United States · Bill · S
S. 968 (109th)
Federal Public Safety Officer Surviving Spouse Protection Act of 2005
Introduced
28 April 2005
Last action
9 June 2005 · Referred
Status
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Sponsors
Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Federal Public Safety Officer Surviving Spouse Protection Act of 2005 - Revises the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to permit, effective as of January 1, 1988, and only for remarriages occurring on or after that date, remarried widows and widowers of Federal public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty to continue to receive a survivor annuity.
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Timeline
28 April 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
28 April 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
9 June 2005
Referred
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 April 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 April 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 April 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 April 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/968
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/968
- us · 109-s-968 · source updated 15 August 2025