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Parkinson’s Protection for Firefighters Act
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
This 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. Currently, federal firefighters must demonstrate a causal connection between workplace exposure and certain diseases to receive workers' compensation; this bill would eliminate that requirement for Parkinson's disease, establishing a presumption that the disease resulted from fire protection work. The bill also makes technical corrections to the statute, including correcting a typographical error and updating subsection headings. These changes would apply to federal firefighters covered under the federal employees' compensation system.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
Actions (2)
- Jun 2, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Jun 2, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 2, 2026
Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Parkinson’s Protection for Firefighters Act”.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE IN LIST OF ILLNESSES AND DISEASES DEEMED TO BE PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY EMPLOYMENT IN FIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES.
Section 8143b(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Diseased” and inserting “Diseases”;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking “activedate” and inserting “active date”; and
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (L) through (P) as subparagraphs (M) through (Q), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following:
“(L) Parkinson’s disease.”. <all>
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