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S 459 108th Congress Senate

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003

Official title: A bill 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 p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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
Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional personnelDisaster reliefEmergency ManagementEmergency medicine
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Employee trainingEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFire fightersHealthHeart diseasesLabor and EmploymentLaw enforcement officersParamedical personnelPolicePolice trainingPrison violenceRescue workStrokeSurvivors' benefits
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2003
Became Public Law No: 108-182.
Dec 15, 2003
Signed by President.
Dec 3, 2003
Presented to President.
Nov 26, 2003
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 25, 2003
Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16052-16053; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S16052)
Nov 25, 2003
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S16052-16053; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S16052)
Nov 22, 2003
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Nov 22, 2003
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 22, 2003
On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 22, 2003
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 22, 2003
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/21/2003 H12299-12300)
Nov 22, 2003
Mr. DeLay asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Jun 25, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 19, 2003
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 19, 2003
Received in the House.
May 16, 2003
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 5/15/2003 S6568)
May 16, 2003
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 5/15/2003 S6568)
May 16, 2003
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 5/15/2003 S6567-6568)
May 16, 2003
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 5/15/2003 S6567-6568)
Feb 26, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2856)
Feb 26, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2855-2856)
Feb 26, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 455 – Amendment in the nature of a substitute consisted of the text of the "Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act … Agreed to Nov 22, 2003
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 Latest action December 15, 2003

Became Public Law No: 108-182.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003 - 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 not later than 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
  • HR 919 Related bill Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act
 Bill text 6 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 26, 2003
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 26, 2003
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 26, 2003
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 26, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 459: Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-459/
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