S 3114
107th Congress
Senate
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: October 16, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 16, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 16, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10573)
Oct 16, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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