NFFF ACTION ALERT –

ASK CONGRESS

TO PASS THE HONORING OUR FALLEN HEROES ACT

On January 23rd, Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Senator Kevin Cramer (ND) introduced S. 237, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act. The legislation expands the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program to line-of-duty deaths and permanent disabilities that occur because of certain cancers. On February 12th, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5) introduced companion legislation, H.R. 1269. 

The PSOB program provides benefits to the survivors of public safety officers who die in the line of duty, as well as disability benefits to officers who become permanently disabled due to injuries sustained in the line of duty. The legislation was included as part of the Senate-passed annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House and Senate are now resolving differences between the two chambers' versions of the NDAA, and NFFF and our national fire service partners are advocating for the inclusion of S. 237.

Please reach out to your members of Congress and ask them to support the inclusion of the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act in the final version of the NDAA. This is critical legislation that will help support the families of our nation’s firefighters. 

Visit this link to contact your members of Congress: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member. Additionally, our friends at the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) have created a VoterVoice campaign and asked us to share it: https://www.votervoice.net/IAFF/campaigns/106899/respond. 

Please reach out to Congress today. Thank you.

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Sean Patrick Carroll

Director of Government Relations

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Cell: (703) 795-6213

www.firehero.org