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Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998

Introduced: October 28, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Nov 18, 1997
For Further Action See S.1525.
Nov 18, 1997
For Further Action See H.R.3046.
Oct 28, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 28, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers (currently, only the dependents of Federal public safety officers) who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.

What's happening now November 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3046 Procedurally related Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
  • S 1525 Procedurally related Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 11, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 11, 1998
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 12, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 13, 1997
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 13, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 9, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2755: Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2755/
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"H.R. 2755: Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2755/.
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H.R. 2755, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2755/.
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