Bipartisan bill expands benefits to first responders and families fighting service-related cancers

Bipartisan bill expands benefits to first responders and families fighting service-related cancers

WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – Bipartisan legislation expanding benefits to first responders suffering from fire response-related cancers nationwide was signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The legislation, originally entitled the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act (H.R. 1269), made the expanded cancer coverage retroactive, meaning first responders and their families can make claims from before the bill w…

What they’re saying: Lawmakers praise passage of bipartisan Honor Act

Democrats and Republicans are applauding new federal legislation recognizing occupational cancer as a line-of-duty death for fire fighters.