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HR 5375 107th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Civil Service pensions Crime and Law Enforcement Emergency Management Emergency medical personnel Families Fire fighters Health Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Paramedical personnel Police Survivors' benefits

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure public safety officers receive benefits.

Introduced: September 12, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 7, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 12, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 12, 2002
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 expand the definition of "line of duty" for purposes of public safety officer death benefit determinations to mean any action which: (1) a public safety officer is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform, including those social, ceremonial, or athletic functions to which the officer is assigned, or for which the officer is compensated, by the public agency he serves; and (2) an officer or public employee performs that occurs in a jurisdiction other than that of the employing agency but would otherwise be recognized as obligated or authorized if the activity had taken place within the employing agency's jurisdiction.
What's happening now October 7, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 12, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5375: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure public safety officers receive benefits.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5375/
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"H.R. 5375: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure public safety officers receive benefits.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5375/.
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H.R. 5375, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5375/.
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