(A) accumulate for use in succeeding 
years; and 
(B) be considered to be annual or vacation 
leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 of 
title 5, United States Code, or for any other 
purpose. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out subsections (a) 
and (b), the Secretaries may enter into partnerships or 
cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies, uni-
versities, or non-profit institutions. 
(d) WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PRESUMPTION RE-
LATING TO FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8102 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) With regard to any employee who is a Federal 
wildland firefighter (as that term is defined in section 1(b) 
of the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and 
Pay Parity Act), a disease specified in paragraph (3) shall 
be presumed to be proximately caused by the employment 
of such employee, subject to the length of service require-
ments specified. The disability or death of such an em-
ployee to such a disease shall be presumed to result from 
personal injury sustained while in the performance of such 
employee’s duty. Such presumptions may be rebutted by 
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a preponderance of the evidence from the employing agen-
cy. 
‘‘(2) Such presumptions apply only if the employee 
in fire protection activities is diagnosed with the disease 
for which presumption is sought within 10 years of the 
last active date of employment as an employee in fire pro-
tection activities. 
‘‘(3) The following diseases shall be presumed to be 
proximately caused by the employment of the employee if 
the employee has been employed for a minimum of 5 years 
in aggregate as an employee in fire protection activities: 
‘‘(A) Heart disease. 
‘‘(B) Lung disease. 
‘‘(C) The following cancers: 
‘‘(i) Brain cancer. 
‘‘(ii) Cancer of the blood or lymphatic sys-
tems. 
‘‘(iii) Bladder cancer. 
‘‘(iv) Kidney cancer. 
‘‘(v) Testicular cancer. 
‘‘(vi) Cancer of the digestive system. 
‘‘(vii) Skin cancer. 
‘‘(viii) Cancer of the respiratory system. 
‘‘(ix) Breast cancer. 
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‘‘(D) Any other cancer the contraction of which 
the Secretary of Labor through regulations deter-
mines to be related to the hazards to which an em-
ployee may be subject.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to a covered disability or 
death that occurs on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. RETIREMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF FIREFIGHTERS PENSION COV-
ERAGE IN CASE OF DISABILITY.— 
(1) FERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 8412(d) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), re-
spectively; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘An em-
ployee’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2)(A) The term ‘affected individual’ means an 
individual covered under this chapter who— 
‘‘(i) is performing service in a fire-
fighter position; 
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‘‘(ii) while on duty, becomes ill or is 
injured as a direct result of the perform-
ance of such duties before the date on 
which the individual becomes entitled to an 
annuity under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section or subsection (e), as applicable; 
‘‘(iii) because of the illness or injury 
described in clause (ii), is permanently un-
able to render useful and efficient service 
in the employee’s firefighter position, as 
determined by the agency in which the in-
dividual was serving when such individual 
incurred the illness or injury; and 
‘‘(iv) is appointed to a position in the 
civil service that— 
‘‘(I) is not a firefighter position; 
and 
‘‘(II) is within an agency that 
regularly appoints individuals to su-
pervisory or administrative positions 
related to the activities of the former 
firefighter position of the individual. 
‘‘(B) Unless an affected individual files an 
election described in subparagraph (E), cred-
itable service by the affected individual in a po-
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sition described in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall 
be treated as creditable service in a firefighter 
position for purposes of this chapter and deter-
mining the amount to be deducted and withheld 
from the pay of the affected individual under 
section 8422. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if 
the affected employee transitions to a position 
described in subparagraph (A)(iv) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(D) The service of an affected individual 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
subparagraph (B) if such service occurs after 
the individual— 
‘‘(i) is transferred to a supervisory or 
administrative position related to the ac-
tivities of the former firefighter position of 
the individual; or 
‘‘(ii) meets the age and service re-
quirements that would subject the indi-
vidual to mandatory separation under sec-
tion 8425 if such individual had remained 
in the former firefighter position. 
‘‘(E) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
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Management, an affected individual may file an 
election to have any creditable service per-
formed by the affected individual treated in ac-
cordance with this chapter without regard to 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to apply to such affected individual 
any other pay-related laws or regulations appli-
cable to a firefighter position.’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.—Chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in section 8414(b)(3), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(ii) in section 8415— 
(I) in subsection (e), in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1), by in-
serting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
and 
(II) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(d)(1)(B)’’; 
(iii) in section 8421(a)(1), by insert-
ing ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; 
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