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A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of benefits with respect to public safety officers who die of certain medical conditions sustained in…

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A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of benefits with respect to public safety officers who die of certain medical conditions sustained in the performance of duty.

Introduced: February 19, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 15, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 27, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 10, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Feb 19, 1981
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 19, 1981
Introduced in House
 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.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 4 — An amendment to require that the government shall not sell any stocks of dairy products owned or controlled b… Pending —
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of death benefits to public safety officers who die as the result of a medical condition sustained while ingesting or inhaling a poisonous substance or while subject to extreme physical stress, on a single occasion, in the performance of duty.

What's happening now September 30, 1982

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 1, 1982
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 29, 1982
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 29, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1968: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of benefits with respect to public safety officers who die of certain medical conditions sustained in the performance of duty.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1968/
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"H.R. 1968: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of benefits with respect to public safety officers who die of certain medical conditions sustained in the performance of duty.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1968/.
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H.R. 1968, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1968/.
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