Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Enhancement Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9845 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9845

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
simplify the claim process for beneficiaries of public safety officers
 who die from a heart attack or stroke to receive payment through the
                 Public Safety Office Benefit program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2026

   Mr. Correa (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr.
Lynch, Mr. Alford, Mr. Gray, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Kean, Mr.
 Bacon, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Ms. Perez) introduced
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
simplify the claim process for beneficiaries of public safety officers
 who die from a heart attack or stroke to receive payment through the
                 Public Safety Office Benefit program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Safety Officers' Benefits
Enhancement Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED CLAIMS.

    Section 1201(k) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(k)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter following paragraph (3), by striking ``or
        was directly and proximately caused by something other than the
        mere presence of cardiovascular-disease risk factors'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (3);
            (3) in paragraph (2)(C)--
                    (A) by striking ``24 hours'' and inserting ``72
                hours''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting
                ``,''; and
            (4) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the semicolon at the
        end and inserting ``; and''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply in the case of any
claim for benefits that is pending or filed on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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