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Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act

Introduced: February 23, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 2, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Feb 23, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 23, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide: (1) death benefits to the families of retired public safety officers who die as the direct result of a personal injury sustained while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency; and (2) benefits to such officers who become permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a catastrophic injury sustained while responding to such an emergency.

What's happening now March 2, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 14, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 789: Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-789/
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"H.R. 789: Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-789/.
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H.R. 789, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-789/.
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