Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2001

Bill Number

S 1845

Introduced

Dec 18, 2001

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Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services ...

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AIDS (Disease) Animals Blood diseases Brain diseases Breast cancer Cancer Colon cancer Communicable diseases Digestive diseases Diphtheria Emergency Management Emergency medical personnel Environmental Protection Evidence (Law) Families Federal employees Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health Heart diseases Hepatitis Human immunodeficiency viruses Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Law Leukemia Liver diseases Lung cancer Lung diseases Paramedical personnel Prostate cancer Rabies Rescue work Skin cancer Survivors' benefits Tuberculosis Women Workers' compensation

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Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2001 - Provides that, with regard to an individual federally employed in fire protection activities: (1) heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers and infectious diseases shall be presumed to be proximately caused by the individual's employment; (2) such individual's disability or death due to such a disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.

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Jan 15, 2002

Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
Dec 18, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Dec 18, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13469)
Dec 18, 2001

Introduced in Senate

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