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Washington Watch: December 4, 2025

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📌ACT NOW to Keep Cancer Coverage for Firefighters in the NDAA: The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act (S. 237/H.R.1269), would update the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program to include benefits for firefighter occupational cancer. The bill was included in the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) but needs your support to stay in the final NDAA.

To take action, contact your members of Congress today to ask them to keep the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act in the final NDAA. 

✅Visit CFSI’s Legislative Action Center for information on reaching out to Congress.

➡️One active “ask” is to include the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act in the final NDAA. An email script is provided!

📌FEMA Review Council Report Expected Next Week. The FEMA Review Council published a notice in the Federal Register that they will meet on December 11. The meeting will include “Remarks from Senior leadership; remarks and updates from Council leadership; a presentation of the draft final report from the Final Report Subcommittee; a presentation of a summary of public comments made to the Council by the Designated Federal Officer; Council deliberations; and a public vote on the draft final report.”

📌Federal Legislative Calendars for 2026. The House and Senate legislative calendars have both been released for 2026. As 2026 is an election year, both calendars reflect the typical longer state work period in October, in addition to August.

➡️Click here to see the House calendar 

➡️Click here to see the Senate calendar

The House and Senate are both scheduled to be in session during #CFSI2026. Get your tickets today and join us in Washington DC!

➡️Register today!

Here’s how you can take action today:

If your members of Congress are not on the Congressional Fire Services Caucusask them to join!

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