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S 3029 118th 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: October 4, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.
May 9, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 118-174.
Oct 25, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Oct 4, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Oct 4, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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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 9, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5883 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 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Oct 4, 2023
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Oct 4, 2023
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Padilla, Alex
California · Oct 4, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3029: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3029/
MLA
"S. 3029: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3029/.
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S. 3029, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3029/.
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