,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bj1 #bjbj  
,mrs4 ,walorski introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,omnibus ,crime ,control  
and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh to     
provide for a presumption of eligibility
 for benefits for certain public safety 
officers who died of exposure-related   
cancers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,joshua ,john ,comeau ,first        
,responder ,cancer ,benefit ,act of     
#bjbj4  #b4 ,exposure-related cancer    
,section #abja of title ,i of the       
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajbha7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7o7  7#a7 ,as determined
 by the ,bureau1 an exposure-related    
cancer resulting in the death of a      
public safety officer shall be presumed 
to constitute a personal injury within  

the meaning of subsection 7a71 sustained
 in the line of duty by the officer and 
directly and proximately resulting in   
death1 if that public safety officer was
 exposed to or in contact with any known
 carcinogen1 or carcinogenic substance  
or condition while at the scene of an   
accident1 a fire1 or any other rescue or
 public safety operation4  7#b7 ,for    
purposes of this subsection1 the term   
exposure-related cancer includes the    
following3  7,a7 ,mesothelioma4  7,b7   
,testicular cancer4  7,c7 ,multiple     
myeloma4  7,d7 ,leukemia4  7,e7         
,non-,hodgkins lymphoma4  7,f7 ,skin    
cancer4  7,g7 ,malignant melanoma4  7,h7
 ,brain cancer4  7,i7 ,prostate cancer4 
7,j7 ,colon cancer4  7,k7 ,stomach      
cancer4  7,l7 ,lung cancer4  7,m7       
,esophagus cancer4  7,n7 ,kidney cancer4
  7,o7 ,bladder cancer4  7,p7 ,any other
 form of cancer that the ,bureau may    
determine appropriate4  4  #c4          
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
section #b shall apply in the case of   

any public safety officer who died on or
 after ,january #a1 #bjah1 as a result  
of an exposure-related cancer4