Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005

Bill Number

S 1221

Introduced

Jun 9, 2005

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, ...

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

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Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005 - 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 27, 2006

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Jun 9, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 9, 2005

Introduced in Senate

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