United States · Bill · S
S. 917 (99th)
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
16 April 1985
Last action
10 September 1986 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.
Sponsors
Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the payment of death benefits to survivors of 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.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
16 April 1985
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
16 April 1985
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
29 May 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Source: Committee
31 May 1985
Committee
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department.
Source: Committee
10 September 1986
Committee
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 April 1985
Sponsors
- Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/917
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/917
- us · 99-s-917 · source updated 10 August 2026