HR 697
109th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
AIDS (Disease)
Animals
Blood diseases
Brain diseases
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Colon cancer
Communicable diseases
Digestive diseases
Diphtheria
Emergency Management
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Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Health
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005
Introduced: February 9, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2005
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 24, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 9, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends Federal law to provide that, with regard to an employee in fire protection activities: (1) heart disease, lung disease, specified cancers and infectious diseases shall be presumed to be proximately caused by the employee's employment; (2) the disability or death of an employee in fire protection activities due to such a disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of such employee's duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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