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S 1525 105th Congress Senate

Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998

Official title: A bill to provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.

Introduced: May 7, 1998 See on congress.gov
Education Crime and Law EnforcementDisability retirementDisabledEconomics and Public Finance
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Emergency ManagementEmergency medical personnelFamiliesFederal aid to higher educationFederal aid to vocational educationFederal law enforcement officersFire fightersGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHigher educationLabor and EmploymentLaw enforcement officersLocal employeesMarried peopleScholarshipsState employeesSurvivors' benefitsVocational and technical education
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 Everywhere this bill has been 27 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 1998
Became Public Law No: 105-390.
Nov 13, 1998
Signed by President.
Nov 4, 1998
Presented to President.
Oct 15, 1998
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 15, 1998
Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12611-12612)
Oct 15, 1998
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12611-12612)
Oct 12, 1998
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Oct 10, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
A similar measure H.R. 3046 was laid on the table without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
On passage Passed without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H.R. 3046. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10461)
Oct 10, 1998
Mr. Coble asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Oct 10, 1998
Committee on Judiciary discharged.
Jun 2, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 18, 1998
Received in the House.
May 18, 1998
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 18, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 15, 1998
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4931)
May 15, 1998
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4931)
May 7, 1998
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
May 7, 1998
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
May 7, 1998
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 12, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 12, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12509)
Nov 12, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 13, 1998

Became Public Law No: 105-390.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3046 Procedurally related Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
  • HR 2755 Procedurally related Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
 Bill text 7 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 7, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1525: Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1525/
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"S. 1525: Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1525/.
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