I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1269 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2025 
Ms. SCANLON (for herself, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. AMO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits 
for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring Our Fallen 
Heroes Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. HONORING OUR FALLEN HEROES. 
(a) CANCER-RELATED
DEATHS
AND
DISABIL-
ITIES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(p) EXPOSURE-RELATED CANCERS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CARCINOGEN.—The term ‘carcinogen’ 
means an agent that is— 
‘‘(i) classified by the International 
Agency for Research on Cancer under 
Group 1 or Group 2A; and 
‘‘(ii) reasonably linked to an exposure- 
related cancer. 
‘‘(B) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ 
means the Director of the Bureau. 
‘‘(C) EXPOSURE-RELATED
CANCER.—As 
updated from time to time in accordance with 
paragraph (3), the term ‘exposure-related can-
cer’ means— 
‘‘(i) bladder cancer; 
‘‘(ii) brain cancer; 
‘‘(iii) breast cancer; 
‘‘(iv) cervical cancer; 
‘‘(v) colon cancer; 
‘‘(vi) colorectal cancer; 
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‘‘(vii) esophageal cancer; 
‘‘(viii) kidney cancer; 
‘‘(ix) leukemia; 
‘‘(x) lung cancer; 
‘‘(xi) malignant melanoma; 
‘‘(xii) mesothelioma; 
‘‘(xiii) multiple myeloma; 
‘‘(xiv) non-Hodgkins lymphoma; 
‘‘(xv) ovarian cancer; 
‘‘(xvi) prostate cancer; 
‘‘(xvii) skin cancer; 
‘‘(xviii) stomach cancer; 
‘‘(xix) testicular cancer; 
‘‘(xx) thyroid cancer; 
‘‘(xxi) any form of cancer that is con-
sidered a WTC-related health condition 
under section 3312(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm–22(a)); 
and 
‘‘(xxii) any form of cancer added to 
this definition pursuant to an update in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) PERSONAL
INJURY
SUSTAINED
IN
THE 
LINE OF DUTY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), as determined by the Bureau, the 
exposure of a public safety officer to a car-
cinogen shall be presumed to constitute a per-
sonal injury within the meaning of subsection 
(a) or (b) sustained in the line of duty by the 
officer and directly and proximately resulting in 
death or permanent and total disability, if— 
‘‘(i) the exposure occurred while the 
public safety officer was engaged in line of 
duty action or activity; 
‘‘(ii) the public safety officer began 
serving as a public safety officer not fewer 
than 5 years before the date of the diag-
nosis of the public safety officer with an 
exposure-related cancer; 
‘‘(iii) the public safety officer was di-
agnosed with the exposure-related cancer 
not more than 15 years after the public 
safety officer’s last date of active service as 
a public safety officer; and 
‘‘(iv) the exposure-related cancer di-
rectly and proximately results in the death 
or permanent and total disability of the 
public safety officer. 
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based on competent medical evidence of 
significant risk to public safety officers of 
developing the form of exposure-related 
cancer that is the subject of the update 
from engagement in their public safety ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(ii) 
EVIDENCE.—The 
competent 
medical evidence described in clause (i) 
may include recommendations, risk assess-
ments, and scientific studies by— 
‘‘(I) the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health; 
‘‘(II) the National Toxicology 
Program; 
‘‘(III) the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; 
or 
‘‘(IV) the International Agency 
for Research on Cancer. 
‘‘(C) PETITIONS TO ADD TO THE LIST OF 
EXPOSURE-RELATED CANCERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any person may 
petition the Director to add a form of can-
cer to the definition of ‘exposure-related 
cancer’ under paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(ii) CONTENT OF PETITION.—A peti-
tion under clause (i) shall provide informa-
tion to show that there is sufficient com-
petent medical evidence of significant risk 
to public safety officers of developing the 
cancer from engagement in their public 
safety activities. 
‘‘(iii) TIMELY AND SUBSTANTIVE DE-
CISIONS.— 
‘‘(I) REFERRAL.—Not later than 
180 days after receipt of a petition 
satisfying clause (ii), the Director 
shall refer the petition to appropriate 
medical experts for review, analysis 
(including risk assessment and sci-
entific study), and recommendation. 
‘‘(II) CONSIDERATION.—The Di-
rector 
shall 
consider 
each 
rec-
ommendation under subclause (I) and 
promptly take appropriate action in 
connection with the recommendation 
pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(iv) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 30 days after taking any 
substantive action in connection with a rec-
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ommendation under clause (iii)(II), the Di-
rector shall notify the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives of the substantive action.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply to any claim under— 
(A) section 1201(a) of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(a)) that is predicated 
upon the death of a public safety officer on or 
after January 1, 2020, that is the direct and 
proximate result of an exposure-related cancer; 
or 
(B) section 1201(b) of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)) that is filed on or 
after January 1, 2020, and predicated upon a 
disability that is the direct and proximate result 
of an exposure-related cancer. 
(3) TIME FOR FILING CLAIM.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, an individual who desires 
to file a claim that is predicated upon the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) shall not be precluded 
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from filing such a claim within 3 years of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 812(a) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10231(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘fur-
nished under this title by any person and iden-
tifiable to any specific private person’’ and in-
serting ‘‘furnished under any law to any compo-
nent of the Office of Justice Programs, or fur-
nished otherwise under this title, by any entity 
or person, including any information identifi-
able to any specific private person,’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘person furnishing such information’’ and in-
serting ‘‘entity or person furnishing such infor-
mation or to whom such information pertains’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The 
amendments made by paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) shall take effect for all purposes as if 
enacted on December 27, 1979; and 
(B) apply to any matter pending, before 
the Department of Justice or otherwise, as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201(o)(2) of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(o)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
(b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
(b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
(b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to any matter pending 
before the Department of Justice as of the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Safeguarding 
America’s First Responders Act of 2020 (34 U.S.C. 
10281 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘line of 
duty action’ includes any action— 
‘‘(1) in which a public safety officer engaged at 
the direction of the agency served by the public safe-
ty officer; or 
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‘‘(2) the public safety officer is authorized or 
obligated to perform.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any claim under section 
3 of the Safeguarding America’s First Responders 
Act of 2020 (34 U.S.C. 10281 note)— 
(A) that is predicated upon the death of a 
public safety officer on or after January 1, 
2020; or 
(B) that is— 
(i) predicated upon the disability of a 
public safety officer; and 
(ii) filed on or after January 1, 2020. 
(2) TIME FOR FILING CLAIM.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, an individual who desires 
to file a claim that is predicated upon the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall not be precluded 
from filing such a claim within 3 years of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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