Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-09-16Topic: health care

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This bill would create a federal program to pay compensation to firefighters who served at least 2 years and developed certain health conditions linked to PFAS chemicals, or to their estates or heirs if they have died. The program would treat these conditions as caused by firefighting exposure without looking at fault, and would pay a base award of $250,000 for a cancer or $50,000 for a non-cancer condition, multiplied by 1 to 4 depending on years of service. Payments would come from a new PFAS Trust Fund, which would be funded by a 10 percent tax on sales of products containing PFAS by their makers or importers and a 10 percent tax on certain PFAS court awards or settlements that are not for personal injury. Claimants could appeal decisions to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and attorneys' fees would be capped.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-09-16	House	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.	refer
2026-09-16	House	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.	refer
2026-09-16	House	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.	refer
2026-09-16		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-09-16		Introduced in House	introduce

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