HR 5334
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medical personnel
Families
Fire fighters
Health
Heart diseases
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Paramedical personnel
Police
Stroke
Survivors' benefits
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002
Introduced: September 5, 2002
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15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2002
Received in the Senate.
Nov 15, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 15, 2002
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 11/14/2002 H8925)
Nov 15, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 11/14/2002 H8925)
Nov 15, 2002
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8925-9007)
Nov 15, 2002
Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Nov 14, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
Nov 14, 2002
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 107-786.
Oct 9, 2002
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Oct 9, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 7, 2002
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Sep 20, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 5, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 5, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1518)
Sep 5, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that a public safety officer who dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours after participating in a training exercise or responding to an emergency situation shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, for purposes of survivor benefits.
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Received in the Senate.
Committees of jurisdiction
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