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Calendar No. 420 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3635 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from 

post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2022 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. 

KAINE, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JUNE 14, 2022 

Reported by Mr. DURBIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Safety Officer 

3 Support Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Every day, public safety officers, including 

7 police officers, firefighters, emergency medical tech8 nicians, and others, work to maintain the safety, 

9 health, and well-being of the communities they serve. 

10 (2) This means public safety officers are rou11 tinely called to respond to stressful and potentially 

12 traumatic situations, often putting their own lives in 

13 danger. 

14 (3) This work not only puts public safety offi15 cers at risk for experiencing harm, serious injury, 

16 and cumulative and acute trauma, but also places 

17 them at up to 25.6 times higher risk for developing 

18 post-traumatic stress disorder when compared to in19 dividuals without such experiences. 

20 (4) Psychological evidence indicates that law 

21 enforcement officers experience significant job-re22 lated stressors and exposures that may confer in23 creased risk for mental health morbidities (such as 

24 post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts, 

25 ideation, intents, and behaviors) and hastened mor26 tality. 


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1 (5) Public safety officers often do not have the 

2 resources or support they need, leaving them at 

3 higher risk for long-term mental health con4 sequences. 

5 (6) Whereas, although the Department of De6 fense already considers servicemember suicides to be 

7 line-of-duty deaths and provides Federal support to 

8 eligible surviving families, the Federal Government 

9 does not recognize public safety officer suicides as 

10 deaths in the line of duty. 

11 (7) In 2017, the Department of Justice ap12 proved 481 claims under the Public Safety Officers’ 

13 Benefits Program under subpart 1 of part L of title 

14 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

15 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281 et seq.), but not one 

16 of them for the more than 240 public safety officers 

17 who died by suicide that year. 

18 (8) Public safety officers who have died or are 

19 disabled as a result of suicide or post-traumatic 

20 stress disorder do not qualify for the Public Safety 

21 Officers’ Benefits Program, despite the fact that 

22 public safety officers are more likely to die by sui23 cide than from any other line-of-duty cause of death. 


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1 SEC. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS FOR 

2 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND 

3 ACUTE STRESS DISORDER. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of title I of the Om5 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

6 U.S.C. 10281) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(o) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND

9 ACUTE STRESS DISORDER.— 

10 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(A) MASS CASUALTY EVENT.—The term 

12 ‘mass casualty event’ means an incident result13 ing in casualties to not fewer than 3 victims, in14 cluding— 

15 ‘‘(i) an incident that exceeds the nor16 mal resources for emergency response 

17 available in the jurisdiction where the inci18 dent takes place; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) an incident that results in a sud20 den temporal surge of injured individuals 

21 necessitating emergency services. 

22 ‘‘(B) MASS FATALITY EVENT.—The term 

23 ‘mass fatality event’ means an incident result24 ing in the fatalities of not fewer than 3 individ25 uals at 1 or more locations close to one another 

26 with a common cause. 


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1 ‘‘(C) MASS SHOOTING.—The term ‘mass 

2 shooting’ means a multiple homicide incident in 

3 which not fewer than 3 victims are killed— 

4 ‘‘(i) with a firearm; 

5 ‘‘(ii) within 1 event; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) in 1 or more locations in close 

7 proximity. 

8 ‘‘(2) PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED IN LINE OF

9 DUTY.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

11 subparagraph (B), as determined by the Bu12 reau— 

13 ‘‘(i) post-traumatic stress disorder or 

14 acute stress disorder suffered by a public 

15 safety officer, and diagnosed by a licensed 

16 medical or mental health professional, shall 

17 be presumed to constitute a personal in18 jury within the meaning of subsection (a), 

19 sustained in the line of duty by the officer, 

20 if the officer, while on duty, engages in sit21 uations involving stressful, tensional, or 

22 traumatic law enforcement, fire suppres23 sion, rescue, hazardous material response, 

24 emergency medical services (including re25 sponding to opioid overdoses, or traumatic 


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1 psychological or psychiatric distress calls), 

2 prison security, disaster relief, or other 

3 emergency response activity; 

4 ‘‘(ii) post-traumatic stress disorder or 

5 acute stress disorder suffered by a public 

6 safety officer who has contacted or at7 tempted to contact the employee assistance 

8 program of the agency or entity that the 

9 officer serves, a licensed medical or mental 

10 health professional, suicide prevention serv11 ices, or another mental health assistance 

12 service in order to receive help, treatment, 

13 or diagnosis for post-traumatic stress dis14 order or acute stress disorder, shall be pre15 sumed to constitute a personal injury with16 in the meaning of subsection (a), sustained 

