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S. 237 (119th)

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

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Introduced

23 January 2025

Last action

20 May 2025 · Reported

Status

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

Sponsors

Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV], Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH]

Subjects

Education, Crime and Law Enforcement

Source updated

10 August 2026

Education · Crime and Law Enforcement

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Summary

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 cance r and update the definition if appropriate based on medical evidence and in accordance with the requirements of a petition process.

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Timeline

  1. 23 January 2025

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 January 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 May 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

  4. 20 May 2025

    Calendars

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

    Source: Calendars

  5. 20 May 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

  6. 20 May 2025

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

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Documents

3 official files

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