Public Safety Officers Benefits Act

Summary

Public Safety Officers Benefits Act - Provides that in any case in which the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration determines that an eligible public safety officer, to include law enforcement officers and firemen, has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the performance of duty, leaving a spouse or one or more eligible dependents, the Administration shall pay a gratuity of $50,000. States the order of precedence for the payment of the gratuity to dependents. Excludes the payment of benefits if death was caused intentionally or by intentional misconduct or by an individual who would otherwise be entitled to the death benefits or if voluntary intoxication was the proximate cause of death.

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Timeline

1. 19 September 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 September 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 September 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 September 1975

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Burke, J. Herbert [R-FL-12] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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