17 in the line of duty by the officer, if the of18 ficer, while on duty, engages in situations 

19 involving stressful, tensional, or traumatic 

20 law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue, 

21 hazardous material response, emergency 

22 medical services (including responding to 

23 opioid overdoses, or traumatic psycho24 logical or psychiatric distress calls), prison 


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1 security, disaster relief, or other emergency 

2 response activity; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) post-traumatic stress disorder or 

4 acute stress disorder suffered by a public 

5 safety officer who engages in a response to 

6 a mass casualty incident, mass death inci7 dent, or mass shooting involving stressful, 

8 tensional, or traumatic law enforcement, 

9 fire suppression, rescue, hazardous mate10 rial response, prison security, disaster re11 lief, or other emergency response activity 

12 shall be presumed to constitute a personal 

13 injury within the meaning of subsection 

14 (a), sustained in the line of duty by the of15 ficer. 

16 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) DISORDER UNRELATED TO EN18 GAGEMENT.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 

19 apply if the Bureau establishes, by clear 

20 and convincing evidence, and based on 

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1 tions described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of 

2 that subparagraph. 

3 ‘‘(ii) OTHER DIRECT AND PROXIMATE

4 CAUSE.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 

5 if competent psychological or medical evi6 dence establishes that the post-traumatic 

7 stress disorder or acute stress disorder was 

8 directly and proximately caused by some9 thing other than the mere presence of 

10 post-traumatic stress disorder or acute 

11 stress disorder risk factors. 

12 ‘‘(3) DEATH OR DISABILITY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

14 ‘‘(i) DEATH BY SUICIDE OF ANY OFFI15 CER.—For purposes of a claim under sub16 section (a), if a public safety officer de17 scribed in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of para18 graph (2)(A) of this subsection dies by sui19 cide, that death shall be presumed to be a 

20 direct and proximate result of the post21 traumatic stress disorder or acute stress 

22 disorder suffered by the public safety offi23 cer. 

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1 section (b), if a public safety officer de2 scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this sub3 section is permanently and totally disabled 

4 as a result of the post-traumatic stress dis5 order or acute stress disorder suffered by 

6 the public safety officer, including as a re7 sult of attempted suicide, that disability 

8 shall be presumed to be a direct and proxi9 mate result of the post-traumatic stress 

10 disorder or acute stress disorder suffered 

11 by the public safety officer. 

12 ‘‘(iii) DISABILITY OF NON-DIAGNOSED

13 OFFICERS DUE TO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— 

14 For purposes of a claim under subsection 

15 (b), if a public safety officer described in 

16 clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (2)(A) of 

17 this subsection is permanently and totally 

18 disabled as a result of attempted suicide, 

19 that disability shall be presumed to be a 

20 direct and proximate result of the post21 traumatic stress disorder or acute stress 

22 disorder suffered by the public safety offi23 cer. 

24 ‘‘(B) PERMANENT AND TOTAL DIS25 ABILITY.—For purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) 


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1 of subparagraph (A), an individual shall be con2 sidered permanently and totally disabled as a 

3 result of an attempted suicide or of post-trau4 matic stress disorder or acute stress disorder if 

5 the individual is unable to serve as a public 

6 safety officer in the same or a substantially 

7 similar role as the individual was serving prior 

8 to the attempted suicide or prior to suffering 

9 from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute 

10 stress disorder, respectively. 

11 ‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON BENE12 FITS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) INTENTIONAL ACTIONS.—Section 

14 1202(a)(1) shall not apply to any claim for a 

15 benefit under this part that is payable in ac16 cordance with this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(B) SUBSTANCE USE.—Section 

18 1202(a)(2) shall not preclude the payment of a 

19 benefit under this part if the benefit is other20 wise payable in accordance with this sub21 section.’’. 

22 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—The amendment 

23 made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on 

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1 cer who dies or is permanently and totally disabled on or 

2 after that date. 

3 SEC. 4. GAO REPORT. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

6 shall submit to Congress a report that details benefits 

7 issued pursuant to subsection (o) of section 1201 of title 

8 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

9 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281), as added by section 3, and in10 cludes any recommendations to improve that subsection. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Safety Officer 

13 Support Act of 2022’’. 

14 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

15 Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) Every day, public safety officers, including 

17 police officers, firefighters, emergency medical techni18 cians, and others, work to maintain the safety, health, 

19 and well-being of the communities they serve. 

20 (2) This means public safety officers are rou21 tinely called to respond to stressful and potentially 

22 traumatic situations, often putting their own lives in 

23 danger. 

