118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 930: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2024
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Summary
This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers who suffer from exposure-related cancer while on duty and their survivors. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty and their survivors.
The bill specifies that exposure-related cancer shall be presumed to constitute a personal injury in the line of duty if
- the public safety officer was exposed to or in contact with heat, radiation, or a carcinogen that is linked to an exposure-related cancer;
- the officer began serving as an officer not later than 5 years before the date of the diagnosis of an exposure-related cancer and the diagnosis occurred not later than 15 years after the last date of active service; and
- the exposure-related cancer directly and proximately resulted in the death or permanent and total disability of the officer.
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The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) must periodically review the definition of exposure-related cancer. It directs the BJA to add additional cancers to the definition under certain circumstances (e.g., a petition process).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WY
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Ted Cruz R-TX
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Cory Booker D-NJ
- Laphonza Butler D-CA
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Tom Cotton R-AR
- Richard Durbin D-IL
- Lindsey Graham R-SC
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Joshua Hawley R-MO
- Jon Ossoff D-GA
- Alejandro Padilla D-CA
- Thom Tillis R-NC
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Ben Luján D-NM
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Chris Van Hollen D-MD
- Robert Casey D-PA
- Mark Kelly D-AZ
- Timothy Kaine D-VA
- Rick Scott R-FL
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Mark Warner D-VA
- Benjamin Cardin D-MD
- Edward Markey D-MA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Amy Klobuchar SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported, reached a cosponsor milestone4 events+32
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Amy Klobuchar.
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- Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.