,presumptions of service connection for 
diseases associated with firefighting   
7a7 ,establishment ,subchapter ,,ii of  
chapter #aa of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#aaai4 ,presumptions of service         
connection for diseases associated with 

firefighting  7a7 ,service connection   
,for the purposes of section #aaaj of   
this title1 and subject to section #aaac
 of this title1 a disease specified in  
subsection 7b7 becoming manifest in a   
veteran described in subsection 7c7 to a
 degree of disability specified in      
subsection 7d7 and within the period    
specified in subsection 7e7 shall be    
considered to have been incurred in or  
aggravated during active military1      
naval1 or air service1 notwithstanding  
that there is no record of evidence of  
such disease during a period of such    
service4  7b7 ,specified diseases ,the  
diseases specified in this subsection   
are the following3 7#a7 ,heart disease4 
7#b7 ,lung disease4  7#c7 ,brain cancer4
  7#d7 ,cancer of the blood or lymphatic
 systems4  7#e7 ,leukemia4  7#f7        
,lymphoma 7except ,hodgkin's disease74  
7#g7 ,multiple myeloma4  7#h7 ,bladder  
cancer4  7#i7 ,kidney cancer4  7#aj7    
,cancer of the reproductive system      
7including testicular cancer74  7#aa7   

,cancer of the digestive system4  7#ab7 
,colon cancer4  7#ac7 ,liver cancer4    
7#ad7 ,skin cancer4  7#ae7 ,lung cancer4
  7#af7 ,breast cancer4  7#ag7 ,each    
additional disease 7if any7 that the    
,secretary determines in regulations    
prescribed under this section--  7,a7   
warrants a presumption of service       
connection by reason of having positive 
association with firefighting2 and  7,b7
 becomes manifest within the period 7if 
any7 prescribed in such regulations in a
 veteran described in subsection 7c71   
notwithstanding subsection 7e74  7c7    
,covered veterans ,a veteran described  
in this subsection is a veteran who--   
7#a7 is trained in fire suppression2 and
  7#b7 served on active duty in a       
military occupational specialty or      
career field with a primary             
responsibility for firefighting or      
damage control for at least five years  
in the aggregate4  7d7 ,degree of       
disability ,the degree of disability    
specified in this subsection is #aj     

percent or more4  7e7 ,period ,the      
period specified in this subsection is  
within #ae years of the date on which   
the veteran separated from active       
military1 naval1 or air service4  7f7   
,effective date of award ,the effective 
date of an award under this section     
shall be determined in accordance with  
section #eaaj of this title4  4  7b7    
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #aaah the  
following new item3  #aaai4             
,presumptions of service connection for 
diseases associated with firefighting4  
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