To ensure eligibility for public safety officer death benefits for officers exposed to radiation at clandestine laboratories, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8458
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Justice to specify that the definition of the term <i>injury</i> in a regulation for the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program specifically includes radiation exposure at a clandestine laboratory.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8458 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 21, 2022 Mr. Owens (for himself, Mr. Curtis , Mr. Stewart , and Mr. Moore of Utah ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To ensure eligibility for public safety officer death benefits for officers exposed to radiation at clandestine laboratories, and for other purposes.

1. Ensuring public safety officer death benefits for officers exposed to radiation at clandestine laboratories Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall clarify the definition of the term injury in section 32.3 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, to specifically include radiation exposure at a clandestine laboratory.