US HB2499 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 177-27)
Status: Engrossed on May 12 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty, and for other purposes.

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Title

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022

Sponsors

Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]Rep. Andrew Garbarino [R-NY]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Kaialii Kahele [D-HI]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux [D-GA]Rep. Ernest Gonzales [R-TX]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Marie Newman [D-IL]
Rep. Maria Salazar [R-FL]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]
Rep. Young Kim [R-CA]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]

Roll Calls

2022-05-11 - House - On passage (Y: 288 N: 131 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2022-05-11 - House - On agreeing to the Scott (VA) amendments (A002) H.Amdt.194 (Y: 224 N: 195 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2022-05-11 - House - On agreeing to the Keller amendment (A004) H.Amdt.196 (Y: 180 N: 242 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2022-05-11 - House - On agreeing to the Joyce (OH) amendment (A003) H.Amdt.195 (Y: 419 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-05-12SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2022-05-11HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2022-05-11HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 288 - 131 (Roll no. 149). (text of amendment in the nature of a substiute: CR H4816-4817)
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.196 On agreeing to the Keller amendment (A004) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 180 - 242 (Roll no. 148).
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.195 On agreeing to the Joyce (OH) amendment (A003) Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 419 - 0 (Roll no. 147).
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.194 On agreeing to the Scott (VA) amendments (A002) Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 195 (Roll no. 146).
2022-05-11HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Keller amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Keller demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.196 The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A004) pursuant to the rule.
2022-05-11HouseDEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1097, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on Keller amendment No. 4.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.196 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Keller. (consideration: CR H4826-4828, H4829-4830; text: CR H4826-4827)
2022-05-11HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Joyce (OH) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Greene (GA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.195 The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A003) pursuant to the rule.
2022-05-11HouseDEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1097, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Joyce (OH) amendment No. 3.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.195 Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Joyce (OH). (consideration: CR H4826; H4829; text: CR H4826)
2022-05-11HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Greene (GA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.194 The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A002) pursuant to the rule.
2022-05-11HouseDEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1097, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 1.
2022-05-11HouseH.Amdt.194 Amendments en bloc (A002) offered by Mr. Scott (VA). (consideration: CR H4822-4823, H4828-4829; text: CR H4822-4823)
2022-05-11HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2499.
2022-05-11HouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 903, H.R. 2499, H.R. 5129 and H.R. 7691. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 903, H.R. 2499, and H.R. 5129 under a structured rule. H.R. 7691 is considered under a closed rule. Bills considered under the rule are debatable for one hour. The rule provides that H. Res. 1096 is adopted and amends H. Res. 188 by striking May 13, 2022 and inserting June 10, 2022.
2022-05-11HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1097. (consideration: CR H4816-4831)
2022-05-10HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1097 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 903, H.R. 2499, H.R. 5129 and H.R. 7691. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 903, H.R. 2499, and H.R. 5129 under a structured rule. H.R. 7691 is considered under a closed rule. Bills considered under the rule are debatable for one hour. The rule provides that H. Res. 1096 is adopted and amends H. Res. 188 by striking May 13, 2022 and inserting June 10, 2022.
2022-05-06HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 226.
2022-05-06HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-306.
2022-03-16HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 18.
2022-03-16HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2021-04-14HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2021-04-14HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1116 (Same As) 2022-09-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.
HR1097 (Related) 2022-05-10 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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