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benefit under this part that is payable in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
SUBSTANCE
USE.—Section 
1202(a)(2) shall not preclude the payment of a 
benefit under this part if the benefit is other-
wise payable in accordance with this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall— 
(A) take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) apply to any matter pending, before 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance or otherwise, 
on the date of enactment of this Act, or filed 
(consistent with pre-existing effective dates) or 
accruing after that date. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any action taken by a 
public safety officer described in paragraph (3) of 
section 1201(o) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as added by this 
Act) that occurred on or after January 1, 2019. 
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SEC. 4. TECHNICAL FIXES. 
(a) SUBPOENA POWER; EMPLOYMENT OF HEARING 
OFFICERS; AUTHORITY
TO HOLD HEARINGS.—Section 
806 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10225) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘The As-
sistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the Attorney General’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Code)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Code (without regard to the days limitation 
prescribed therein), but shall, in no event, be 
understood to be (or to have the authority of) 
officers of the United States)’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘such hearing examiners or 
administrative law judges’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
administrative law judges’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘necessary to carry out 
their respective powers and duties under this 
title’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘necessary or 
convenient to assist them in carrying out their 
respective powers and duties under any law ad-
ministered by or under the Office’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘The As-
sistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or any’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
or (subject to such limitations as the appointing 
authority may, in its sole discretion, impose 
from time to time) any’’; 
(C) by inserting a comma after ‘‘thereby’’; 
and 
(D) by striking ‘‘examinations and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘examinations, and’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1204 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10284) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (12)(B), strike the period at 
the end and insert a semicolon; and 
(3) in paragraph (14), by redesignating the sec-
ond subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G). 
SEC. 5. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report that details benefits 
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