HR 5334 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002

Introduced Sep 5, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Bob Etheridge D-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 15, 2002 Received in the Senate.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 5, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNov 15, 2002
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that a public safety officer who dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours after participating in a training exercise or responding to an emergency situation shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, for purposes of survivor benefits.

Makes this Act applicable to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2002.

Cosponsors 113

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 5, 2002 to Nov 13, 2002, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalSep 5, 2002
R-PACurt WeldonOriginalSep 5, 2002
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalSep 5, 2002
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalSep 5, 2002
R-MINick SmithOriginalSep 5, 2002
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalSep 5, 2002
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalSep 5, 2002
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesSep 10, 2002
D-NYCharles B. RangelSep 11, 2002
R-MDConstance A. MorellaSep 11, 2002
R-NYJohn M. McHughSep 11, 2002
R-ILJohn ShimkusSep 11, 2002
D-TXMartin FrostSep 11, 2002
D-NYMichael R. McNultySep 11, 2002
D-HINeil AbercrombieSep 11, 2002
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Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2002Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8925-9007)
  2. Nov 15, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Nov 15, 2002Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
  4. Nov 15, 2002On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 11/14/2002 H8925)
  5. Nov 15, 2002Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 11/14/2002 H8925)
  6. Nov 15, 2002Received in the Senate.
  7. Nov 14, 2002Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
  8. Nov 14, 2002Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 107-786.
  9. Oct 9, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  10. Oct 9, 2002Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  11. Oct 7, 2002Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
  12. Sep 20, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  13. Sep 5, 2002Introduced in House
  14. Sep 5, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  15. Sep 5, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1518)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3114Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002Identical billOct 16, 2002

Subjects

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