Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide a lump sum payment of $100,000 (adjusted to reflect the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index) to public safety officers (law enforcement officers and fire fighters) who become permanently and totally disabled as a result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty.
Prohibits the payment of both a lump sum disability payment and a lump sum death benefit.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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