Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act of 2026

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Firefighters with PFAS-related illnesses would get financial help from a new compensation program.

This bill would create a program to pay firefighters or their families for health problems or death caused by PFAS exposure. The money would come from new taxes on companies that make PFAS products and those that pay out for PFAS-related lawsuits.

What Would Change

Currently, there is no federal program specifically dedicated to compensating firefighters for physical injury or death due to PFAS-related health conditions, nor are there specific federal excise taxes on PFAS products or non-personal injury PFAS litigation awards to fund such a program. This bill would establish the Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Program within the Public Health Service Act, providing compensation from a new PFAS Trust Fund for eligible firefighters or their heirs suffering from specified PFAS-related health conditions, funded by a 10% excise tax on PFAS products and a 10% excise tax on qualifying PFAS litigation awards.

Key Provisions

A "Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Program" would be created to pay firefighters or their families for physical injuries or death from PFAS-related health conditions.
Firefighters who served two or more years and have a PFAS-related health condition, or their estate administrators or adult heirs, would be eligible to file a claim.
The program would pay a base award of $250,000 for PFAS-related cancers and $50,000 for non-cancer conditions, adjusted by years of service (up to 4 times the base award).
The bill would define "PFAS-related health conditions" to include specific cancers (kidney, testicle, liver, prostate, bladder, pancreas, breast, colon, and ovary), thyroid diseases, and ulcerative colitis, with an advisory panel to suggest more.
A "PFAS Trust Fund" would be set up to pay for the program, receiving money from new excise taxes.

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Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act of 2026

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