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HR 919 108th Congress House

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act

Official title: To ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of public safety officer survivor benefits.

Introduced: February 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8065-8066)
Jun 26, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E309)
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4022)
Feb 26, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 9, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8065-8066)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act - 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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 459 Related bill Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 75
All 75 Democratic 34 Republican 5 Independent 1
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Nov 6, 2003
DOOLEY, CAL
· Oct 2, 2003
BALLENGER, CASS
· Sep 25, 2003
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Sep 25, 2003
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Sep 9, 2003
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jul 8, 2003
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 23, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 5, 2003
Burr, Richard
· Jun 3, 2003
Burns, Max
· May 22, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 21, 2003
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 21, 2003
KANJORSKI, PAUL
· May 20, 2003
KLECZKA, GERALD
· May 20, 2003
BOYD, ALLEN
· May 19, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 19, 2003
Isakson, Johnny
· May 19, 2003
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· May 19, 2003
HILL, BARON
· May 15, 2003
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 15, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 15, 2003
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· May 15, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 15, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 15, 2003
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· May 15, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 15, 2003
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 14, 2003
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· May 14, 2003
Majette, Denise
· May 14, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 14, 2003
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 14, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 14, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 14, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 14, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 14, 2003
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 14, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 13, 2003
TANNER, JOHN
· May 13, 2003
Faleomavaega, Eni
· May 9, 2003
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· May 9, 2003
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Apr 29, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 29, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 29, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 3, 2003
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 27, 2003
CARSON, BRAD
· Mar 20, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 18, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 919: Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-919/
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