S. 237

119th Congress

Reported

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

Sponsored byDemocrat:Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN· Introduced 23 January 2025
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Cosponsors

6

Actions

0

Amendments

1

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

20 May 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in Senate · Updated 10 July 2026

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers who suffer from exposure-related cancer while on duty and their survivors. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty and their survivors.

The bill specifies that exposure to a carcinogen shall be presumed to constitute a personal injury in the line of duty if

  • the exposure occurred while the officer was in the line of duty;
  • the officer began serving as an officer not fewer than 5 years before the date of the diagnosis of an exposure-related cancer and the diagnosis occurred not more than 15 years after the last date of active service; and
  • the exposure-related cancer directly and proximately resulted in the death or permanent and total disability of the officer.

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance must periodically review the definition of exposure-related cancer and update the definition if appropriate based on medical evidence and in accordance with the requirements of a petition process.

Timeline

6 actions

  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

    20 May 2025 · Calendars

  2. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

    20 May 2025 · Committee

  3. Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

    20 May 2025 · Committee

  4. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    15 May 2025 · Committee

  5. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    23 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  6. Introduced in Senate

    23 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

59 cosponsors

Sponsor

Democrat:Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN

Cosponsors

  • Democrat2652%
  • Republican2346%
  • Independent12%
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Classification

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Legislative subjects

CancerCongressional oversightDisability assistanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesLaw enforcement officersWorker safety and health

Committees

1

  • Judiciary Committee

    Senate · Standing

    • Referred To23 Jan 2025
    • Markup By15 May 2025
    • Reported By20 May 2025
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