Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Bacon
Introduced
Summary
Free cancer screenings for Department of Defense firefighters. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to provide, at no cost to firefighters, medical testing and related services during their annual periodic health assessment to detect, document, and prevent certain cancers.
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- Female firefighters would be offered mammograms at least every two years for ages 40–49 and annually at 50 and older, with a licensed radiologist comparing current and prior images and reporting results.
- Firefighters 40 and older would receive information about stool-based blood tests; those 45 and older would be offered regular visual exams (colonoscopy, CT colonography, or flexible sigmoidoscopy) or stool testing as clinically indicated.
- Male firefighters would be offered an annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test at 50 and older, and annually starting at 40 for those deemed high-risk (African American, a first-degree relative with early prostate cancer, or designated by the Secretary).
- Participation would be voluntary and firefighters could opt out of any test or related service.
- The program must document acceptance rates and test outcomes, strip names and personally identifiable information before analysis, and may share deidentified data with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study cancer trends among firefighters.
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Free cancer screening for Defense Department firefighters
If enacted, Defense Department firefighters would get free cancer tests during yearly health checks, or as needed. Women ages 40-49 would get a mammogram at least every two years. Women 50 and older would get a mammogram at least once a year. A radiologist would compare the latest and prior mammograms and give you results. Starting at age 40, you would get information on stool-based colon tests. Starting at 45, you would get regular colon exams or stool tests, with a doctor's review. Men 50 and older would get a yearly PSA test. High-risk men 40 and older would also get a yearly PSA test. High risk means African American, an early prostate cancer in a first-degree relative, or as determined by the Secretary. Screenings for other cancers with higher firefighter risk would be added to the annual check. You could opt out of any test. Results would be recorded without names and may be shared with CDC for research. Testing would use consensus technical standards.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bacon
NE • R
Cosponsors
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Tran
CA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Goodlander
NH • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
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