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S 2472 98th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Civil service compensation Federal employees Federal employees and officials Fire fighters Fires and Fire Fighters Law enforcement officers Survivors' benefits

Federal Public Safety Officers Supplemental Death Benefits Act of 1984

Introduced: March 22, 1984 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 1984
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Mar 22, 1984
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Public Safety Officers' Supplemental Death Benefits Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay a benefit of $50,000 to the survivors of any Federal law enforcement officer or firefighter who has died as the direct result of an injury sustained in the line of duty.

Authorizes the Secretary to make an interim payment not to exceed $3,000 to a survivor who, in the Secretary's determination, probably will receive such a benefit.

Declares that no such benefit shall be subject to execution or attachment.

Prohibits payment of such benefit: (1) if death was caused by the intentional misconduct, suicide, or intoxication of the officer or firefighter; and (2) to any beneficiary whose actions contributed to the death of the officer or firefighter.

What's happening now March 22, 1984

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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