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To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State and local emergency management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for…

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To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State and local emergency management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain public safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 15, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 31, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 31, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make certain employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, their State and local counterparts, and State and local employees of civil defense agencies eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.

What's happening now April 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 17, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 17, 1998
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 31, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3608: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State and local emergency management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain public safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3608/
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"H.R. 3608: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State and local emergency management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain public safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3608/.
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H.R. 3608, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3608/.
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