Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

This bill would make sure that public safety officers, like police and firefighters, who get cancer from being exposed to cancer-causing substances while on duty can receive death and disability benefits through an existing government program. Their families could also receive these benefits. To qualify, the officer must have served for at least 5 years before being diagnosed, and the diagnosis must have happened within 15 years of their last day of active service. The bill also requires the Department of Justice to regularly review and update which types of cancer count as being caused by on-the-job exposure, based on medical evidence.

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