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Introduced
04/14/2020
04/14/2020
In Committee
04/14/2020
04/14/2020
Crossed Over
06/01/2020
06/01/2020
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer death and disability benefits for certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19, and for other purposes. 1
AI Summary
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer death and disability benefits for certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19. The key provisions are: 1) COVID-19 (or complications from it) will be presumed to be a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, resulting in death or disability, unless the officer was not on duty in the 45 days prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis; 2) the Attorney General will accept claims from public safety officers who were injured or disabled due to the 9/11 attacks and were subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19 during the covered period, with the presumption of causation applying; and 3) the presumption and determination of whether the COVID-19 injury was catastrophic will apply from January 20, 2020 to January 20, 2022.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (24)
Jerry Nadler (D)*,
Anthony Brindisi (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Val Demings (D),
Veronica Escobar (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Andy Kim (D),
Peter King (R),
Lucy McBath (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Bill Pascrell (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Kathleen Rice (D),
Max Rose (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Mikie Sherrill (D),
Tom Suozzi (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 06/01/2020)
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