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Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced: April 5, 2006 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 May 26, 2005

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1221 Related bill Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 9 Independent 1
Bean, Melissa
· Apr 5, 2006
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2006
Marshall, Jim
· Dec 16, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 16, 2005
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Nov 1, 2005
Meek, Kendrick
· May 26, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 4, 2005
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 5, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 5, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Mar 17, 2005
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 17, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 15, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 1, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 1, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 697: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-697/
MLA
"H.R. 697: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-697/.
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H.R. 697, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-697/.
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