# 119-s-2745: Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2025

119-s-2745, Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2745
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-24

## Summary

**Free cancer screening and prevention services for Department of Defense firefighters.** This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to provide, at no cost to firefighters, testing and related services during annual periodic health assessments to detect and prevent breast, colon, prostate, and other cancers identified as higher risk among firefighters. - Firefighters: Would receive no-cost testing and related services during annual health checks or at other intervals and may opt out. The Secretary must document acceptance and test rates and may collect deidentified data for scientific analysis. - Female firefighters: Would be offered mammograms with set frequency. Ages 40-49 would be offered mammograms at least twice per year and ages 50 and older at least annually, with a licensed radiologist comparing recent and prior images and reporting results. - Male firefighters and surveillance: Would be offered prostate-specific antigen testing at least annually for those 50 and older and at 40 for high-risk individuals, with testing allowed as clinically indicated. The Secretary may share deidentified test data with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track firefighter cancer trends.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No-cost cancer screening for military firefighters: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to provide, at no cost, cancer testing and related services to Department of Defense firefighters. Female firefighters ages 40–49 would be offered mammograms at least twice a year. Female firefighters age 50 and older would be offered mammograms at l…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2745 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2745)

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- [119-s-3302: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3302)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
- [119-s-1793: COUNTER Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1793)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2745 (as of 2026-06-24).