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Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

Introduced: May 31, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Apr 6, 2022
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 14.
Apr 6, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 5, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 5, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Apr 5, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Apr 4, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 4, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

This bill increases benefits to survivors of federal employees who die in the line of duty.

Specifically, the bill increases the death benefit for federal employees from $10,000 to $100,000 and increases the funeral benefit from $800 to $8,800. Both amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation.

What's happening now May 10, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 20, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Jul 12, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· May 31, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 10, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 6, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 6, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Apr 6, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7376: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7376/
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"H.R. 7376: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7376/.
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H.R. 7376, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7376/.
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