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Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Enhancement Act of 2026

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.

Introduced Jul 22, 2026

Latest action (Jul 22, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Labor & Wages

Summary
  • Simplifies the claims process for beneficiaries of public safety officers who die from heart attacks or strokes to receive Public Safety Officers' Benefits payments.
  • Removes the requirement that beneficiaries must prove a heart attack or stroke was caused by something other than the presence of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
  • Extends the timeframe for medical determination of causation from 24 hours to 72 hours.
  • Applies these changes retroactively to any claims that are pending or filed on or after the date of enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to J. Luis Correa’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $39,100
  • LIBERTY DENTAL PLAN $9,900
  • SANDERSON J RAY DEVELOPMENT $9,100
  • KKR $8,100
  • MANZANITA CAPITAL $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for J. Luis Correa → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 22, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jul 22, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 22, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

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

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. <all>

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