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S 3487 117th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

Introduced: January 12, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Jun 22, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 429.
Jun 22, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with amendments. With written report No. 117-123.
Feb 2, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 12, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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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 June 22, 2022

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 429.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3474 Related bill Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Feb 9, 2022
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Jan 31, 2022
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Padilla, Alex
California · Jan 12, 2022
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jan 12, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3487: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3487/
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"S. 3487: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3487/.
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S. 3487, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3487/.
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