3.0.0 2244 2026-09-09T14:53:01Z 2026-09-09T14:53:01Z House H HR 2025-03-21 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2244 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 52 (Friday, March 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BACON:H.R. 2244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H1189]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2025-04-04T18:10:11Z Referred To 2025-03-21T20:00:05Z 2025-04-04 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2025-03-21 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-03-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 N C001121 Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] Jason Crow D CO 6 2025-04-10 False V000138 Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] Eugene Vindman D VA Simon 7 2025-09-09 False G000602 Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] Laura Gillen D NY 4 2025-10-10 False N000191 Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Joe Neguse D CO 2 2025-12-16 False V000136 Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] Gabe Vasquez D NM 2 2025-12-18 False K000398 Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] Thomas Kean R NJ H. 7 2026-08-03 False G000583 Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] Josh Gottheimer D NJ 5 2026-09-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2025-05-08T13:54:55Z 00 2025-03-21 Introduced in House 2025-06-25T14:05:00Z Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act

This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases becoming manifest in certain military firefighter 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.

]]> Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act Display Title 45 Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act 2026-09-09T14:53:01Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act 2025-03-27T01:53:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with firefighting. 2025-03-27T01:48:26Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-03-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2244ih/xml/BILLS-119hr2244ih.xml 2025-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.