Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

Summary

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021 This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Specifically, the bill modifies the program to (1) increase the death and disability benefit, (2) revise the date of determination for the amount of the death and disability benefit, and (3) increase the monthly education assistance benefit and otherwise revise the computation method for such benefit. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to examine and identify ways to improve access to benefits and the processing of claims under the program.

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Timeline

1. 25 January 2021

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 January 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 January 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 2021

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 25 January 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 2021

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 2021

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 January 2021

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Sponsors

• Raul Ruiz · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Sponsor
• Val Demings · D · Sponsor
• Don Bacon · R · Sponsor
• Brad Sherman · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
• Ann Kuster · D · Sponsor
• Angie Craig · D · Sponsor
• Julia Brownley · D · Sponsor
• Abigail Spanberger · D · Sponsor
• Chris Pappas · D · Cosponsor
• Jefferson Van Drew · R · Cosponsor
• Tom O'Halleran · D · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

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