S. 1116: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022

Plain summary

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022 This bill provides federal workers' compensation to firefighters who contract certain illnesses as a result of their service. Specifically, the bill provides that heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers of federal employees employed in fire protection activities for at least 5 years are presumed to be proximately caused by such employment if the employee is diagnosed with the disease within 10 years of employment. The Department of Labor must periodically review the bill's listed diseases and conditions and make appropriate additions. An employee in fire protection activities is a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker, who (1) is trained in fire suppression; (2) has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire suppression; (3) is engaged in the prevention, control, and extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; and (4) performs such activities as a primary responsibility. Additionally, the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture must jointly study the long-term health effects experienced by federal wildland firefighters who are eligible for workers' compensation. The bill also requires Labor to revise regulations so as to allow at least 60 days (rather than at least 30 days) for a claimant to submit any additional evidence that is requested by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to support a federal workers' compensation claim.

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Official text

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · 26 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1116, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022 (2022-09-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1116.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s1116 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117