24 (3) This work not only puts public safety officers 

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1 mulative and acute trauma, but also places them at 

2 up to 25.6 times higher risk for developing post-trau3 matic stress disorder when compared to individuals 

4 without such experiences. 

5 (4) Psychological evidence indicates that law en6 forcement officers experience significant job-related 

7 stressors and exposures that may confer increased risk 

8 for mental health morbidities (such as post-traumatic 

9 stress disorder and suicidal thoughts, ideation, in10 tents, and behaviors) and hastened mortality. 

11 (5) Public safety officers often do not have the re12 sources or support they need, leaving them at higher 

13 risk for long-term mental health consequences. 

14 (6) Although the Department of Defense already 

15 considers servicemember suicides to be line-of-duty 

16 deaths and provides Federal support to eligible sur17 viving families, the Federal Government does not rec18 ognize public safety officer suicides as deaths in the 

19 line of duty. 

20 (7) In 2017, the Department of Justice approved 

21 481 claims under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits 

22 Program under subpart 1 of part L of title I of the 

23 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

24 (34 U.S.C. 10281 et seq.), but not one of them for the 


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1 more than 240 public safety officers who died by sui2 cide that year. 

3 (8) Public safety officers who have died or are 

4 disabled as a result of suicide or post-traumatic stress 

5 disorder do not qualify for the Public Safety Officers’ 

6 Benefits Program, despite the fact that public safety 

7 officers are more likely to die by suicide than from 

8 any other line-of-duty cause of death. 

9 SEC. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS FOR 

10 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, ACUTE 

11 STRESS DISORDER, AND TRAUMA- AND 

12 STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of title I of the Omni14 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

15 10281) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(o) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, ACUTE

17 STRESS DISORDER, AND TRAUMA- AND STRESS-RELATED

18 DISORDERS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(A) COVERED DISORDER.—The term ‘cov21 ered disorder’ means post-traumatic stress dis22 order, acute stress disorder, or a trauma- and 

23 stress-related disorder. 

24 ‘‘(B) EXPOSED.—The term ‘exposed’, with 

25 respect to an event, includes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) directly experiencing or witnessing 

2 the event; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) being subjected, in an intense 

4 way, to aversive consequences of the event 

5 (including a public safety officer collecting 

6 human remains). 

7 ‘‘(C) MASS CASUALTY EVENT.—The term 

8 ‘mass casualty event’ means an incident result9 ing in casualties to not fewer than 3 victims, in10 cluding— 

11 ‘‘(i) an incident that exceeds the nor12 mal resources for emergency response avail13 able in the jurisdiction where the incident 

14 takes place; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) an incident that results in a sud16 den temporal surge of injured individuals 

17 necessitating emergency services. 

18 ‘‘(D) MASS FATALITY EVENT.—The term 

19 ‘mass fatality event’ means an incident resulting 

20 in the fatalities of not fewer than 3 individuals 

21 at 1 or more locations close to one another with 

22 a common cause. 

23 ‘‘(E) MASS SHOOTING.—The term ‘mass 

24 shooting’ means a multiple homicide incident in 

25 which not fewer than 3 victims are killed— 


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1 ‘‘(i) with a firearm; 

2 ‘‘(ii) within 1 event; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) in 1 or more locations in close 

4 proximity. 

5 ‘‘(F) TRAUMATIC EVENT.—The term ‘trau6 matic event’ means an event that is— 

7 ‘‘(i) a homicide, a suicide, or the vio8 lent or gruesome death of another indi9 vidual (including such a death resulting 

10 from a mass casualty event, mass fatality 

11 event, or mass shooting); 

12 ‘‘(ii) a harrowing circumstance posing 

13 an extraordinary and significant danger or 

14 threat to the life of or of serious bodily 

15 harm to any individual (including a mass 

16 casualty event, mass fatality event, or mass 

17 shooting); or 

18 ‘‘(iii) an act of criminal sexual vio19 lence committed against any individual. 

20 ‘‘(2) PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED IN LINE OF

21 DUTY.—As determined by the Bureau— 

22 ‘‘(A) a covered disorder suffered by a public 

23 safety officer and diagnosed by a licensed med24 ical or mental health professional shall be pre25 sumed to constitute a personal injury within the 


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1 meaning of subsection (a), sustained in the line 

2 of duty by the officer, if the officer was exposed, 

3 while on duty, to 1 or more traumatic events 

4 and that exposure was a substantial factor in the 

5 covered disorder; 

6 ‘‘(B) a covered disorder suffered by a public 

7 safety officer who has contacted or attempted to 

8 contact the employee assistance program of the 

9 agency or entity that the officer serves, a licensed 

10 medical or mental health professional, suicide 

11 prevention services, or another mental health as12 sistance service in order to receive help, treat13 ment, or diagnosis for the covered disorder shall 

