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119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement

S. 237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

ReportedMay 20, 2025

  1. Introduced (completed)Jan 23, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Jan 23, 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.
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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

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

59

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

38 points earned
  1. 1Amy Klobuchar D-MN SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone, introduced, reported5 events+38
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History

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