Parkinson’s Protection for Firefighters Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4658 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4658

To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson's disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 2, 2026

Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to include Parkinson's disease in the list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Parkinson's Protection for Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN LIST OF ILLNESSES AND DISEASES DEEMED TO BE PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY EMPLOYMENT IN FIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES.

Section 8143b(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Diseased'' and inserting ``Diseases''; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``activedate'' and inserting ``active date''; and (3) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (L) through (P) as subparagraphs (M) through (Q), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following: ``(L) Parkinson's disease.''. <all>