US Congress House Bill 1174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-11)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides federal worker's compensation to firefighters who contract certain illnesses as a result of their service. Specifically, the bill provides that (1) heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers of federal employees employed in fire protection activities for at least 5 years is presumed to be proximately caused by such employment if the employee is diagnosed with the disease within 10 years of their employment in fire protection activities; and (2) the disability or death of the employee due to such disease is presumed to result from personal injury sustained in the performance of duty. These presumptions also apply to fire protection employees who contract any uncommon infectious disease, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis A, B, or C, or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). An employee in fire protection activities is a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker, who (1) is trained in fire suppression; (2) has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire suppression; (3) is engaged in the prevention, control, and extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; and (4) performs such activities as a primary responsibility. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must examine the implementation of this bill and appropriate scientific and medical data related to the health risks of firefighting.

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2019

Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Sen. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Sen. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-02-13	House	Introduced in House

SB1942 (Similar To) 2019-06-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1174/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1174/BILLS-116hr1174ih.pdf