Murphy Woodhouse

The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, but received substantial bipartisan support.

Now signed, it will provide federal line of duty death and disability benefits, as well as education support to families of firefighters permanently disabled or killed by a long list of cancers.

The one-time death or disability payment is roughly $460,000.

Edward Kelly heads the International Association of Firefighters Union, which strongly backed the legislation.

In 2023, a World Health Organization body classified the exposures faced in the profession as carcinogenic.

For NPR News, I'm Murphy Woodhouse.