Politiparty
Politiparty
LeaderboardCongressBills

119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement

H.R. 1269: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 12, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Feb 12, 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.
Read the full summary

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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

No roll call votes have been held on this bill.

Amendments

0 offered

No amendments were offered to this bill.

Cosponsors

180

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

24 points earned
  1. 1Mary Scanlon D-PA SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone5 events+24
See all scorers and every scoring event

Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.

History

  1. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in the House by Mary Scanlon.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
  1. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 12, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.