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S 2431 107th Congress Senate

Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits.

Introduced: May 1, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2002
Became Public Law No: 107-196.
Jun 24, 2002
Signed by President.
Jun 13, 2002
Presented to President.
Jun 11, 2002
A similar measure H.R. 3297 was laid on the table without objection.
Jun 11, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 11, 2002
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H3399-3400)
Jun 11, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H3399-3400)
Jun 11, 2002
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H3399-3400)
Jun 11, 2002
Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
May 8, 2002
Held at the desk.
May 8, 2002
Received in the House.
May 8, 2002
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 7, 2002
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3975-3976; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S3975; text as passed Senate: CR S3976)
May 7, 2002
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3975-3976; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S3975; text as passed Senate: CR S3976)
May 2, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.
May 2, 2002
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
May 2, 2002
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 1, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3627)
May 1, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 24, 2002

Became Public Law No: 107-196.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include police and fire department chaplains killed in the line of duty among persons who qualify to receive public safety officer death benefits.

Provides that if there is no surviving spouse or surviving child any such benefits shall be paid to the person designated by such officer as beneficiary under that officer's most recently executed life insurance policy, provided that such individual survived such officer. (Current law restricts such beneficiaries to the spouse, child, or parent.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3297 Related bill Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 1, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2431: Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2431/
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"S. 2431: Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2431/.
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