14 be presumed to constitute a personal injury 

15 within the meaning of subsection (a), sustained 

16 in the line of duty by the officer, if the officer 

17 was exposed, while on duty, to 1 or more trau18 matic events and that exposure was a substantial 

19 factor in the covered disorder; and 

20 ‘‘(C) a covered disorder suffered by a public 

21 safety officer who was exposed, while on duty, to 

22 1 or more traumatic events shall be presumed to 

23 constitute a personal injury within the meaning 

24 of subsection (a), sustained in the line of duty by 


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1 the officer if that exposure was a substantial fac2 tor in the covered disorder. 

3 ‘‘(3) PRESUMPTION OF DEATH OR TOTAL DIS4 ABILITY.—A public safety officer shall be presumed to 

5 have died or become permanently and totally disabled 

6 (within the meaning of subsection (a) or (b)) as the 

7 direct and proximate result of a personal injury sus8 tained in the line of duty, if (as determined by the 

9 Bureau)— 

10 ‘‘(A)(i) the officer took an action that— 

11 ‘‘(I) was intended to bring about the 

12 officer’s death; and 

13 ‘‘(II) directly and proximately resulted 

14 in the officer’s death or permanent and 

15 total disability; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the officer’s exposure to 1 or more 

17 traumatic events was a substantial factor in the 

18 action described in clause (i); or 

19 ‘‘(B)(i) the officer took an action, within 45 

20 days of the end of the officer’s exposure to a 

21 traumatic event, that— 

22 ‘‘(I) was intended to bring about the 

23 officer’s death; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) directly and proximately resulted 

2 in the officer’s death or permanent and 

3 total disability; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the action described in clause (i) was 

5 not inconsistent with a psychiatric disorder. 

6 ‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON BENE7 FITS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) INTENTIONAL ACTIONS.—Section 

9 1202(a)(1) shall not apply to any claim for a 

10 benefit under this part that is payable in accord11 ance with this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(B) SUBSTANCE USE.—Section 1202(a)(2) 

13 shall not preclude the payment of a benefit under 

14 this part if the benefit is otherwise payable in 

15 accordance with this subsection.’’. 

16 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), the amendments made by this section 

19 shall— 

20 (A) take effect on the date of enactment of 

21 this Act; and 

22 (B) apply to any matter pending, before the 

23 Bureau of Justice Assistance or otherwise, on the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, or filed (consistent 


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1 with pre-existing effective dates) or accruing 

2 after that date. 

3 (2) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall apply to any action taken by a public 

5 safety officer described in subsection (o)(3) of section 

6 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281), as added 

8 by this section, that occurred on or after January 1, 

9 2019. 

10 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL FIXES. 

11 (a) SUBPOENA POWER; EMPLOYMENT OF HEARING

12 OFFICERS; AUTHORITY TO HOLD HEARINGS.—Section 806 

13 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

14 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10225) is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and all that follows 

17 through ‘‘Assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘The Assist18 ant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice As19 sistance’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘by the Attorney General’’; 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘Code)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Code (without regard to the days limitation 

23 prescribed therein), but shall, in no event, be un24 derstood to be (or to have the authority of) offi25 cers of the United States)’’; 


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1 (D) by striking ‘‘such hearing examiners or 

2 administrative law judges’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

3 administrative law judges’’; and 

4 (E) by striking ‘‘necessary to carry out’’ 

5 and all that follows and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘necessary or convenient to assist them in car7 rying out their respective powers and duties 

8 under any law administered by or under the Of9 fice.’’; and 

10 (2) in the second sentence— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and all that follows 

12 through ‘‘Assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘The Assist13 ant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice As14 sistance’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘or any’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

16 or (subject to such limitations as the appointing 

17 authority may, in its sole discretion, impose 

18 from time to time) any’’; 

19 (C) by inserting a comma after ‘‘thereby’’; 

20 and 

21 (D) by striking ‘‘examinations and’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘examinations, and’’. 

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1204 of title I of the Omni24 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

25 10284) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking ‘‘basis.’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘basis;’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (14), by redesignating the sec6 ond subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G). 

7 SEC. 5. GAO REPORT. 

8 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

10 submit to Congress a report that details benefits issued pur11 suant to subsection (o) of section 1201 of title I of the Omni12 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

13 10281), as added by section 3, and includes any rec14 ommendations to improve that subsection. 


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Calendar No. 420 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3635 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

order, and for other purposes. post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disficer death benefits to officers suffering from Streets Act of 1968 to authorize public safety ofJUNE 14, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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