S. 3635 · 117th Congress
Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Tammy Duckworth
- Introduced
- 2022-02-10
- Latest action
- 2022-06-14 · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Summary
Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022
This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or a trauma and stress-related disorder following an exposure to one or more traumatic events while on duty. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who die or become disabled as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury in the line of duty.