Officer John Barnes Act

Bill: 118-s-4559
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-06-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4559 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 17, 2024 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain period of time.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Officer John Barnes Act . 2. Eligibility determination Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10285 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Not later than 270 calendar days after receiving a claim filed under this subpart, the Bureau shall inform the claimant of the Bureau’s determination as to the claimant’s benefit eligibility. .