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.

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Introduced

19 February 1981

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Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summary

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.

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summary · EN · 19 February 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/1968
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