HR5339Referred to Committee

Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-09-11

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Suhas Subramanyam

Democrat · VA · Representative

Votes with party: 96.4% (548 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

2026-03-26

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-09-11

Previously

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-11

Plain-English Summary

This bill would ensure that military members and first responders who were exposed to hazardous materials while serving at Ground Zero after 9/11 receive the same health care and benefits as other 9/11-related illness victims. The legislation aims to recognize and support those who developed illnesses from their service during the recovery and cleanup efforts at the World Trade Center site.

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Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5339 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5339 To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2025 Mr. Subramanyam (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Wittman, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001. 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 ``Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN TOXINS AT THE PENTAGON RESERVATION DURING CERTAIN PERIOD BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 1120A. Presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins at Pentagon Reservation during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001 ``(a) Presumption of Service Connection.--For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, a disease specified in subsection (b) becoming manifest in a covered veteran shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated during active military, naval, air, or space service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such disease during the period of such service. ``(b) Diseases Specified.--The diseases specified in this subsection are the following: ``(1) Asthma. ``(2) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ``(3) Emphysema. ``(4) Tracheomalacia. ``(5) Cancer of any type. ``(6) A cadiovascular disease of any type. ``(7) A skin disease of any type. ``(8) A respiratory disease of any type. ``(9) Any other illness or condition for which the Secretary determines, pursuant to regulations prescribed under subchapter VII that a presumption of service connection is warranted based on a positive association with a substance, chemical, or airborne hazard identified in the list under section 1119(b)(2) of this title. ``(c) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `covered veteran' means any veteran who, during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on November 19, 2001, performed active military, naval, air, or space service while assigned to a duty station at the Pentagon Reservation. ``(2) The term `Pentagon Reservation' has the meaning given such term in section 2674 of title 10.''. <all>

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