Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018
Latest action · Mar 8, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018
This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
Among other things, the bill increases the death and disability benefit and increases the monthly education assistance benefit.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2018 to Dec 6, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Feb 15, 2018 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | May 11, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | May 11, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | May 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 18, 2018 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 18, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | May 23, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2018 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Feb 15, 2018Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 30, February 15, 2018, page H1213.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make reforms to the benefits for Public Service Officers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Agricultural education
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disability assistance
- Employee benefits and pensions
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Inflation and prices
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
- Philippines
- Student aid and college costs
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
