HR 789
106th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disability insurance
Disability retirement
Disabled
Emergency Management
Emergency medical personnel
Fire fighters
Health
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Rescue work
Survivors' benefits
Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act
Introduced: February 23, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1