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S. 237 Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced
Jan 23, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
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STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING

Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 78 on May 20, 2025.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate Jan 23, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Jan 23, 2025
  3. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. May 15, 2025
  4. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report. May 20, 2025
  5. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78. May 20, 2025

Cosponsors

59

Subjects

CancerCongressional oversightDisability assistanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesLaw enforcement officersWorker safety and health

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
    • [Reported By, May 20, 2025]
    • [Markup By, May 15, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jan 23, 2025]

Summary

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers who suffer from exposure-related cancer while on duty and their survivors. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty and their survivors.The bill specifies that exposure to a carcinogen shall be presumed to constitute a personal injury in the line of duty ifthe exposure occurred while the officer was in the line of duty;the officer began serving as an officer not fewer than 5 years before the date of the diagnosis of an exposure-related cancer and the diagnosis occurred not more than 15 years after the last date of active service; andthe exposure-related cancer directly and proximately resulted in the death or permanent and total disability of the officer.The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance must periodically review the definition of exposure-related cancer and update the definition if appropriate based on medical evidence and in accordance with the requirements of a petition process.

[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]

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