HR 4306 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act

Introduced Jun 22, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Abigail Davis Spanberger D-VA

Latest action · Nov 29, 2023 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Progress

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IntroducedJun 22, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act

This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases becoming manifest in certain veterans to a degree of disability of 10% or more within 15 years of the veteran's separation from active military, naval, or air service. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases or disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Veterans addressed by this bill are those who (1) are trained in fire suppression, and (2) served on active duty in a military occupational specialty or career field with a primary responsibility of firefighting or damage control for at least five years in the aggregate.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IA	Ashley Hinson	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jun 22, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Jun 30, 2023

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 22, 2023
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Aug 11, 2023Markup Nov 29, 2023Reported Nov 29, 2023

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 29, 2023Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 29, 2023Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 11, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House
Jun 22, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To create the presumption that veteran firefighters who become disabled by serious diseases contracted the illness due to their service in the military.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 109, June 22, 2023, page H3111.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-38	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1753; H.R. 3790; H.R. 4016; H.R. 4190; H.R. 4306; H.R. 5559; H.R. 5891; H.R. 5870; H.R. 5870; H.R. 5890; AND H.R. 593887 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Nov 8, 2023

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2111	Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act	Reintroduction of	Jun 16, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with firefighting.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House

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