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H.R. 1269 · 119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 12, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties

Sponsored by Scanlon, Mary Gay D-PA · 180 cosponsors: 132 Democrats, 48 Republicans
IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 192 words.

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025 This 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 if the 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; and the 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 cance r and update the definition if appropriate based on medical evidence and in accordance with the requirements of a petition process.

Context
Committees
House Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
Sponsor
0 of 78 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 1,435 words
Subjects
CancerCongressional oversightDisability assistanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesLaw enforcement officers +1 more
Latest action
Feb 12, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2

Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.

Identical or companion · 1
  • 119th S. 237 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025 D · Reported
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
  • 119th S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 R · Law

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]