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To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson's disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson's disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends federal law to add Parkinson's disease to the list of illnesses and diseases that are presumed to be caused by employment in fire protection activities. This change would make federal firefighters who develop Parkinson's disease eligible for workers' compensation benefits under title 5 of the United States Code, treating the disease as an occupational illness connected to their fire protection work.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
12 cosponsors
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN)
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
Actions (2)
- Jul 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Jul 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 16, 2025
Ms. Hoyle of Oregon (for herself, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson’s disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE IN LIST OF ILLNESSES AND DISEASES DEEMED TO BE PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY EMPLOYMENT IN FIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES.
Paragraph (2) of section 8143b(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (L) through (P) as subparagraphs (M) through (Q), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following new subparagraph:
“(L) Parkinson’s disease.”. <all>
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