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Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018

Introduced: February 15, 2018 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb 15, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced in House
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Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018

This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

Among other things, the bill increases the death and disability benefit and increases the monthly education assistance benefit.

What's happening now March 8, 2018

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 11 Republican 3
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 6, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 23, 2018
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Sep 25, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 6, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jul 31, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 12, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 28, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 18, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 18, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · May 18, 2018
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 18, 2018
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · May 16, 2018
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · May 10, 2018
Faso, John
· May 10, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 10, 2018
Lance, Leonard
· May 10, 2018
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· May 10, 2018
Cook, Paul
· Feb 15, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5060: Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5060/
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"H.R. 5060: Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5060/.
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H.R. 5060, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5060/.
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