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H.R. 697 · 109th Congress

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JAR Ann DavisSponsor
75 cosponsors · 59 D, 15 R, 1 I
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1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends Federal law to provide that, with regard to an employee in fire protection activities: (1) heart disease, lung disease, specified cancers and infectious diseases shall be presumed to be proximately caused by the employee's employment; (2) the disability or death of an employee in fire protection activities…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 9, 2005
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends Federal law to provide that, with regard to an employee in fire protection activities: (1) heart disease, lung disease, specified cancers and infectious diseases shall be presumed to be proximately caused by the employee's employment; (2) 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 duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005

Latest action (May 26, 2005): Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 9, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.